14 DAY TRIAL // Admittedly, it will be another month until we finally get to celebrate Halloween. Still, this does not mean that we can't start getting ready for this holiday. It's never too early to go all grotesque and gory, you know?
But this news isn't about how awesome Halloween is. It's about how cool the pumpkins grown by Tony Dighera especially for this celebration are. Don't take our word for granted. Check out the photo accompanying this article to see for yourselves.
This guy's Halloween pumpkins bear a striking resemblance to Victor Frankenstein’s monster. Hence the fact that Tony Dighera likes to call them pumpkinsteins. Truth the told, this moniker suits these weird fruits just fine.
How does one grow monster-shaped pumpkins?
Folks in China have been growing Budha-shaped pears for quite a while now. What's more, healthy food enthusiasts in Japan are quite familiar with watermelons whose shape resembles either that of a heart or that of a cube.
Still, Tony Dighera, who currently lives in California, US, is understood to be the first farmer ever to grow and sell pumpkins that look just like the head of Victor Frankenstein’s monster, Oddity Central informs.
The farmer says that, in order to obtain these pumpkins, he first had to invest about $100,000 (approximately €78,800) in tooling machines which he used to create several monster-shaped molds for the pumpkins to grow in.
The fruits were placed inside these molds when they were still very young and fairly small. As they grew, they ended taking the shape of the containers that served as their home. Luckily, the molds were made from the right material to keep the fruits from rotting.
“There’s nobody to ask questions, you’re the pioneer,” farmer and Halloween enthusiast Tony Dighera commented on this little project of his in a recent interview with the press.
Due to the fact that he had to invest quite a lot of money in growing his pumkinsteins, Tony Dighera expects people to pay $75 (about €60) for just one. The farmer admits that this price is a wee steep, but believes that he won't have any trouble findings customers.
Plans for the future
Farmer Tony Dighera says that, should his pumpkinsteins prove as popular as he expects them to be, he will grow pumpkins shaped like skulls for next year's Halloween. What's more, he plans to introduce people to heart-shaped watermelons for Valentine's Day.
All things considered, chances are that these other odd fruits the farmer hopes to soon start selling will be at least as expensive as the pumpkinsteins. Then again, something tells me that there will be plenty of people ready and willing to pay Tony Dighera whatever money he'll ask for.
