A giant pumpkin failed to become a world-beater when it weighed in more than 90kg short of the target.
The vegetable, which is the size of a small car, beat the British record when it was put on the scales, reaching 682kg, but it could not reach the world record weight of 782kg set by a US pumpkin, or the European record.
Twin brothers Ian and Stuart Paton, 49, reared the monster at their nursery in Lymington, Hampshire.
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They had said earlier that the vegetable was likely to be bigger than it actually turned out to be.
The vegetable was put on a weighing truck at the Jubilee Sailing Trust Pumpkin Festival at the Royal Victoria Country Park in Netley.
By failing to beat the record, the twins missed out on a $A16,168 prize. But as a consolation they pocketed $A1617 for the British record.
