WATCH: 'One-Of-A-Kind' Glow In The Dark Pumpkins Grown In Georgia

By Logan DeLoye

September 12, 2022

Orange Pumpkin Patch Field in Richmond BC Canada.
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Dusty Smith of Bowersville, Georgia holds a few state records for pumpkin growing, but his latest discovery might be something that the world has never seen before. According to WYFF4, Smith has figured out how to grow pumpkins that glow in the dark, and all it takes is a few special chemicals and charge from the sun.

“I’ve got a fertilizer injector, and all of the chemicals I use are so expensive, they’re flowable," Smith shared with WYFF4. "Which means you put it in a bucket and the fertilizer injector just breaks off from the main line and it creates the suction.”

While some of the pumpkins reject the chemical mixture and cease to grow, others glow. Smith is sure that he is the first person to ever grow a glow in the dark pumpkin.

“I got some plant pathologist that I talked to, and ain't nobody ever accomplished it, so I’m pretty excited,” Smith said. "I mix some chemicals in when I feed them and water them, and it drinks it up then distributes it out through the pumpkin.” The proud farmer and landscaper explained exactly how the pumpkins are able to glow in the dark.

"It’s got to be 900 lumens or higher, and that’s what charges it up so the sun will do it," Smith explained. "You know, charge it up all day, and it’ll glow all night. Gives it up to 18 hours.” WYFF4 mentioned that Smith's farm will open to the public on September 16th, and visitors will be given the opportunity to see the glow in the dark pumpkins in action.

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