Growers believe they may have found the perfect growing conditions for pumpkins, meaning an explosion of enormous vegetables just in time for Halloween It's set to be a bumper year for pumpkins (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Halloween will be one of the best on record with an abundance of monster-sized pumpkins, veg boffins have confirmed. ‌

Growers believe they may have found the perfect growing conditions for the autumn plants which marks a stark contrast to last year when an "army" of pesky slugs ravaged masses of them. ‌

Kingston Lacy in Dorset managed to save only half of its spooky squashes and Dunham Massey near Manchester lost all its plants. ‌

But this year, folk will have their pick of giant pumpkins which flourished because of last year’s wet conditions, th

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