GREAT FALLS — At just 13 years old, Quigley Grosse is proving that patience and persistence can yield big results — literally. Earlier this year, Grosse planted a pumpkin seed at the Anaconda Hills Golf Course and spent months caring for it. By October, the pumpkin weighed in at 311 pounds.

His uncle had asked him to aim for growing a large pumpkin, and what started as a project turned into a season of science, teamwork and trial and error.

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Grosse has been interested in growing pumpkins since he was about seven years old, inspired by a neighbor whose front yard was filled with vines and orange pumpkins.

“There was someone we’d walk past normally, and I just got sucked into that,” he said. “It was kind of cool. I was around 7 or 8, and his

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