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A Minnesota horticulture teacher<\/a> set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds.<\/p>\n

Travis Gienger of Anoka, Minnesota, won the 50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California<\/a>, with an enormous, lumpy, orange pumpkin that could produce at least 687 pies.<\/p>\n

“I was not expecting that. It was quite the feeling,” said Gienger, 43, who has been growing pumpkins for nearly 30 years and last year set a new U.S. record for growing a giant gourd.<\/p>\n

VIRGINIA MAN BREAKS WORLD RECORD WITH MASSIVE BUTTERNUT SQUASH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The previous world record for heaviest pumpkin was set by a grower in Italy who produced a 2,702-pound squash in 2021, according to Guinness World Records.<\/p>\n

Gienger grows his gourds in the pumpkin patch in his backyard. He said this year he decided to give his plants extra care, watering them up to 12 times a day and feeding and fertilizing them a bit more than usual.<\/p>\n

Gienger, a landscape and horticulture teacher at Anoka Technical College, has been growing pumpkins since he was a teenager, inspired by his father who also grew them. He first competed in Half Moon Bay’s annual weigh-off in 2020 and has won three of the city’s last four giant pumpkin<\/a> contests.<\/p>\n

“I put in the work so that I can put a smile on people’s faces and it\u2019s just so nice coming out here to see everyone in this town,” he said.<\/p>\n

The pumpkin champ won a $30,000 prize for growing the biggest pumpkin and setting a world record.<\/p>\n

The gargantuan pumpkin will be on display in Half Moon Bay along with the three runner-ups through next weekend when visitors to the city’s Art and Pumpkin Festival will be able to take photos with Gienger and the enormous gourd.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/pumpkin-california-contest-sets-world-record-2749-pounds <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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