🎃 Gourd news: There's a new giant pumpkin in town. A Minnesota teacher set a record for the biggest one grown in North America — weighing in at 2,560 pounds.
Travis Gienger from Anoka, Minn., stands behind his winning pumpkin at the 49th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Monday.Travis Gienger from Anoka, Minn., stands behind his winning pumpkin at the 49th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Monday.Some people turn into temporary pumpkin enthusiasts during the fall season, but for others, their passion for pumpkins is so giant that it draws them to a unique type of competition.
On Monday, the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off commenced for the 49th year in Half Moon Bay, Calif. The winning gourd weighed in at 2,560 pounds and belonged to Travis Gienger, a horticulture teacher from Minnesota.
Travis Gienger, right, from Anoka, Minn., watches as his winning pumpkin is lifted and weighed on Monday.Travis Gienger, right, from Anoka, Minn., watches as his winning pumpkin is lifted and weighed on Monday.Farmers begin planting seeds in April in preparation for the competition, Beeman said. On the day of the competition, each pumpkin is carefully weighed on a 5-ton capacity industrial-strength digital scale using forklifts and special harnesses.
Half Moon Bay, located south of San Francisco, considers itself the pumpkin capital of the world because of its local growers who produce more than
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