Horticultural teacher Travis Gienger brings gourd – dubbed Michael Jordan – across country for California contest
A Minnesota horticultural teacher set a new world record for growing the heaviest pumpkin – a gargantuan jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,749lb.“This pumpkin is called Michael Jordan because it’s the year 23… and he’s the greatest basketball player of all time,”in Minnesota. It “started out basketball round, and I said this is going to be a perfectly round basketball-shaped pumpkin”, Gienger said.
“I put in the work so that I can put a smile on people’s faces, and it’s just so nice coming out here to see everyone in this town,” he said. Many of Gienger’s rivals at the weigh-off on Monday were from nearby Napa and Sonoma. Minnesota’s relatively cold weather can prove less than ideal for pumpkin growing, with temperatures in the spring swinging wildly from boiling hot to near freezing.Nick Kennedy, who won second place, told local news outlets he would do it even if there were no prize money involved. “It has to be a labor of love,”.
The three heaviest pumpkins will be on display in Half Moon Bay through next weekend, so visitors can take photos with the enormous gourds.
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