4-time champion: Man’s huge pumpkin claims victory at California contest
Up to date: 5:45 AM CDT Oct 15, 2024
A Minnesota horticulture instructor remained the reigning champion Monday of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California the place his huge gourds have gained the highest prize 4 years in a row.Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, beat his closest competitor by 6 kilos to clinch the victory on the 51st World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco.His profitable gourd got here in at 2,471 kilos, falling in need of the world file he set final yr with a pumpkin weighing 2,749 kilos.Gienger, 44, stated that as he has completed previously, he centered on having wholesome soil and well-fed vegetation however {that a} chilly fall with record-breaking rain seemingly impacted his pumpkin’s progress.“We had actually, actually powerful climate and one way or the other, a way, I stored on working,” Gienger stated. “I needed to work for this one, and we bought it completed on the finish, however it wasn’t by a lot.”Gienger and his household drove his gargantuan gourd for 35 hours to California.He stated the large pumpkin’s subsequent cease will probably be in Southern California, the place a staff {of professional} carvers will do a 3D carve on it at a Halloween occasion.
A Minnesota horticulture instructor remained the reigning champion Monday of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California the place his huge gourds have gained the highest prize 4 years in a row.
Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, beat his closest competitor by 6 kilos to clinch the victory on the 51st World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco.
His profitable gourd got here in at 2,471 kilos, falling in need of the world file he set final yr with a pumpkin weighing 2,749 kilos.
Gienger, 44, stated that as he has completed previously, he centered on having wholesome soil and well-fed vegetation however {that a} chilly fall with record-breaking rain seemingly impacted his pumpkin’s progress.
“We had actually, actually powerful climate and one way or the other, a way, I stored on working,” Gienger stated. “I needed to work for this one, and we bought it completed on the finish, however it wasn’t by a lot.”
Gienger and his household drove his gargantuan gourd for 35 hours to California.
He stated the large pumpkin’s subsequent cease will probably be in Southern California, the place a staff {of professional} carvers will do a 3D carve on it at a Halloween occasion.
