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Post by persilla on Oct 22, 2023 17:45:06 GMT
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin, after growing a giant jack-o'-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds (1,247 kilograms). Travis Gienger of Anoka, Minnesota, won the 50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California, with an enormous, lumpy, orange pumpkin that could produce at least 687 pies. "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. The previous world record for heaviest pumpkin was set by a grower in Italy, who produced a 2,702-pound (1,226-kilogram) squash in 2021, according to Guinness World Records. 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.
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Post by Joey on Oct 23, 2023 8:01:21 GMT
Looks like a pumpkin on steroids.
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Post by persilla on Dec 6, 2023 19:44:26 GMT
I wonder how it tastes...
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