A horticulture teacher from Minnesota set a new U.S. record Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after raising one weighing 2,560 pounds.
Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota set the new record and won an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California.
Gienger drove the gargantuan gourd for 35 hours to see his hard work pay off at the 49th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco.
Travis Gienger from Anoka, Minn., stands behind his winning pumpkin at the 49th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Oct. 10, 2022. Haven Daley / AP
Gienger, who also won the same contest in Northern California in 2020, broke a record set last week in New York where a grower raised a massive pumpkin weighing 2,554 pounds.
A grower in Italy holds the world record for the heaviest pumpkin. He grew a 2,702-pound squash in 2021, according to Guinness World Records.
the_dude2805 on October 10th, 2022 at 23:54 UTC »
I graduated high school with Travis, he's always been into horticulture...I remember going to his house in high school and he had this amazing garden he would tend to. Now he owns a very successful landscaping business and makes these super cool fire water tables...I'm so happy for him!
Azrael511 on October 10th, 2022 at 22:24 UTC »
Real missed opportunity in that headline...
Massive 2,560-pound pumpkin raised by Minnesota horticulture teacher breaks squashes U.S. record
CritaCorn on October 10th, 2022 at 22:18 UTC »
Check it, it’s full of fish guts and weights!!!