HALF MOON Bay, Calif: A Minnesota horticulture instructor remained the reigning champion Monday of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California, wherein his giant gourds have gained the top prize four years in a row.
Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, beat his closest competitor by 6 pounds to clinch the victory at the 51st World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco.
His winning gourd got here at 2,471 pounds, falling short of the world record he set for ultimate 12 months with a pumpkin weighing 2,749 kilos.
Gienger, forty-four, said that as he has carried out inside and beyond, he centred on having wholesome soil and well-fed flora; however, a cold fall with report-breaking rain possibly impacted his pumpkin’s increase.
“We had genuinely, really tough weather, and by some means, in a few ways, I stored on operating,” Gienger stated. “I had to work for this one, and we were given it finished at the cease. However, it wasn’t by using plenty.”
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Gienger and his family drove his gargantuan gourd for 35 hours to California.
He said the giant pumpkin’s subsequent prevention could be in Southern California, where a crew of expert carvers will do a 3-D carve at a Halloween event.