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2,560-pound pumpkin wins California contest; sets US record
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| October 11, 2022
| Staff
Posted on 10/11/2022 6:04:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — A horticulture teacher from Minnesota set a new U.S. record Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after raising a giant gourd weighing 2,560 pounds.
Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota set the new record and won an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California.
"Minnesota has a great midyear, but our spring in our parts is really, really tough. So to do it in Minnesota, it just shouldn't happen," Gienger said. "It's like winning the Tour de France on a big wheel. You know, you can only hope, but it worked."
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.
"You think driving in a snowstorm is bad? Try driving one of these things," he said.
TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Food; Gardening
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:05:00 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:05:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Diana in Wisconsin; mylife
Ping!.....................
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:06:12 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Clearly this is due to climate change.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:08:58 AM PDT
by
Pez149
(Time to stop saying a theory is fact....)
To: Red Badger
That’s not a pumpkin, that’s an asteroid!
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:12:52 AM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: Red Badger
That’s a lot of pumpkin pies.
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:15:15 AM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(81 million votes my ass.)
To: Red Badger
hehehe with today's tendencies for "cheating", I'd say look for leading.
Placing lead weights in an object to win "heaviest on record" things is unfortunately becoming common place, so it seems.....
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:19:08 AM PDT
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China Clipper
( Animals? I love animals. See? There's one there, right next to the potatoes!)
To: China Clipper
They might find a trout in it....................
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:20:32 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
Make him a meal or two
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:33:02 AM PDT
by
deport
To: Red Badger
California leads the world in really big pumpkins.
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:34:22 AM PDT
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Leep
(Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
To: Leep
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:35:43 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Interesting factoid: the leftover pumpkins from the Half Moon Bay pumpkin festival were used to feed local goats - the goat served in local restaurants was thoroughly “pumpkin infused”. Though I’m not a big fan of goat meat, the pumpkin stuff was kinda tasty.
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:46:48 AM PDT
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glorgau
To: China Clipper
Not so orange pumpkin bad!
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posted on
10/11/2022 6:56:33 AM PDT
by
xp38
To: Red Badger
Needs a Cinderella.
I could fit in that thing easily!
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posted on
10/11/2022 7:12:35 AM PDT
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Buttons12
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