Minnesota pumpkin grower aims to squash his own world record
WEB2 days ago · Minnesotan Travis Gienger's daughter sits atop the pumpkin he is bringing to the 2024 Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival in California. Gienger won the record for the world's largest pumpkin in 2023 ...
Scientific secrets to the perfect pumpkin - ag.purdue.edu
WEB2 days ago · Weather affects pumpkin yield as soon as planting time. “You want it dry enough to plant so that you're not mucking the plants in, but wet enough so that seeds will germinate and get established without drying out,” said Liz Maynard, clinical engagement professor of horticulture and landscape architecture. Later in the season, too little ...
'Enormous' Oregon pumpkin wins 2024 National Pumpkin Weigh …
WEBOct 3, 2024 · The first-place pumpkin, nicknamed “Hank the Tank,” was grown by Jim Sherwood of Mulino, who told KOIN 6 News the pumpkin took 108 days to grow before entering the 2024 National Pumpkin Weigh ...
Pumpkin weighing 2,749 pounds wins contest and sets world ... - NBC News
WEBOct 10, 2023 · 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.
Minnesota Man Sets World Record With 2,749-Pound Pumpkin
WEBOct 11, 2023 · Weighing in at 2,749 pounds, Gienger’s gourd has set a new world record for the heaviest pumpkin. Nicknamed “Michael Jordan,” the pumpkin took the crown during the annual championship in ...
Meet Michael Jordan, the 2,749-pound giant pumpkin - Popular Science
WEBOct 13, 2023 · Travis Gienger from Anoka, Minnesota won the 50th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off with a pumpkin weighing a whopping 2,749 pounds. This year’s victorious, lumpy veggie is named Michael ...
A 2,749-pound pumpkin wins California contest, sets world record …
WEBOct 10, 2023 · A pumpkin named after basketball legend Michael Jordan weighed 2,749 pounds, set a world record and won the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay.
World record for biggest gourd: Pumpkin ... - Associated Press News
WEBOct 10, 2023 · A Minnesota horticulture teacher has set a world record in California for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds.
A 2,560-pound pumpkin from Minnesota breaks a new record - NPR
WEBOct 11, 2022 · The winning pumpkin, grown by a Minnesota teacher, set a new North American record for heaviest pumpkin.
2,560-pound pumpkin wins California contest; sets record | AP News
WEBOct 11, 2022 · HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — 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.