Who will squash the competition? Growers from across the country, including the current world record holder, have made their way to Half Moon Bay for a popular fall tradition, the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off.
Growers from across the country have made their way to Half Moon Bay for a popular fall tradition, the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off.Growers from across the country have made their way to Half Moon Bay for a popular fall tradition, the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off.
"I mean well over 20 feet around, so if you think about that, that's a pretty big pumpkin, it's basically 7 foot by 6 and a half foot," Gienger said.Minnesota man breaks world record with 2,749-pound gourd, wins 3rd Half Moon Bay pumpkin weigh-off "Right away, I was struggling, I couldn't get one to set and I cracked a vine and I was like I don't know if this is going to do it and then we had kind of a lot of storms so I named it Rudy and it just kind of caught on," he said.His 117-day-old pumpkin was grown with the same seeds from Gienger's world-record-setting pumpkin from last year.
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