Massive 2,560-pound pumpkin raised by Minnesota horticulture teacher breaks U.S. record

A horticulture trainer from Minnesota set a brand new U.S. report Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after elevating an enormous gourd weighing 2,560 kilos.

Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota set the brand new report and gained an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California.

Gienger drove the gargantuan gourd for 35 hours to see his onerous work repay on the forty ninth World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco.

Two time winner Travis Gienger 💪 of Anoka MN is 2022 Pumpkin King! His 2560-pound Rhinoceros-sized Mega-Gourd set a brand new...

Posted by Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Monday, October 10, 2022

Gienger, who additionally gained the identical contest in Northern California in 2020, broke a report set final week in New York the place a grower raised an enormous pumpkin weighing 2,554 kilos.

A grower in Italy holds the world report for the heaviest pumpkin. He grew a 2,702-pound squash in 2021, in response to Guinness World Data.

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