Minnesota Horticulture Teacher Wins California Contest for Pumpkin Weighing 2,350 lb

Minnesota Horticulture Teacher Wins California Contest for Pumpkin Weighing 2,350 lb
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The Associated Press
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HALF MOON BAY, California. Being cooped up at home due to the pandemic paid handsomely for a Minnesota horticulture teacher who used the extra time to constantly water and feed a massive pumpkin that won this year’s Half Moon Bay pumpkin contest.

Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, spent a lot of his free time in the pumpkin patch in his backyard, watering his plants up to 10 times a day and feeding and fertilizing them at least twice each day.