News Tribune
Country’s greatest giant-pumpkin grower may be reaching end of his vine
ANOKA, Minn. -- On a chilly April morning, Travis Gienger took his first gamble of the 2025 season. The world-champion giant-pumpkin grower typically starts his seeds indoors. But this year he was out ...
Yahoo
Giant pumpkin growers face off for world gourd domination
Ian (left) and Stuart Paton pose with a giant pumpkin in their nursery in the New Forest, Hampshire. The pumpkin’s name was Muggle and it weighed as much as a bull moose. At 2,819 pounds and over 21 ...
The Lima News
Champion pumpkin-grower takes a gamble; sows seeds directly into dirt
ANOKA, Minn. — On a chilly April morning, Travis Gienger took his first gamble of the 2025 season. The world-champion giant-pumpkin grower typically starts his seeds indoors. But this year he was out ...
The Union Democrat
Has the country’s greatest giant-pumpkin grower reached the end of his vine?
Gienger has earned tens of thousands of dollars from the national contest, which takes place each October in Half Moon Bay, Calif. At 2023’s weigh-off, Gienger squashed the previous world record with ...