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Pumpkin Weigh-Off Contest

최대중량의 호박 챔피언을 선발하는 호박 콘테스트 

Pumpkin by pumpkin 1lifted by a 2fork-lift and 3weighed. Each one bigger than the last.

“175.” 

“Oh, it’s great, it’s great. You never see anything like this, right? Except in Half Moon Bay.”

“Yeah, I always tell people back home, I’m like, it’s, it’s the Super Bowl of pumpkins.”

Travis Gienger drove his massive pumpkin 35 hours from Anoka, Minnesota, the Halloween capital of the world, to the pumpkin capital of the world.

“This size, I mean, I, I’ve been hitting it with like 4fertilizer 14 times a day.”

Holding the 2020 champion title for a pumpkin weighing in at 2350 pounds, he’s hoping lightning will strike twice.

“They all said it was a 5once in a lifetime type thing. And gosh, hopefully we can do it two in a lifetime type thing.”

But he’s up against some heavy 6competitors.

“It’s estimating to be around 1500 pounds.”

Cindy Tobeck, the 2016 champion out of Washington, is back for more this year.

“These take so much care. And they also take a lot of water, which I know is a 7challenge here in California. I’ve got my own well at home. So 8unlimited free water is to my 9advantage over the California growers.”

This third grade teacher says, in her time away from the classroom, she’s watering 150 gallons per plant per day. And it’s the people of Half Moon Bay that keep her coming back every year.

“The community of Half Moon Bay, their roots are in 10agriculture and, and pumpkin farming specifically. And they honor and love the pumpkin farmers. And I just feel that love.”