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A Minnesota horticulture teacher remained the reigning champion Monday of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California, where his massive pumpkins have won the top prize four years in a row. Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, beat his closest competitor by 6 pounds to clinch the victory at the 51st World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco. His winning gourd came in at 2,471 pounds, falling short of the world record he set last year with a pumpkin weighing 2,749 pounds

Gienger said he focused on having healthy soil and well-fed plants, but that a cold fall with record-breaking rain likely impacted his pumpkin's growth. "We had really, really tough weather and somehow, some way, I kept on working," Gienger said. "I had to work for this one, and we got it done at the end, but it wasn't by much."

Gienger and his family drove his award winner for 35 hours to California. He said the giant pumpkin's next stop will be in Southern California, where a team of professional carvers will do a 3D carve on it at a Halloween event.