"We've zoomed past that now," Travis Gienger, the grower from Minnesota who cultivated Michael Jordan, said. For champion growers, there's only one thing to do next: try to break 3,000."
"At that time, we thought, Gee whiz, can we push these things any farther?" Wizzy Grande, president of the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth, shared, highlighting the incredible progression of pumpkin weights over the years.
"Michael Jordan set the record at California's Half Moon Bay Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, considered the Super Bowl of North American pumpkin-growing." This competition has evolved dramatically since its inception.
"In just another decade, the record passed the 2,000-pound mark. We've zoomed past that now," illustrating the rapid growth in competitive pumpkin sizes.
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