{"id":17683,"date":"2014-10-08T22:02:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T05:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=17683"},"modified":"2014-10-08T23:04:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T06:04:52","slug":"world-pumpkin-record-squashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/world-pumpkin-record-squashed\/","title":{"rendered":"World Pumpkin Record Squashed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/wobigpu.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SAN MARTIN, CALIF. &#8212; Last year\u00a0Tim and Susan Mathison delivered the record-breaking, world&#8217;s heaviest\u00a0pumpkin\u00a0to the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at Uesugi Farms. At\u00a02,032 pounds (heavier than a VW Beetle,) the huge\u00a0specimen could easily squash the German-made car and flatten it like a squished bug. \u00a0You can never rest on your laurels when it comes to setting world records, however. On Sept. 29, 2014 in Mainz, Germany a giant pumpkin\u00a0tipped the scales at\u00a02,096.6 lbs, breaking California&#8217;s\u00a0world\u00a0record. \u00a0Is this the final &#8220;Big One&#8221;? \u00a0Time will tell.<\/p>\n<h2>Here are\u00a0some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/california-pumpkin-festivals.html\">upcoming weigh-offs<\/a> to keep an eye on:<\/h2>\n<p>SAN MARTIN &#8211; Uesugi Farms Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off Oct. 11-12<br \/>\nKENWOOD &#8211; Kunde Estate&#8217;s Giant Pumpkin Contest Oct. 11-12<br \/>\nUKIAH &#8211; Monster Mash Pumpkin Bash Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off Oct. 18-19 (weigh-off is Oct. 11)<br \/>\nHALF MOON BAY &#8211; Giant Pumpkin Weigh-off \u00a0Oct. 18-19 (weigh-off is Oct. 13)<br \/>\nSALINAS &#8211; Borchard Farms Giant Pumpkin Weigh Off Oct. 18<br \/>\nAUBURN &#8211; Community Festival Giant Pumpkin Contest Oct. 18<br \/>\nSAN LUIS OBISPO &#8211; Great Pumpkin Contest Oct. 16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN MARTIN, CALIF. &#8212; Last year\u00a0Tim and Susan Mathison delivered the record-breaking, world&#8217;s heaviest\u00a0pumpkin\u00a0to the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at Uesugi Farms. At\u00a02,032 pounds (heavier than a VW Beetle,) the huge\u00a0specimen could easily squash the German-made car and flatten it like a squished bug. \u00a0You can never rest on your laurels when it comes to setting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17683"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}