Pictures: Giant pumpkin weighing nearly 1 ton sets California record

A 51-year-old pumpkin hobbyist has won this year's Half Moon Bay pumpkin contest

Published: October 15, 2019 11:47 Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Leonardo Urena pumps his fist as he stands next to his 986 kilograms pumpkin. Urena, a farmer and pumpkin hobbyist from Napa, has won first place at the 46th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh Off, setting a record for the largest in California. He has won $15,000 when his pumpkin logged 986 kilograms. Image Credit: AFP

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Leonardo Urena pumps his fist as he stands next to his prize winning pumpkin. The 51-year-old says he took up the hobby in 2000 and says he enjoys the pumpkin growing community. He also won the Half Moon Bay contest in 2011. Urena says he always tells his pumpkins he's proud of them and he encourages them to keep growing. Image Credit: AFP

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Workers take measurements of giant pumpkins during the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Cindy Tobeck of Olympia, Washington, stands on tiop of her 1,736 pound pumpkin during the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California. Image Credit: AFP

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A giant pumpkin sits in the bed of a pickup truck before the start of the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Workers take measurements of giant pumpkins during the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California. Image Credit: AFP

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A participant sits atop her 1,736 pound pumpkin during the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Leonardo Urena of Napa, California, reacts after learning his pumpkin aet a new California weight record, in Half Moon Bay, California. Image Credit: AP

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Jack LaRue inspects the underside of a giant pumpkin during the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Cindy Tobeck of Olympia, Washington, sits on top of her 1,736 pound pumpkin as the heaviest giant pumpkins are displayed during the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California. Image Credit: AFP

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Workers take measurements of giant pumpkins during the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California. Image Credit: AFP

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A massive pumpkin grin by Leonardo Urena of Napa, California, is lowered on a scale with a forklift, in Half Moon Bay, California. Image Credit: AP

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A forklift picks up a giant pumpkin from the bed of a truck before the start of the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, California. Image Credit: AFP

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