Giant pumpkin growers will meet on Monday.

They will meet in Half Moon Bay, California.

They will have a big contest.

They will weigh their pumpkins.

At least 30 growers signed up.

Ronan Fowler said this.

He speaks for the event.

It is the 53rd World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off.

The winner can try to beat a world record.

Someone set it last week in England.

Travis Gienger is in the contest.

He won four times before.

He is a farming teacher from Minnesota.

He missed last year's event.

His pumpkin broke while it grew.

Fowler said Gienger grew a very big pumpkin.

It could be a world record.

Gienger and his father will drive 30 hours.

They will bring it to California.

Ian Paton set the new world record.

He is from Lymington, England.

His squash weighs 2,857 pounds (1,296 kilograms).

Paton grows his gourds in a greenhouse.

Gienger grows his in his backyard.

His backyard is in Anoka, Minnesota.

Fowler said this.

Fowler said it is unbelievable.

Gienger grew a huge pumpkin in 30-degree weather.

Brandon Dawson will also compete.

He is from Santa Rosa, California.

He won last year.

His pumpkin weighed 2,346 pounds (1,064 kilograms).

This year's champion will win $9 per pound.

Their pumpkin will be in a Half Moon Bay parade.

A world record brings an extra $30,000 prize.

The giants grow for size, not flavor.

So there will be no giant pumpkin pies.