A Minnesota has spent more than 200 days growing a massive pumpkin.

Travis Gienger said the pumpkin he has been growing for months started out as a seed from the current world record pumpkin, a 2,702-pound gourd grown by Stefano Cutrupi in Italy in 2021.

He will find out if his pumpkin took the record when it is officially weighed Oct. 10 at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in California.