One California man on Monday captured first prize the 46th annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh Off for growing a 2,175-pound pumpkin!!! Napa resident Leonardo Urena's won $15,000 at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh Off. That makes Urena's pumpkin the largest to be grown in California. 51-year-old Urena says his secret to fostering such freakishly large vegetables, he regularly talks to his pumpkins, telling them he's proud of them and encouraging them to grow bigger. I wonder if that works on other things.... We may have to try that. You can read more about this crazy pumpkin here