All people are accustomed to certain sizes of fruits and vegetables. Apples should be no bigger than a tennis ball, like tomatoes. Onions are usually in size no less than a ball of thread. The list goes on and on.
However, there are craftsmen who managed to grow fruits of unimaginable sizes in their plots. Introducing the 10 largest fruits and vegetables in the world that have fallen into the famous Guinness Book of Records.
Cabbage - 34 kg
The largest cabbage in the world was raised by a family from America in Alaska. This place is not famous for suitable weather for growing vegetables, but the Evans succeeded. In 1997, the largest cabbage in the world was grown, which immediately fell into the Guinness Book of Records. Her weight was a little more than 34 kilograms. For comparison, this is the average weight of a child aged 8 years. So far, no one has managed to break the Evans record, the secret of which the family keeps secret.
Pumpkin - 1200 kg
The largest pumpkin in the world was grown in Belgium in 2016. In order to bring her to the festival, the farmer had to use the services of a forklift. Mathis Willemins has grown the largest vegetable in the world the size of a mountain boulder. Her weight was almost 1200 kilograms. Pumpkin was immediately recognized as a champion and entered in the Guinness Book of Records. So far, no one has managed to grow anything more. The last maximum pumpkin weight was 1.08 tons in 2014.
Potato - 4.9 kg
Unfortunately, potatoes cannot grow as large as pumpkins, as they have their own characteristics. However, the English gardener at the exhibition presented the largest potato in the world. In 2011, another figure was added to the record book - 4 kilograms of 900 grams. Peter Gleizebrook was pleasantly surprised by this news, but refused to tell the secret of his success.
Turnip - 16 kg
The record for growing the largest turnip in the world belongs to a Chinese farmer. The vegetable grew in a province in the south of the People's Republic of Yun Nan in 2015. Turnip turned out to be 120 centimeters long and weighing 16 kilograms, and was listed in the Guinness Book of Records. The gardener himself says that he did not use any special fertilizers, but simply watered it well day after day.
Zucchini - 54 kg
Peter Glazbruck holds more than one record in the field of growing vegetables. The English farmer managed to create the world's largest zucchini according to the Guinness Book of Records. Its mass was 54 kilograms, and a height of 67 centimeters. In order to bring the giant to the festival, Peter asked his friend the famous athlete Jonathan Walker to help him with this. To date, there is no person who would break the Englishman’s record.
Carrots - 10.2 kg
The largest carrot was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records in 2017. The American gardener managed to grow a huge vegetable 50 centimeters long in the USA. Christopher claims that no chemical additives were used to obtain this result. The weight of carrots was 10 kilograms 180 grams. The farmer's family, thanks to his grandmother, still managed to try his creation. According to Christopher, the taste of carrots was no different from the usual.
Onions - 9 kg
The largest onion in the world was grown by the same Englishman Peter Gleizbrk in 2015. Its dimensions are more than 2 times the size of its head. Bulb weight is 9 kilograms, but in the photo Peter holds the vegetable like a feather. They managed to grow a miracle of nature in just 2 and a half months. This is the third record of an English farmer, inscribed in the Guinness book.
Watermelon - 150 kg
The largest watermelon in the world was grown by an American farmer in Tennessee. The weight of the fruit was a little more than 150 kilograms. The Guinness Book of Records was replenished with a new result in 2013. This watermelon can feed the whole family. Chris says that there is no secret in his achievement, he just took care of the plant and regularly watered it. However, the climate of Tennessee in the United States has favorable conditions for growing the largest berries on the planet.
Pineapple - 8.27 kg
The largest pineapple was able to grow a resident of Australia in 2011, breaking the previous record in 1994. It took as long as 17 years before a pineapple weighing 8 kilograms and 270 grams was born, only 210 grams more than the previous one. According to the survey, when growing the largest fruit in the world, artificial growth stimulants were not used. The hot climate of the distant mainland allowed Christine to present the world another miracle in the field of fruit growing.
Lemon - 5.3 kg
The record for growing the largest lemon has not yet been broken since 2002. It was then that Israel managed to see a miracle of nature - a lemon, which weighed 5 kilograms 300 grams. A fruit was born in the southern city of Kfar Zeytim from a Jewish farmer, Aharon Shemoel. Achievement was immediately entered in the Guinness Book of Records. Aharon himself said that in life he had not tasted so much delicious lemon. It was as sweet as an orange, and despite its size, it was cleaned without much difficulty.
