The biggest cucumber in the world and the grower who grew it

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:47

Vegetables grown on the plot are not only products for maintaining human he alth and life. Many gardeners try to grow the world's largest cucumber, giantess squash, huge apple, or heaviest beetroot. The results of their labors amaze the imagination with their volumes and even fall into the Guinness Book of Records. Although, for a variety of reasons, not all giants register there.

Ragbir Singh Sagber grew an Armenian cucumber

British soil must have something mysterious. The farmer Ragbir Sagbera managed to grow a fruit on it that surpasses all Guinness records. Its length is 129.54 centimeters. This is truly the largest cucumber in the world!

On the account of the vegetable grower there is still one giant grown in 2018. That cucumber was a little shorter than the current one, only 99 centimeters long.

However, according to the Air Force agency, this fact is notit will be possible to fix it as a record. Experts concluded that this vegetable belongs to Cucumis meloflexuosus, that is, to Armenian cucumbers, the second name of which is serpentine melon. And only ordinary cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) are entered in the Book of Records. Now Sangera dreams of applying for the opening of another category in the Book of Records in order to become the winner there.

In the meantime, a photo of the world's largest cucumber is circulating the net and surprising users. The vegetable grower himself explains the receipt of this amazing fruit by the fact that every morning he, on his knees, read a prayer “in the name of his own he alth, the well-being of the family and … for the cucumber.”

Claire Pierce, who applied late

This 78-year-old British resident could have rightfully entered the Book of Records in 2010 if not for her forgetfulness. She was late with the application, and the fruit of hard work fell into disrepair. Nevertheless, her harvest surprised neighbors and acquaintances. It would be one of the largest cucumbers in the world, because its length was 119 centimeters.

But the elderly Briton is not discouraged. Together with granddaughter Louise Johnson, they continue to achieve new results. According to the pensioner, she didn’t feed the giant with anything special, she just did the usual watering.

It is also surprising that one of the largest cucumbers in the world grew from expired seeds. Claire forgot about them a long time ago, but dropped them off just like that, not even hoping that they would come up.

Daniel Tomelin and his Big Larry

ThisA vegetable grower from the Canadian city of Kelowna, British Columbia, grew a giant cucumber in 2015. He even gave him a name - Big Larry.

The vegetable has reached 113.03 centimeters in length. According to this parameter, we can already say that the cucumber is larger than all those registered in the Guinness book. The diameter of its widest part is four and a half inches. Translated into centimeters, this will be 11.43.

"It's from synergistic gardening. During Larry's care, I was constantly deep mulching and just covering the soil with organic matter all the time," he explains.

Tomelin began a process to challenge the current record, but, apparently, did not reach the end. Shortly before the arrival of the commission authorized to make proper measurements, Big Larry had trouble: “My friend's long neck became too soft. I had to take him off the garden…,” Daniel tweeted to reporters who kept the situation under control and reported on the news to everyone who was interested.

Butch Tolton doesn't need fame

In 2011, a 72-year-old vegetable grower from Knoxville, Maryland, grew a 109.22 cm long cucumber. But Butch refused to apply for registration for the Book of Records, citing the decision that the process was not worth the trouble.

"I'll just cut it off and take out the seeds," he said. "Then I'll plant some seeds next year."

But to show all the curious what the world's largest cucumber looks like, Tolton nevertheless agreed, and took a picture with a giant vegetable "as a keepsake for posterity".

Cucumbers-record holders of different years

One of the record holders is Joe Atherton. A hard-working gardener was able to succeed by growing an 80 cm long cucumber on his land.

The other holder of the honorary record was Philip Vowles. With a 7 kg vegetable, a vegetable lover has amazed many less fortunate gardeners.

In 2008, Frank Dimmock, a vegetable grower from Oxfordshire, managed to enter the Book of Records with his amazing cucumber. The length of his masterpiece was 1.05 meters.

Israeli lucky Yitzhak Izdapandana, without the use of any chemicals, grew a cucumber giant 1.2 meters long in three months.

Alfo Cobba - two-time cucumber champion

And this record holder is a native of the UK. Alfo Cobba is the holder of two Guinness World Records. The first giant cucumber was 89.2 centimeters long.

The vegetable presented to the commission in 2003 has already reached a length of 91.7 centimeters. Today, among the registered record holders, this is the largest cucumber in the world, whose weight is 12.4 kilograms.

Alfo claims to groweveryone can have a giant fruit. You just need to choose the right varietal seeds. During the formation of the ovaries, the largest fruit on the plant is selected. He is left alone on the bush, and the rest are removed. During the ripening and growth of such a cucumber, you need to turn it over regularly.

Have you ever managed to grow a vegetable that could surprise others?