Giant Vegetables and Fruit
As any gardener knows, a zucchini grows fast and furious. Left unharvested,
it can grow a couple of feet long and a many pounds in weight. Other fruits
and vegetables can grow pretty large, too. As a matter of fact, there are
a large number of gardeners who grow fruits and vegetables not for eating,
but for size and weight.
Among the world of giant fruits and vegetables, the best known ares giant
pumpkins. At annual fall weighoffs all over the world, growers seek to produce
the biggest pumpkin ever grown. And, it's an exciting time, as giant pumpkin
growers have broken the world record on an almost annual basis for
the past 20 years. These giant pumpkin growers now have their sights set
on producing a one ton pumpkin. They are getting closer every year.
Gardeners seek to break the world record on many other vegetables, fruit,
and plants. Here are just some of them:
Just how big can your favorite vegetable grow you ask? You may be surprised.
Listed below are some of the giant weights we have found. Some of them
are even world records. If you know of any large fruits and vegetables, or
new records, please send us a note so we can share it with others.
Some Really Big Fruits and Vegetables
| Item |
Size: |
Grower: |
| Cabbage |
127.9 lbs. |
Steve Hubacek |
| Cantaloupe |
39 lbs. |
Darin DeGraw |
| Long Gourd |
121.5 inches |
Todd Kline at Barrie,Ontario, Canada GPC site on Sept 16,2006 |
| Giant Pumpkins |
2009 lbs. |
Ron Wallace, Greene, Rhode Island (2012) |
| Tomatoes |
7.75 lbs. |
Gordan Graham, Edmond OK. Delicious" Tomato, in 1986 |
| Giant Squash |
1236 lbs. |
John Vincent and Brian McGill, set in 2009 at the Cornerstone GPC weigh-off
in Ontario, Canada. |
| Rutabaga |
75.75 lbs. |
Scott Robb |
| Sunflower,Biggest Head |
32 1/4 inches in diameter |
Grown by Emily Martin in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada in 1983. |
| Sunflower, Tallest |
25 ft. 5 1/2 inches tall, |
Grown by M Heijms in Oirschot, Netherlands in 1986. |
| Watermelon |
251.5 lbs |
Allie Collier |
| Zucchini, Weight |
65 pounds |
|
| Zucchini, Lngest |
69.5 inches |
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