mr.d Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Minnesota gardener grows world's largest carrot By Daniel Uria | Oct. 10, 2017 at 1:57 PM Minnesota gardener Christopher Qualley set the Guinness World Record for world's largest carrot with his 22.44-pound veggie.Screen capture/Guinness World Records/Twitter Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A gardener in Minnesota set a massive record by growing the world's largest carrot in his second attempt. Christopher Qualley earned a spot in the Guinness World Record Book with a massive 22.44-pound carrot grown at his farm in Otsego. Qualley intentionally set out to grow the world's largest carrot and credited and said "soil, seed, weather and a little luck" were the keys to his success. "I am relatively new to this hobby and my strategy was to imitate what all of the experienced growers across the world were doing," he said. "The number one thing that every single top grower says is that your soil is the most important thing, so that is what I focused on. Without the proper soil your giants will never reach their potential." Qualley edged out the pervious largest carrot, which weighed 20.1 pounds, and has now turned his sights toward growing a record-breaking pumpkin or tomato. "I feel I have what it takes right now to potentially grow a world record tomato," he said. "This year I weighed a 7.07 lb. tomato which is about 1.5 lbs. less than the world record. There have only been about 10 to 15 tomatoes over 7 lbs. grown in the world so I know I am in the ball park for that record." The gardener said he opted to replant the massive carrot instead of eating it, but his mother-in-law did manage to grab a bite. "Her claim to fame is that she is the only person in the world to actually eat a piece of the world record carrot," he said. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2017/10/10/Minnesota-gardener-grows-worlds-largest-carrot/9671507655759/?utm_source=sec&utm_campaign=sl&utm_medium=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A gardener in Minnesota set a massive record by growing the world's largest carrot in his second attempt. Christopher Qualley earned a spot in the Guinness World Record Book with a massive 22.44-pound carrot grown at his farm in Otsego. Qualley intentionally set out to grow the world's largest carrot and credited and said "soil, seed, weather and a little luck" were the keys to his success. "I am relatively new to this hobby and my strategy was to imitate what all of the experienced growers across the world were doing," he said. "The number one thing that every single top grower says is that your soil is the most important thing, so that is what I focused on. Without the proper soil your giants will never reach their potential." Qualley edged out the pervious largest carrot, which weighed 20.1 pounds, and has now turned his sights toward growing a record-breaking pumpkin or tomato. "I feel I have what it takes right now to potentially grow a world record tomato," he said. "This year I weighed a 7.07 lb. tomato which is about 1.5 lbs. less than the world record. There have only been about 10 to 15 tomatoes over 7 lbs. grown in the world so I know I am in the ball park for that record." The gardener said he opted to replant the massive carrot instead of eating it, but his mother-in-law did manage to grab a bite. "Her claim to fame is that she is the only person in the world to actually eat a piece of the world record carrot," he said. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2017/10/10/Minnesota-gardener-grows-worlds-largest-carrot/9671507655759/?utm_source=sec&utm_campaign=sl&utm_medium=2
Bon Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 That thing looks like a pack of carrot seeds dumped in one hole & it grew!!!! Trying to picture Bugs Bunny eating that. How about the size of the snowman in order to use that as the nose!! LFG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 It's worth the recognition, but I wonder how it tastes. It would be interesting to know if it's genetically modified and more details about the soil culture. Bon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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