People
have “gone green” in different ways — though some take the phrase
literally and make a hobby out of gardening. Most are content with the
fruits and vegetables that they harvest, but some people end up with
real surprises. Case in point: one man may have grown the world’s
largest cucumber to date — and it pretty much happened by accident.
Daniel
Tomelin, a gardener in British Columbia, found one of his cucumbers had
grown longer than the rest. After that, he let nature run its course;
currently, it measures in at a whopping 44.5 inches — nearly four feet,
and taller than plenty of children. Following a bit of research, Tomelin
discovered that his voluminous vegetable may well qualify for a
Guinness World Record; it may take several weeks to process the official
report, but the cucumber has since made a good case for itself.
It’s worth noting that Tomelin is no greenhorn. He’s been at it for more
than thirty years, and makes use of deep-mulch gardening as well as
avoids weeding. It may not be enough for him to grow a garden of giant
vegetables, but the fact that he managed to grow even one is still
praiseworthy.
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