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A contender for the world’s largest potato could have taken the record if it was only really a potato. DNA testing showed that the supposed potato was actually something of a mix between a tuber and gourd. The supposed potato was unearthed in a garden by a couple from Hamilton, New Zealand in...

Linda Compton is a gardener from Claremore, Oklahoma, who’s seeking recognition from the Guinness World Records for her okra plant that’s more than 13-feet tall.  Photo by Amber Malquist from Unsplash The okra plant came as a surprise. Compton shared that the okra plant came from normal...

Douglas Smith, a British gardener from Stanstead Abbotts, England, harvested a total of 839 tomatoes from a single stem and is planning to create a new world record.  Photo by Waldemar Brandt from Unsplash The previous record of most tomatoes grown from a single stem was held by Graham Tanter,...

Two Colombian farmers recently broke the Guinness World Record after growing a massive mango that weighs 9.36 pounds, taking the title of the world’s heaviest from a 7.57-pound mango grown in the Philippines in 2009.  German Orlando Novoa Barrera and Reina Maria Marroquin, who grew the mango...