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#Amateur Gardener Grows Worlds Biggest Potato Thats One Crazy Big Potato! An amateur gardener has grown the worlds biggest potato. The prize potato, grown by Peter Glazebrook, tips the scales at a whopping 8lbs 4oz (3. 76kg), smashing the previous world record by 9oz. The vegetable, Peters Kondor variety, was put on show on Friday at the National Gardening Show in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. It is not the first time Mr Glazebrook, 66, from Northampton, has hit the headlines. The retired chartered surveyor has held previously the world record for the longest carrot, after producing a 17-foot long specimen He has also been the double Guinness World record holder for the heaviest parsnip, at 13lb, and the longest beetroot at 21ft. Speaking before his latest triumph, he said: The secret to success is starting with the right seed. Its learning how to grow them and putting a lot of effort in and picking up tips from other growers and reading what you can about it. The potato was weighed at the shows Giant Vegetable Competition and Mr Glazebrook is now awaiting verification from Guinness World records. Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati o

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