Retired gardener grows 8st 6lb monster marrow in just five weeks
15 Aug 2013 00:00
He was stunned by the speed after cultivating the knobbly green monster using a special cross-pollination technique
Wales News Service
It's the ultimate vast food – a marrow grown from seed to a whopping 8st 6lb lump of veg in just FIVE WEEKS.
Green-fingered Phil Vowles, 65, cultivated the knobbly green monster using a special cross-pollination technique.
But even he was stunned at the speed of its development.
Retired gardener Phil, who once held the record for the world’s heaviest cucumber at 18lb 8oz, said: “It’s very unusual for it to grow so quick. It’s the biggest I’ve ever produced – I had to get my son to help me lift it.”
Now Phil, of Llanharry, South Wales, is hoping the marrow could eventually top 150lb – and land him another world record.
He plans to enter it in a specialist show and says it has already become a local talking point – getting regular visits from his amazed grandchildren.
