Giant Cucumber Sets New World Record

Giant Cucumber Sets New World Record CROPS Miscellaneous After growing a 43-in cucumber Butch Taulton enjoyed his “15 minutes of fame” this past summer with an unofficial world record The Knoxville Md gardener purchased seed called “Exotic Cucumber” from Home Depot and planted it near his garage downhill from where he keeps his goats He watered the cukes regularly but never added any special fertilizer He picked the giant cucumber in August “It’s exciting to have something I grow that big The biggest record I found was a 42 1/2-in cucumber in California so my 43-incher had it beat ” Taulton says He checked into sending it in to Guinness World Records but decided against it when he learned of the long and expensive process involved At 73 Taulton says it was just fun to get local media attention and he plans to grow big cucumbers again next year Besides their size the variety has a real good flavor he says His wife enjoys them raw but he likes them sliced and pickled the old-fashioned way Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Butch Taulton 19545 Garrett Mill Rd Knoxville Md 21758 ph 301 834-9735

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