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In the last few years Giant Gardening has really taken off. Whether you are a full-blown giant gardening competitor, or just looking to grow an impressive 5lb. tomato, Giant Gardening is easy and a lot of fun. The world record for pumpkins is now 2323 lbs., the tallest sunflower 30'1" tall, the heaviest watermelon 350 lbs., and how about a 20lb. carrot!
Why not try for a record yourself?
Within this site you will find some unbelievable records and photos of the GIANTS, tips and tricks on how to grow them to unbelievable sizes, supplies, and some varieties of seeds.
- 2024 Update: A new Tallest SUNFLOWER US Record of 26'5" has been set with GiantGardening.com's site owner Steven DeRycke's 2024 sunflower. We're very proud of this effort, and have collected a lot of information and pics to share HERE
- Canada's John Butler has had a few years of successful Sunflowers, setting new North America records as he "inches" towards the World Record. 27'8.5" in 2022, 26'3" in 2023, and an amazing 28' 2.5" in 2024!
- Alex Babich from Indiana sets the U.S. Tallest Sunflower twice in successive years with a 25'2" in 2022, then a 26'1" sunflower in 2023.
- We've been a little occupied with 'Life' for the past few years to update the newest records, we apologize.
- A Tallest SUNFLOWER US Record has been set with Marvin Mitchell's 2017 sunflower. Using the same seeds you can find here, Marvin was able to grow a 24'9" Sunflower!. This is over a foot taller than the ones he and GiantGardening.com owner Steve DeRycke tied with in 2016.
- The TOMATO World Record stood firm for 28 years, but Dan MacCoy has broken it with an 8 lb. 6.5oz tomato.
- Peter Glazebrook has done it again! A new world record with his 20 pound Carrot, check the page for more info and a video interview.
- The 1-Ton Pumpkin barrier continues to be broken down! Congratulations to Beni Meier for his 2323 lb World Record!
- Chris Kent tops his previous efforts with a 350.59 lb Watermelon!
- This was apparently another great pumpkin growing season, many new records on our Pumpkin List
- Giant Gardening owner Steve DeRycke grows a potential World Record heavy Sweet Pepper!
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MEASURING SUNFLOWERS
If you were to take the same sunflower head to 5 different contests, and had it measured by five different "officials", chances are you could....
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