Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 20 Entries. Monday, January 27 View Page New Russian record 2024 1801 Chusov 2024 (2183 Mendi x Self) Pumpkin grown in outdoor in the Moscow region The second pumpkin took 2nd place in the country > 1700 Chusov 2024 (893 Chusov x 2319.3 Stoeckl 2023)   Monday, January 27 View Page The second pumpkin took 2nd place in the country > 1700 Chusov 2024 (893 Chusov x 2319.3 Stoeckl 2023)   Monday, January 27 View Page The heaviest bushel gourd weighing 83.6 kg (184,3 lbs) was grown by Elena Agafonova (Russia). 08 October 2024   Monday, January 27 View Page The heaviest beetroot weighing 16,15kg (35.6lbs)was grown by Olga Dogadaeva (Russia). The beetroot was grown from Kevin Fortey seeds (the genetic line of 24kg(52.9lbs) beetroot) 5 October 2024   Monday, January 27 View Page The heaviest giant marrow weighed 50.92 kg(112.2lbs) was grown by Olga Dogadaeva (Russia). 25 August 2024   Monday, January 27 View Page The widest sunflower head with a diameter of 54 cm was grown by Karolina Ovchinnikova (Russia). The sunflower grew from the seeds of the variety "Titan" (Takii seeds) 19 September 2024   Monday, January 27 View Page The heaviest Russian watermelon weighing 115,1kg (252.9 lbs) was grown by Maxim Lebedev (2024) This is his first experience in growing giant watermelons. Watermelon was grown from seeds 260.19 Felcyn 2nd watermelon was 106kg (233.9lbs) All watermelons from 225 Prochaska genetic The same type of rootstock was used for both watermelons Routpower F1 (SAKATA)   Monday, January 27 View Page The heaviest onions in Russia were grown by Alexander Chusov (2024) Heaviest onions were 3.16kg (6.96lbs) and 3.32kg (7.31lbs) Onions grew from Peter Glazebrook seeds. This year (2025) Alexander plans to grow onions over 5 kg (11lbs+)   Monday, January 27 View Page The tallest Corn (Cherokee White Eagle), 4.87m (191.7 inches), was grown by Elena Agafonova (Russia). 16 August 2024   Monday, January 27 View Page The longest chilli pepper (Thunder Mountain Longhorn) is 525 mm in length, grown by Taras Galishcev (Russia). Ruben Mendi will try to grow a European record from these seeds in 2025 05 October 2023   Monday, January 27 View Page The longest carrot in Russia (2023) was 100.5cm, grown by Taras Galishcev (Russia). 06 October 2024   Monday, January 27 View Page The heaviest cantaloupe melon grown by Elena Agafonova (Russia) weighed 13.72kg (30.2lbs), which is a Russian national record. Melon was grown from UK record seeds from Kevin F. This 2025 season, Russian growers will also grow from Tony Prochaska's seeds 05 August 2024   Monday, January 27 View Page The longest sunflower 750cm (24.6ft) in Russia was grown by Ivan Popov (2024) from 21.06 Grendel 2023 (642cm)   Monday, January 27 View Page The giant tomato weighing 2.735 kg (6.01lbs) was grown by Alexander Terekhov from Minusinsk (Russia) 2024. At the annual competition "Day of Minusinsk Tomato" it was largest tomato in Russia. According to the rules of the competition, there must be at least 5 tomatoes on one plant. The heaviest of them weighed 2.73 kg Every year in Minusinsk there is a competition for the heaviest tomato. The main prize is a car. The tomato variety from which the Russian record grew is "Gigante Farina"   Monday, January 27 View Page Root system of a grafted watermelon from two roots. Carolina Cross (Felcyn 260.1) was grafted onto two roots of rampart gourd (Hardrock F1) The watermelon grew to 98 kg (216lbs) It was grown by Vladimir Lukanin from Moscow It doesn't matter how many roots a watermelon has - the result will be the same.   Tuesday, January 28 View Page The heaviest bushel gourd weighing 24 kg (52.9 lb) was grown in an apartment by Vladimir Lukanin (Moscow, Russia). The volume of the pot was 100 liters Summer 2024   Tuesday, January 28 View Page Watermelon (Carolina Cross) grafted onto 8 roots of rootstock by Roman Ponomarev (farmer from Russia) The maximum number of roots on the watermelon that Roman grafted was 20 pieces (unfortunately, there is no photo) It doesn't matter how many roots a watermelon has, the result will be the same.   Tuesday, January 28 View Page Root system of 8 roots of an adult grafted plant. (Roman Ponomarev, Russia)   Monday, April 14 View Page A little information about the so-called Russian club of Giant Vegetables, about which the administrator does not tell you much. BP acc: AURUM PUMPKIN (Russian club of Giant Vegetables) Be careful! They don't tell you what's really going on! This club has very EXTREMELY strict rules. Let's start with the fact that the following people are permanently blocked in this club: Alexander Chusov (champion of pumpkin and onion) even his family members are blocked there too. Elena Agafonova (champion of bushel, corn, cantaloupe and cucumber) Taras Galishchev (champion of carrots and long pepper) Olga Dogadaeva (champion of giant marrow and beetroot) Karolina Ovchinnikova (champion of sunflower) Maxim Lebedev (champion of watermelon) as well as famous champions of Russia and professional growers: Alina Romanova, Vladimir Lukanin, Igor Malyshev, Timofey Savin, Artem Efremychev and so on I know about 40 people for sure who are blocked in this club (in fact, there are many more) Most people are blocked there even without being members of the club. How do you like this democracy? People who have never been to this club are already blocked there. What kind of equality can we talk about? The club only blocks you for being friends with one of the Russian champions or just a professional grower (the administrator tracks this through your friends on the social network) Few people know, but the administrator of this club DOES NOT ALLOW you to grow vegetables from the seeds of people I wrote about above. For example, in this club you can not grow pumpkins from Alexander Chusov's seeds or from seeds that people got from me. If I am blocked there, it means that my seeds are prohibited in this club. It sounds terrible, but it is true. But the worst thing is that the administrator at one time prohibited people from growing pumpkins and vegetables on mineral fertilizers, the main condition was to grow only on organic fertilizers and without a greenhouse, only open ground. WTF ? Many people are afraid to buy seeds from Russian champions because they will be blocked in this club. Have you ever seen an administrator allow you to grow giant onions only from your own seeds? The administrator prohibited a person from growing onions because the seeds of this onion were bought from me. Have you ever seen anything like this in the world of giant vegetables, when the administrator sets his own rules of the game? And if you don't agree, you go to the BLOCK. Can you imagine in the USA that the club administrator forbids growing, for example, from Travis Ginger seeds? It sounds like a mental hospital has gone crazy. Can you imagine an American club dictating rules about what fertilizers can be used and what can't? Can you imagine an American club setting strict rules about when to sow seeds, whose seeds and under what conditions?   Tuesday, April 15 View Page A little information about the so-called Russian club of Giant Vegetables, about which the administrator does not tell you much. BP acc: AURUM PUMPKIN (Russian club of Giant Vegetables) Be careful! They don't tell you what's really going on! Rules for joining the Russian Giant Vegetable Club: 1) Have an open account (Thus, the administrator will make a strict filter, check your friends, photos, etc.) 2) PARTICIPATION ONLY IN HER COMPETITION. (in other competitions this is PROHIBITED - otherwise you will be blocked forever) Even if you participate in third-party competitions, the administrator will follow you there through fake accounts. This is not the first time we find her through fake accounts. 3) It is necessary to grow a giant pumpkin/vegetables (the Administrator obliges you to do this) 4) Have seeds of giant vegetables or BUY THEM ONLY with the APPROVAL of the Club Administrator. I repeat! This is Very important! The seeds from which you will grow can only be approved by the administrator of this club. At this stage, the administrator forbade people to grow from many seeds from people he does not like. YOU HAVE NO FREEDOM OF CHOICE. IT WILL BE DECIDED FOR YOU. 5) You must write to the administrator to join the club. But even here, not everything is so simple. You will be filtered for a long time. Where have you seen such clubs in the US or Europe? I can say with confidence that I personally know people who were forbidden to grow from Alexander Chusov's pumpkin seeds and not only, they were even forbidden to grow Peter Glazebrook's onions seeds which i got from Kevin Fortey. And this person really wants to become the president of the GPC Russia. This is a nightmare for the GPC.