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West Amwell, NJ

Woohoo!

I logged into my Guinness World Record account today and found this message:

"Congratulations! Your record has been approved and a certificate has been sent to the address provided in your profile. If you you need to order additional certificates, please use the option on the right.

The current record for "Tallest amaranthus" is:
The world's tallest amaranthus plant (Amaranthus australis) measured 7.06 m (23 ft 2 in) on 15 October 2007 and was grown by Brian Moore (USA) at his home in Ewing, New Jersey, USA. "


I'm packaging my seeds up today and putting them in the giant veggie exchange. I'm including seeds to my giant amaranth plants. Good luck to everyone next year. I am hoping someone breaks the 30 ft. mark in the next few years.

12/18/2007 1:48:16 PM

Western NY

Congrats!

12/18/2007 1:50:28 PM

Nicholls Georgia

way to go

12/18/2007 2:31:58 PM

Netherlands

Congratulations Brian. I know how much time and effort you put into growing giant veg. I guess this makes it all worthwhile.

12/18/2007 2:45:01 PM

Sparta, NC

Congrats! Great Job!

12/18/2007 4:15:00 PM

Mt.Pleasant,Iowa

Great Job Brian! congrats!

12/18/2007 7:47:57 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

Well done Brian, I hope to get some of your seeds in the exchange.
Andy.

12/18/2007 8:25:21 PM

Mastic Beach, New York

congrats

12/18/2007 9:22:37 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

ohhh yeah...its my birthday..well may be its just christmas. Glad to hear it Brian..

12/18/2007 9:32:19 PM

Wv

congrats, god bless, glen

12/19/2007 4:21:56 PM

Minnesota

Congratulations

12/31/2007 12:27:17 PM

Poughkeepsie New York

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1/17/2008 8:34:54 PM

Poughkeepsie New York

New York state gardener/farmer Jesse Eldrid specializes in growing heavy, tall, and large vegetables and annual plants. On October 25th, 2007, after a long summer of working, watching, and waiting, he finally contacted county officials in order to obtain a legitimate measurement of the Amaranthus Australis plant he had been growing since the beginning of the year. When Jesse contacted the local bureau of weights and measures, he knew that he had a record-breaking plant -- but he didn't know that his plant would be almost twelve feet (11.98) taller than the the goal he had set for himself in the existing record: the official measurement of the plant, he would learn that afternoon, was 27'10".
In the early Spring months of 2007, Jesse received several amaranth seeds from the USDA NCRPIS (United States Department of Agriculture, North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station). Although one wouldn't think it from the size of the mature plant, Amaranthus seeds themselves are actually quite small (smaller than the head of a pin.) Germinating them was fairly difficult, however. Once he managed to get a handful of young plants growing well, he knew one of them was destined to be huge. On May 15th, when Jesse transplanted the young seedlings outside, they started growing rapidly. The plant that grew the fastest also happened to have the largest trunk (measuring almost five feet around) which may have helped the plant grow significantly taller than normal. (An average "trunk" would have a five to eight inch circumference.)

1/17/2008 8:39:44 PM

Poughkeepsie New York

As the temperatures rose, the plant grew faster and faster. Competition, too, was on the rise. In Spring, Jesse shared a small number of cuttings among friends, and their plants had begun to take on considerable height at around this time, as well. As it turned out, many of these cuttings exceeded the 15' benchmark, some even stretched to 20+ feet.

1/17/2008 8:41:46 PM

Poughkeepsie New York

In the early autumn, near the end of the amaranth's life cycle, Jesse's record-breaking plant was still growing several feet per day. Just before the official measurement, the plant also began producing flowers which also contributed to the overall height of the amaranth. Another factor contributing to the overwhelming size of the plant was the amount of water it received per day -- approximately 30 gallons per plant, per day.
In order to give the plant extra support (and to determine the benchmark for the old record) Jesse built a fifteen foot tall trellis for the amaranth. It didn't take long for the plant to outgrow it, though. By the middle of August, it was no longer possible to measure the plant with a ladder alone. (For the official measurement in October, professional arborists were called in, and a bucket-truck was necessary to get a measurement from the very top of the plant.)
Jesse Eldrid has been growing unusual plants for many years, and gardening is a life-long obsession for him. In the future, he plans on challenging the millet, sorghum, and historic corn records (for height.) He also intends, one day, to beat his own amaranth record. By growing crops such as these, Jesse hopes to raise awareness about the natural world and the potential for alternative energy.

1/17/2008 8:42:02 PM

Poughkeepsie New York

........It comes down to who grew the bigger plant, not who brought in the bigger media or the better cameras. It's about gardening.
I had twelve plants over 23' tall. Most of Brian's plants were *clones* of my certified 27'10" plant. He has left that information out of all of his articles, and posted up elsewhere that my plant is a "bigfoot" type of claim. Not only does he know better -- but he should have *acted* better, too. It's a much longer story than this, and it would probably make a good book. Maybe Brian would be interested in helping me write it??

1/17/2008 8:42:44 PM