Guinness World Record
Chinese seed company grows 131 enormous watermelons
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Zhengzhou Research Seedling Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese agricultural technology company, created the mass-producing plant, codenamed “Tianlong 1508.” While typical watermelon plants only yield between one and four fruit, the research team gave some extra TLC to Tianlong 1508, making sure its vines were untangled and it received a daily dose of temperature-controlled water mixed with fertilizer. The hard work paid off, seeing as each and every one of the 131 watermelons survived to grow nice and plump for the harvest.
The melons weighed between 5 and 19 kilograms, or 11 and 41 pounds – a notable accomplishment for only 90 days worth of growth. There is no talk yet of commercializing the plant, but the implications for tackling worldwide hunger are pretty mind-blowing. Right now, however, the company is basking in the glow of smashing the world record for watermelon production.
Source: inhabitat.com/
