new world record amaranth
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Posted: Oct/24/2007 8:50 PM PST
If Guinness accepts my submission I will have the world record for the tallest Amaranth. The current record is 15 feet 1 inch by David Brenner, the head curator of Amaranth at the USDA. Using his seed I was able to produce a 23 feet 2 inch plant. Last week the county came and measured my plant using a cherry picker truck. This Amaranthus australis is one of the biggest plants I've ever seen. I just barely passed my friend in New York. I gave him some seeds and his plant ended up growing to over 22 feet with a stem base circumference of over 4 1/2 feet. In fact, his plant was 4 feet ahead of mine by the end of June. I knew I had to do something or I was going to lose out on the record. I threw down enormous quantities of Espoma Bio-Tone Starter and within a few weeks the plant had a growth spurt and surged to over 5 feet in two weeks. I ended up passing his plant and taking the record. What a comeback! Here are some news videos and articles: Fox Philadelphia News Video http://www.myfoxphilly.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail ;jsessionid=350C4BBDD1B213403C79A67312805344?conte ntId=4645655&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VST Y&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1 Mercer County website article http://nj.gov/counties/mercer/news/releases/approv ed/071015.html Attachments:     |
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Posted: Oct/24/2007 11:02 PM PST
I saw your picture on this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthus_australis Good luck. |
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Posted: Dec/25/2007 10:49 PM PST
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Posted: Dec/27/2007 6:16 AM PST
Wooh,so big!I seldom see such tall plants.Congratulation! |
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Posted: Jan/16/2008 11:12 PM PST
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.) 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. 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. |
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Posted: Jan/17/2008 9:47 AM PST
Hi there Gardenmonster! Love the name, and welcome to GG. Could you do me a favor? That looks like it was written pro, could you give some credit to the original author? If you wrote it then Kudo, nice job. |
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Posted: Jan/17/2008 4:57 PM PST
you know whats weird? I dont know who wrote it. But its not bad for in a nut shell so I cut and pasted it. I have found two web pages that were set up about my plant and I have no Idea who has been doing it. 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?? |
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Posted: Jan/17/2008 8:46 PM PST
looks like some of it or maybe all of the info. is from the following site? I wanted to read more on the subject and found the site. But again I'm not 100% sure if all of the info. came from there. http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/nature/tallest_ Amarath_plant_world_record_set_by_Jesse_Eldrid_801 16.htm Pretty neat site! 
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Posted: Jan/17/2008 10:27 PM PST
Maybe a cool site but not cool to do that without my permission. and thats not the only one. 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??
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Posted: Jan/17/2008 11:04 PM PST
http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about1072. html http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/giants/msg 1210392811910.html?5 World Record? NY Record? NJ Record? |
