CANNA UK NATIONAL GIANT VEGETABLES CHAMPIONSHIP 2024

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We have awarded 12 Guinness World Records this weekend and 2 UK/EU records!

1. Heaviest Sunflower head – Peter Glazebrook 7.046kg
2. Longest Broad Bean – James Brown 455mm
3. Heaviest Celeriac – Graham Barrett 6.330kg
4. Longest Turnip – Joe Atherton 4929mm
5. Heaviest Runner Bean – M.Enstone 0.254kg
6. Heaviest Red Cabbage – Chris Evans 33kg
7. Longest Leek – Peter Glazebrook 1582mm
8. Longest aubergine – Kevin Fortey – 0410mm
9. Tallest Cucumber Plant – Kevin Fortey 6497mm
10. Heavy Pepper – Ian Neale, 0.966kg
11. Longest radish – Joe Atherton 7410mm
12. Heaviest Khoi Rabi – Chris Marriott 47kg

UK and European records

Heaviest Radish – Paul Rochester 20.122kg

Heaviest Cantaloupe Melon – Douglas Smith – 27.6kg

Size does matter in the Canna UK National Giant Vegetables Championship. A firm favourite each year, you won’t believe your eyes at the size of the fruit and vegetables on display.

Enter a world of monstrous legumes, larger than life fruits and hefty roots. Rivalry between competitors is always fierce with super-sized and often record breaking celery, leek, parsnip and cabbages.

Junior growers who have also caught the bug take part in classes for giant sunflower heads.

Visitors interested in finding more about how to grow sizable vegetables are advised to stop by CANNA and chat to their knowledgeable team, you will find them in the Giant Vegetables Hall.

Adjudicators and representatives from the Guinness World Records attend the championship each year and we see many world records broken for the heaviest or the longest vegetables.

This year’s competition will be held in the newly built indoor Kildare Hall and there will be a class heaviest cantaloupe melon, with a whopping £1,000 of prize money for the winner!

Pumpkin Patch

There will be a brand-new pumpkin patch this year, complete with selfie station so you can capture your seasonal pumpkin snaps!