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A NEW AUSTRALIAN RECORD HAS BEEN MADE Giuseppe Sacco of Clayton South Victoria has created a new record for growing the Tallest Silverbeet Plant of 4.448 meters. Above is a proud grower , Giuseppe Sacco of Clayton South Victoria with his new AGPVS record Tallest Silverbeet Plant of 4.448 meters Well done Giuseppe!       Corona Virus has changed our life but we can still have fun growing our Giant Vegies. You can still enter your Giant or unusual Vegetable online following the rules and regulations of Competition. Download Rules and Regulations Click Here   Contact us :-  info@agpvs.com.au         Tasmania has a new record for the Heaviest Pumpkin grown by Shane Newitt. " 455.5kg " Shane showed of his Giant Pumpkin ( Bumblebee ) at the Bream Creek Show on the 17th March 2018. Well done Shane.   Dale Oliver has a New Australian Record for a Giant Pumpkin weighing a whopping 743kg. Dale took his winning pumpkin on 21st January 2015 to get weighed at the Summerland Pumpkin Competition Kyogle NSW. What a beauty. Australia's Super Pumpkin.       NEW WORLD RECORD A New World Record  has been achieved by Keegan Meyers of Elliston South Australia, growing this massive Cucumber of 130.5cm (51 5/16" ) in lenght. The previous record of 119cm was held by Clare Pearce of Whittlesey , UK, 2009.   NEW Australian Records Achieved :-   Cucumber Longest  ( Keegan Meyers ).......... 130.5cm ( 51.38" ) Corn Tallest  ( Phillip McCauley ) ................. Sunflower Largest Head  ( Paul Latham ).......... 49.5cm ( 19.5" ) Sunflower Most Flower Heads on Single Plant  ( Paul Latham ).......... 82 Flower Heads For full records click here :- RECORDS      PAST NEWS & EVENTS 16th January  2015  Phillip McCauley created a new Australian Record for a Giant Marrow weighing in at 38kg. Phillip McCauley of Cora Lynn in Victoria had his Giant Marrow weighed at ATLANTIC SEEDS and it tipped the scales at a new Australian Record of 38kg. Phillip says he is still trying to beet our Northern Hemisphere friends. He wont give up.   The Pakenham Show is the site for the 2016 Victorian Competition of the Australasian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition     19th March 2016 Pakenham Show Schedule Scales, Signage and props supplied by Atlantic Seeds         AUSTRALIAN RECORD Well its official Dale Oliver has beaten Ben Suma's record. Dale weighted his pumpkin in January at 575kg pictured below.                               .................................................... WOW !! Gourd Look At That >    Records are being smashed at lot lately, and Ben Surma has a New Australian Record, not for a pumpkin, but with a Long Gourd. Yes Ben has just broken Australia's record with his 3.080 meter long Gourd.          Phillip McCauley with his Victorian Heaviest Pumpkin Phillip McCauley of Cora Lynn in Victoria had his Atlantic Giant Pumpkin weighed at his farm on the 28th February 2012 by Atlantic Seeds and it tipped the scales at a new Victorian Record of 385.1kg.   Above is Philip with his 385.1kg pumpkin Well done Phillip for setting new benchmarks in Australian Giant Marrows and Victorian Giant Pumpkins.                  Coming Competitions  (  Competitions in Date order )                 Promote Your Giant Vegetable Competition     Coming  Competitions         March 7th 2015  Kootingal Pumpkin Festival         March 21st 2015  Australian Giant Pumpkin & Vegetable Competition  Victorian Weighoff           March 23rd and 24th 2015  Royal Sydney Easter Show         April 4th 2015  Murray River Giant Pumpkin Competition - Cadell Harvest Festival         May 2nd 2015  Collector Village Pumpkin Festival            May  31st 2015  Goomeri Pumpkin Festival