‘World’s heaviest runner bean’ from Stoke-on-Trent allotment enters the Guinness Book of World Record
196g runner bean!
City of Stoke-on-Trent
25th October 2023
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Following last year’s accolade for the ‘World’s longest leek’, Stoke-on-Trent allotment plot holder, Derek Hulme has won again.
Derek, who has an allotment plot at Buxton Street allotments in Sneyd Green entered his 196g runner bean in the CANNA UK National Giant Vegetable Championships, held at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern, Worcestershire at a three-day event in September.
Derek has now officially entered the Guinness Book of World Records 2024 for the World’s heaviest runner bean.
Derek said: “Allotments really do unearth the very best in people and the community. I have had the bug for growing plants since I was a child, and having a space I can do this is brilliant.
“I am incredibly chuffed with achievements, last year I won the World Record for the world’s longest leek, and this year I won the World Record for the world’s heaviest runner bean.
“Thank you to fellow large veg grower, Peter Glazebrook who shared the runner beans seeds with me. This community really is top-notch, and it really is amazing what you can do on a little plot of land in Stoke-on-Trent.”
