Ian_R_Neale

World record holder for growing giant vegetables. I live in Newport, South Wales. Gardening guru to Snoop Dogg.

[Ian_R_Neale @IanRNeale1]

Heaviest bell pepper https://t.co/ONgJJDNtxS via @GWR;

Early birthday present, just heard that I have broken my own world record for the heaviest bell pepper.

[Ian_R_Neale @IanRNeale1]

Introducing Pro-Grow Rockdust 🌱 https://t.co/pBNinSCXGG via @YouTube

Just had visitors from Spain they are amazed how much the condition of my soil has improved, thanks to using “rock dust”
😊🥳

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Just picked my first chilli 🌶️ pepper. 612 grams. What’s the best recipe for chilli sauce?

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@ShowAmateur Still have some seeds left from the crop I used to grow this pepper.

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My 13th Guinness World Record certificate has arrived. 😎

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Now that I am getting older I use the tractor to harvest the potatoes. Tried some new varieties this year.

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Harvesting vegetables for the family.

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Lovely sunshine here in South Wales today.

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Pupils and staff have been using Official Guinness Record Breaking vegetables to develop their numeracy skills today! 🫑

We'll be sticking to this theme for our next whole school competition... more information to follow👀

[Ian_R_Neale @IanRNeale1]

Malvern Autumn Show is over for another year. Thank-you to the other exhibitors and organisers for making it enjoyable. The icing on the cake was getting another World record for the heaviest bell pepper. (963g)

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Tyrone predicted on the 27th of August that this would be a world record breaker. He was correct. It’s been a nervous month making sure it didn’t spoil before the Malvern Autumn Show. It weighed in at 966g. Can I break the 1Kg barrier next year? 🤔

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@ShowAmateur See you at Malvern. Started to rain this morning but no flooding. 🙂

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@Bossloper You can see the bags on top of the poles - to try and keep the pigeons off the plants. They go after the 🐛 - do loads of damage. There are loads of 🐛holes in the leaves. I pick off as many as possible. Surrounded with lawn clippings to keep a lot of pests away but not the 🐰.

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Fortunately we haven’t had too much rain - yet. 🤞

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Only a week to go and the 2024 growing season will be over. So cold that I am having to keep the greenhouse doors closed. Normally the plants only have blankets in the spring. Have I done enough to get any winners at Malvern? 🤔🧐☹️🤞

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Both picked the same marrow. Slugs are enjoying the 🫑. Which will be the longest gourd.

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Making friendly bets on which of my vegetables will make it to Malvern. Loser will buy lunch.

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@JenRockdust Looking forward to seeing you.

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@heirloomroots Mine are Mongolian giants as well. Just added some volcanic rock dust to my soil. I also grow green manure during the winter time to improve the soil quality.

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Growing sunflowers 🌻🌻🌻for a local village competition.

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Please grow! 🤞