Couple Dig Up 8KG ‘World Heaviest Potato’ In Garden

A small farm owner weeding his garden got a giant surprise when his hoe struck an object beneath the soil’s surface.

At first, Colin Craig-Brown thought it might be some strange fungal growth. But after digging it out, scratching the skin’s surface and tasting it, he realised it was… a monster potato.

“We couldn’t believe it,” his wife, Donna, said. “It was just huge.”

The couple from Hamilton, New Zealand, believe the potato is self-sown and may have been growing for a couple of years or more.

They are waiting to find out if the spud, weighing 7.8kg (17.2lbs), has made it into the Guinness World Records book as the world’s heaviest potato.

The current record has been held since 2011 by a potato from Shepton Mallett, Somerset – which weighed a mere 4.98kg (10lb 14oz).

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