Florida Backyard Garden Produces Bean Behemoth
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ORLANDO, Fla. — A 52-inch legume from Brahmachari Yoganand’s backyard garden may just qualify as the world’s biggest bean.
Yoganand, a native of Trinidad, has to stretch out both arms to display the lengthy green bean. It easily bests the 48-incher listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, and Yoganand said he will be contacting Guinness officials soon.
“It all depends on the moon,” Yoganand told The Orlando Sentinel. “If you plant the seeds when the moon is going up, the beans grow longer.”
Yoganand said he uses no chemical fertilizers or pesticides in his garden. His daughter, Meera, discovered the bean Wednesday while he was napping.
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