Huge vegetables: 9kg onion and other record-breaking giant veg

Now this one will make your eyes water - look at the size of this onion.

It weighs a whopping 9kg and was grown by Gareth Griffin from Guernsey.

He entered his giant veg into a competition at the Harrogate Show, where gardeners take their mega food to be weighed.

This onion weighs more than the previous "world-record" beating onion, which was 8.4kg.

Other whopping winners

Judges weigh up the contestants' hard work to see which vegetables are the largest, longest, and heaviest

As well as Gareth's onion, lots of other people entered their root vegetables in the competition.

Chris Parish grew a massive pumpkin that weighed 102kg, that's about the same as a giant fridge or a newborn elephant weighs.

One man also won in several different vegetable categories - his cabbage, parsnip, carrot, beetroot AND cucumber all won him prizes.

Paul had a pretty impressive selection of mega-veg

World-record cucumber

While Paul did win a prize for his cucumber in Harrogate, he's still not topped Sebastian Suski's world-record cucumber from 2022.

That cucumber was over a metre long - coming in at 113.4 cm. That's a bit longer than from your nose to the tip of your outstretched arm for an adult. What would you make with all that cucumber - maybe a really big salad?

He said the trick to growing a really big cucumber was knowing when the right time to cut it was. If you leave it too long, it risks rotting, and might potentially explode.

Other vegetable record holders

You're going to have to scroll a long way to see this one - a massive marrow!

According to Guinness World Records, the heaviest marrow was grown by Vincent Sjodin in Barry, in Wales. He grew his marrow to 116.4kg. That's not far off being as heavy as a washing machine.

There's also the world's longest leek - which was 1.36 metres - grown by Joe in Mansfield.

You can read a full list of mega veg here.

Inspired to grow your own vegetables? Check out these top tips for making your own plots from the RHS gardening team.