This find will have veggies agog... (Giant Kudzu Root going places.)

[BikeWriter]

A root vegetable unearthed in Hong Kong and measuring 1.4 metres long and 66 centimetres in circumference could be of world-record size, a newspaper reported Thursday.

The kudzu root - or pueraria lobata - was found by a retired government worker on an abandoned farm in Hong Kong's New Territories, the South China Morning Post said. It took him and two friends seven hours to dig it up.

The root, which is known locally as "goh" and used in medicinal soup, normally only grows to about 30cm.

A plant expert who examined the root called it a "gift from nature" and estimated it was about four years old.

Chan Siu-lun, a crop expert with the government's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, said it was the biggest goh he had ever seen and urged the owner to submit it to Guinness World Records.

There is currently no world record for a kudzu root, the report said. - Sapa-DPA
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[xchrom]

1. the future is Kudzu!

[BikeWriter]

3. All hail the kudzu God!

[bridgit]

2. kudzu is our friend...

[BikeWriter]

4. You got it, Lady!