Longest gourd plant

Longest gourd plant
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Who
Ian Neale
What
21.77 metre(s)
Where
United Kingdom (Langstone, Newport)
When
10 October 2026

The longest gourd plant (family: Cucurbitaceae) is 21.77 m (71 ft 5 in) and was grown by Ian Neale (UK) as confirmed at his farm in Langstone, near Newport, Wales, UK, on 10 October 2026.

This bettered his own record of 20.13 m (66 ft), as verified on 19 October 2024.

On the same day, Neale also had the tallest luffa plant confirmed, measuring in at 15.026 m (49 ft 3.5 in) from stem base to to tip.