{"id":3157,"date":"2016-01-25T22:32:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T22:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2016-01-25T23:12:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T23:12:41","slug":"we-grew-the-worlds-largest-soursop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ranchodelicioso.com\/?p=3157","title":{"rendered":"We Grew Guinness Record Breaking Soursop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Worlds<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest Soursop (Guanabana) ever grown was a measly 8.14 pounds (3.69 kg) so ours was nearly double the weight! Ours weighed 16 pounds (7.26 Kilos)!<\/p>\n

Check out the old record on the Guinness website here: http:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/world-records\/heaviest-soursop<\/a>. And you can see a photo of it here to compare the sizes: http:\/\/www.hawaii247.com\/2010\/08\/04\/worlds-largest-soursop-is-konas-third-guinness-record\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Guinness<\/a>

Guinness Record Breaking Soursop – 16 pounds!<\/p><\/div>World Record Soursop showing 16 pounds![\/caption]I have applied with Guinness for verification of the record but I suspect that because I only have photographic proof and it wasn’t measured by a certified Guinness expert, or whatever they require, we won’t end up in their book, but still it’s fun to beat a record!<\/p>\n

This shows the power of organics! One might think that to set a record, you’d need to pump the soil full of chemicals or use a GMO fruit.<\/p>\n

Soursop grows very easily in our part of Costa Rica, and is an extremely tasty fruit, especially good in smoothies. It has amazing cancer-curing properties, according to various sources such as this: <\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.collective-evolution.com\/2013\/02\/13\/soursop-graviola-cancer-cure-strong-evidnce\/<\/a><\/p>\n

This is also one of my favorite plants on the farm, because Guanabana trees produce fruit ALL YEAR! The only other fruit tree I can think of that seems to do that here, besides bananas\/plantains, is Starfruit. With others, we have to wait patiently for the right season, but not the soursop. With several trees, a small farm can enjoy it year-round.<\/p>\n

What’s our secret? This tree was planted within a large garden bed that was double-dug and had lots of manure mixed in. Other than that, pure luck I guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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