8m tall sunflowers

Richard Hope, a talented farmer in the United Kingdom, has defended many Guinness records of cultivation such as the biggest beet, the heaviest chives . This year, he continues to record the highest sunflower growers in the country. Brother.

Sunflowers are plants that live mainly in areas with adequate lighting conditions. Summer in the UK often rains much, wet, is an unfavorable condition for sunflower growth. However, the sunflower tree that Richard planted next to his wall is 7.9m high.

Richard said that this sunflower plant was 30 years old, every year a little higher, the winter this year is coming, the outside temperature is very low but it still seems to have no signs of stopping growing.

Richard is a retired rail worker, he revealed that such a "secret weapon" as a sunflower is due to his frequent irrigation of organic fertilizers and every day spent many hours cultivating it.

At present, the record maker of the world's highest sunflower is Hans Peter Schiefer of Germany in 2009 with a height of 8m, only 0.1m more than Richard's tree. ' It is a pity, because it only takes a day or two of sunshine to grow more than 10cm , ' Richard said. However, he still hopes to break the world record this time.