The 'giant' sweet potato weighing 9 kg of the people of the 'rice district' in Nghe An

Recently, when going to the garden to harvest potatoes, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Hoan (62 years old) in Van Tay hamlet, Nhan Thanh commune was very surprised to see a "giant" sweet potato lying on the garden ground.

"Giant" sweet potato weighs 9kg. Photo: An Nam

After cutting all the vines, Mrs. Hoan brought the potato into the yard. At first glance, the potato looked like a lime pot, the outside skin was rough, bumpy, with many wrinkles and cracks like custard apple. The strange potato weighed 9kg.

According to Ms. Hoan, the potato seeds planted in the garden were bought from the market. The garden in front of the alley has a lot of gravel and rocks, and the potatoes are grown only to get the leaves and shoots as daily vegetables. Up to now, this batch of potatoes has been planted for 6 months, many vines have tubers, but all are small tubers, only 1 large tuber is unusual.

Hearing that Mrs. Hoan had just dug up a "giant" sweet potato, many people inside and outside Van Tay hamlet came to see. Everyone was surprised and said they had never seen such a big sweet potato before.

Many people were excited to see the "giant" sweet potato. Photo: An Nam

The owner of this special sweet potato has cleaned it and brought it into the house to display. Ms. Cao Thi Mai, Ms. Hoan's daughter, said: "We don't dare cook such a big, strange potato, so the family is leaving it on the table for curious people to see."