A Louisiana woman set a record for growing the state’s largest cabbage, weighing in at more than 44 pounds.
Home gardener Jenny Bourg, of Bourg, about an hour southwest of New Orleans, grew the giant Sapporo cabbage in her backyard, according to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
Bourg, who has been a gardener all of her life, said she cannot remember a time she was not planting fruits and vegetables.
“Growing up in a family where gardening was a way of life led me to never imagine life without a garden. As a young child I can remember being the garden helper!” Bourg told Humans Who Grow Food in an Instagram post. “My mother lived to the age of 90 and I was very fortunate to be able (to) get her wise gardening advice for many, many years.”
Giant cabbage seed planted in July
Bourg grew the giant cabbage from a seed she planted in July.
When it was harvested on Dec. 21, the Department of Agriculture measured the cabbage. It had a circumference of 7 feet, 2 inches, and weighed 44.115 pounds.
The previous Louisiana state recordholder was Macyn Bertucci, a New Orleans third grade student, who won the competition with a 28-pound cabbage in 2018, according to the state agriculture department.
“It was huge! I was really surprised,” Bertucci told The Market Bulletin.
The Bulletin reported that Bertucci won a $1,000 savings bond from Bonnie Plant, a greenhouse facility that provides gardeners with fresh fruits, vegetables and succulents.
