The marrow in comparison to our average-sized angled luffas and short cucumber – what a joke!

After growing on the vine for more than three months, it was time to harvest the Mighty Marrow. After all, it had developed the “whiteness” that I had been instructed to look out for, and the stem was beginning to dry up.

Besides that, there have been a few new fruit flowers that didn’t set, so I figured if I harvested the Mighty Marrow, the vine could have strength to bear another marrow or so.

This baby was much heftier than Marrow II. It logged in at 74cm long (29 inches), with a 50cm circumference at the widest part, and weighed a whopping 7kg or 15.5 lbs!

Just to give some perspective as to the size of the Mighty Marrow…

We have yet to cut it to cook it, but it will be going to a few homes when we do. If it is any different from the younger fruit, I’ll let you know.

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