article_snippet.sent: 1.2 metres is not the first time these outsized vegetables have turned up in China but usually these outsized vegetables are grown by farmers using commercial fertilizers.
article_snippet.sent: After pictures of any fertilizer were posted online, one commenter wrote: 'Radish, have you grown so big to become the King of Radish?'
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this year another giant vegetable was found growing in China's Guangdong province in a Shantou village.
article_snippet.sent: the farmer, Mr Chen, said:  'The most important elements for big radish is good quality fertilizer, good soil and not to grow big radish too tightly together and plenty of water.'
article_snippet.sent: Many people like to buy radish to take home during the Chinese Spring Festival as the Mandarin pronunciation of the nickname of another giant vegetable is 'Cai Tou' which sounds like 'Good Start'.
article_snippet.sent: It is not the first time these outsized vegetables have turned up in China but usually these outsized vegetables are grown by farmers using commercial fertilizers .
highlights_snippet.sent: Giant vegetable was grown in Yunnan Province by keen gardener Mr Li .
  