{"id":67174,"date":"2017-09-23T00:11:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardeners-mystery-seeds-produce-record-breaking-squash\/"},"modified":"2017-09-23T01:05:13","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T18:05:13","slug":"gardeners-mystery-seeds-produce-record-breaking-squash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardeners-mystery-seeds-produce-record-breaking-squash\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardener&#039;s mystery seeds produce record-breaking squash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nPeter Marston thought he was growing cucumbers in his Nottinghamshire greenhouse \u2013 then a 173cm squash shot up Gardener Peter Marston had no idea what he was growing when he planted a handful of seeds he had been given as a present in his Nottinghamshire greenhouse. As the first green shoot came through, he decided to treat the plant as a cucumber but was amazed and delighted as it grew and grew \u2013 and became what is believed to be a record-breaking climbing squash.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2017\/sep\/22\/gardeners-mystery-seeds-produce-record-breaking-squash\" target=\"_blank\">Gardener&#8217;s mystery seeds produce record-breaking squash<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Peter Marston thought he was growing cucumbers in his Nottinghamshire greenhouse \u2013 then a 173cm&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-hts","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":106863,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/more-light-more-sun-may-brings-gardeners-the-promise-of-an-endless-summer-allan-jenkins\/","url_meta":{"origin":67174,"position":0},"title":"More light, more sun, May brings gardeners the promise of an endless summer | Allan Jenkins","date":"May 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Get sowing \u2013 summer squash, sweet peas, calendula, tagetes, peas, salad \u2013 and enjoy this special time of yearIt\u2019s finally May, the gardener\u2019s month of active sun. 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