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Champion Plant Brings Fame To Grower At Amherst
In Amherst Mass Jack Francis grew a philodendron to a record 1114 feet stretched around his living room. He sold it in 1984 to measure the length for Guinness, later cutting it into four foot lengths. Francis says patience and careful care, including fertilizing with watering, kept his famed plant thriving alongside his other garden ventures.
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