cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/23926129
A Japanese man borrowed some of the luck of the Irish and broke a Guinness World Record by growing a 63-leaf clover.
Yoshiharu Watanabe, 45, started cross-pollinating clovers at his Nasushiobara home in 2012 with an aim toward breaking the world record.
“Since the number of leaves has increased year by year, I have been aiming for the Guinness World Records title ever since,” he told Guinness World Records.
Watanabe said he used a combination of letting his clover patches pollinate naturally and hand-pollinating those with the most leaves. He said his methods weren’t always successful.
“Sometimes the number of leaves can go down, or sometimes you end up with the normal three-leaf clover,” he said. “We know that genetics are involved in a higher number of leaves, yet we don’t exactly know how it works.”
Watanabe’s prize clover has 63 leaves, beating the previous record of 56 leaves, set by fellow Japan resident Shigeo Obara in 2009.
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This puts a dent in the 56-leaf clover owner’s luck.
@Emperor That looks less like a clover and more like a miniature lettuce!
Now that would be a plot twist - the world’s leafiest is actually the world’s tiniest lettuce.
Sponsored by Fukushima power plant.
Too bad that it’s one short of a multiple of four
So we’re not talking about the fact that as well as 63 leaves this clover appears to have also grown tiny postit notes?
He bred it specifically for breaking a world record. Obviously having it number its own leaves is way convenient
Now that famous saying makes sense: the luck of the Japanese.
Be not afraid.
this is what is used to make cursed frogurt.
