Colossal hollow vegetable can be used as an effective airconditioning system

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The cultivator of the fourteen-meter-long crop, Li Hui, planted thehollow vegetable on the roof of the house she was living in. Thebuilding is only nine-meters tall thus the long leaves of theexpanding vegetable hang down to the ground, forming a natural"green waterfall", Hunan-based Sanxiang City Express reports.

It is almost unbelievable that the leaves are so strong that manylocal children are fond of using them as swings.

Li Hui said that she bought the seeds of this extraordinary plantin March, only hoping it could provide shade for the house.However, the vegetable grew much faster than she anticipated. Liknew the growing habits of the plant very well so she lovinglywatered it twice a day at certain times and regularly addedfarmyard manure.

Now, the colossal hollow vegetable can already shade the wholehouse from the sun. "It functions like an effective airconditioning system. I feel cool inside," Li said happily.

The "green waterfall" has become a hit in the small town. Visitors,local growers, and especially kids, like to stop for a while toobserve or play with the vegetable. The cultivator is currentlyhopeful it can enter the Guinness Book of World Records.

When the frost descends at the end of October the plant may wither,however, Li was confident that her vegetable could continue growingand become leafier.

A teacher with the Hunan Agricultural University was also surprisedthat the vegetable could be so abundant on a roof! She describedthe hollow vegetable, also knows as water spinach, water celery,swamp cabbage, water convolvulus or water morning-glory, as asemi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable. It is mostcommonly grown in China's Yangtze River drainage area and somesouthern provinces including Guangdong.