2026年7月7日、兄のプロポーズのために、弟はハート形のスイカを101個育てた。July 7, 2026 — To help his brother propose, a young man grew 101 heart-shaped watermelons.

In the village of Talas, in the Manas district of Talas Region in northwestern Kyrgyzstan, 24-year-old Shersultan Kyrgyzbaev harvested 101 heart-shaped watermelons. They were for the occasion of his older brother proposing marriage to his girlfriend. While the fruit was still small, he fit each one into a shaping mold ordered from China; grown inside the mold, they take on a rounded heart shape. He first tried with a large-fruited variety, so some did not ripen fully. The shape suits early varieties weighing two to four kilograms, he says. The idea came from a video of heart-shaped watermelons selling in Japan for about 100 dollars each. His orders came to more than 100,000 som in total. The local news agency Turmush reported it on July 7.