Among the plants beloved in the south of the United States, okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a crowd favorite. Because okra loves hot and sunny summers, it's most commonly grown in the deep south, but ...

COLUMBIA, Miss. (WDAM) - Whether you enjoy okra fried, boiled or pickled, the plant has become a Southern staple in many households. One gardener in Columbia is watching one particular okra plant ...

Time-lapse of planting an okra from a seed to harvest-able pods. The okra seed was sowed under potting mix soil in a 10-inch container indoor. It took over a week to sprout. The seedling was growing ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The sky is the limit, or so it seems. A towering okra plant in West Mobile knows no bounds. Still growing strong, up some three feet in just the last month. Standing tall in ...

NEWPORT, N.C. (WITN) - While it’s not a magic beanstalk, the okra plant off Highway 24 in Newport is well over 17 feet tall and continues to get taller. Organic gardener Vicki Swindell’s massive okra ...

TUPELO — Surrounded by peppers, tomatoes, rosemary and raspberries in a garden bed beside their home, a Tupelo couple's 16-foot okra plant may be a world record contender. Weylon and Tonja Michael, ...

NEWPORT, N.C. (WNCT) — For one Newport woman, what started as simply gardening turned into a quest to conquer a world record. Vicki Swindell may be the new title holder of the world’s tallest okra ...