“Obviously,” he chuckles, “this year was the year for okra.” The average plant grows to around seven feet tall. David’s okra topped out at 11 feet by July. “I knew something weird was ...

Keith Tyner, 66, has grown the tallest okra plant ever recorded in Texas, according to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ...

Standing tall in southeastern Baldwin County over a backyard filled with turkeys, chickens, goats, fruits, vegetables, and ...

Found in the joints between the plants’ stems and its hairy five to seven-lobed leaves, those five-sided pods narrow to ...

From a flower which resembles a brain to a three-metre-tall plant that smells of rotting flesh, sometimes the natural world is more horrifying than any fiction. Discover this creepy collection of ...

The hybrids feature a native trait that shortens the internodes below the corn ear, resulting in more compact plants ... care if the corn is short or tall, but we have found as we push genetics ...

Choose stems that snap cleanly and don’t bend. Okra exudes a glutinous juice in cooking which thickens stews and braised dishes. It can be eaten raw in salads or cooked with curries or vegetable ...

Tall fescue is an introduced species from Europe and Asia. It is adapted to humid temperate areas with an annual precipitation of 16 inches or greater. This grass is very winter hardy, but also has ...

All plants are alive, just like animals. We can find plants in almost all parts of our planet. Some plants are in gardens, some plants are in the wild. My mum wants me to water the flowers for her.

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