I Have Never Seen Such
By Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
Anniston, Alabama
October 2, 2017 8:06pm CST
My entire life i have seen these plants, My father had a garden and since I was in my twenties I have had my own garden, growing okra is something I do yearly because I love it.
A couple days ago I asked Tony if he would help me and he did, he watered the greens for me. When he came inside he told me I missed a lot of okra.
Today I picked the okra and I seen what he seen the okra lower down but this is the oddest thing I have ever seen. He thought it was the small newer plants but its not.
The single okra plants are making new plants where the leaves fell off lower on the plant. I have never seen an okra plant do this! They are single and that is it!
When Tony woke this evening I told him what was happening and he told me to make sure those plants have seed for next year because he has never seen that before either.
Evolution.
I intend to let many plants go to seed near the first frost.
Have you ever seen plants do this?
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24 responses
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
3 Oct 17
Sorry no, no green thumb here, I am not an okra fan either, too slimey for me!! I think it is a southern thing, we northerners like turnips and root veggies. lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
3 Oct 17
@andriaperry lol Do you have northern roots lol
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Oct 17
I am growing turnips and beets
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
3 Oct 17
I like okra and buy it when I can get it but have never seen a plant and so I have no idea what it does.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
3 Oct 17
I have never seen okra do that before, either! You may have a mutation that will bring you millions! Keep the seed and don't let anyone else save it when they grow your seed. I'm kidding, but it works for Monsanto.
Seriously, you may have come across something really cool. I hope your plants next year do the same thing
Seriously, you may have come across something really cool. I hope your plants next year do the same thing2 people like this
@peavey (16936)
• United States
3 Oct 17
@andriaperry That's kind of scary, all things considered.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Oct 17
You are right. I am one of those glowing Monsanto people, that plant is one reason I moved from the old neighborhood, since it was only a few blocks from that house.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
4 Oct 17
@peavey LOL. I aint scared of any old Monsanto 
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
4 Oct 17
@andriaperry I always keep the seeds of my best plants, they grow better than those you buy.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Oct 17
I am sure to allow some pods to get huge and dry naturally, it had made another breed all by itself.
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@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
3 Oct 17
i have seen plants regrow when parts drop off of them. i pull stems off of some plants and trans plant them
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Oct 17
I have done that, calling those sucker. This is the plant and where a leaf fell off its making a new stalk, never ever had this happened in my gardens.
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@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
3 Oct 17
I never seen an okra before, would like to see it.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
3 Oct 17
That's amazing. I have okra plants but never experienced this thing...
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Oct 17
I know! I was talking to myself in the harden!
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@SHOHANA (16094)
• Bangladesh
3 Oct 17
@andriaperry I have aloevera plants on my balcony
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@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
3 Oct 17
I plant okra but I have never seen that either. Very interesting.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Oct 17
I need to take pictures of this!
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Oct 17
I like okra but have never grown any.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Oct 17
My family has always grown okra, that is how I know this is not normal.
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@kobesbuddy (74560)
• East Tawas, Michigan
3 Oct 17
I have never seen okra grown, but my father-in-law use to plant it each year, in Alabama.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Oct 17
Alabama is where I was born and raised and now live.
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
4 Oct 17
@andriaperry I'm hoping to make my garden even bigger as I grow a lot of beans, cukes, tomatoes and a few other things, I ran out of room this year and now I want to try okra! 
@marguicha (215423)
• Chile
3 Oct 17
I don´t know what okra is. I have never eaten it either.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Oct 17
Okra is from Africa.... I think.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Oct 17
That is interesting. No, I have never seen that before.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
4 Oct 17
I wanted to take a pic today and I forgot.
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@Srbageldog (7716)
• United States
3 Oct 17
I have seen flowers do that, but I don't think I've seen any veggie plant do that. Interesting.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
3 Oct 17
I have never planted okra, but my onions do that every year. I can leave them in the ground for a good part of winter. I have brushed the snow off them to get one when I need it during the winter.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Oct 17
I have had what is called walking onions that does that, mine come up in the spring.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
3 Oct 17
@fishtiger58 they are onions with bulbs in the ground and they have a new onion set come off the top.
The reason its called this is the top onion gets heavy, falls over and plants itself.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
3 Oct 17
@andriaperry Walking onions hmmmm never heard of those. Going to have to look that up.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
4 Oct 17
I have never eaten okra. I couldn't even identify it if I saw it.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
4 Oct 17
The plant look like pot plants
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