Alabama couple's 16-foot, 10-inch okra plant might be world's largest

UPI ^ | October 25, 2024 | Ben Hooper

[Red Badger]

VIDEO AT LINK......................

Oct. 25 (UPI) -- An Alabama couple may have broken a Guinness World Record by growing an okra plant that reached a height of 16 feet, 10 inches.

Mobile residents Terry and Candace Stevens said this was their first year planting okra in their garden, and they were shocked to see one of their plants reach for the sky.

"Actually, this is our first year planting," Terry Stevens told WALA-TV. "I think we started in March, and we started in seeds from my shed, and we transferred them out here, and they've just been growing ever since."

A crew from Byrd Surveying visited the couple's home to take an official measurement to submit to Guinness World Records. The plant was measured at 16 feet, 10 inches tall.

The record is currently held by New Orleans man Jack Reno Sweeney, whose okra plant was measured at 16 feet and 4 inches tall in 2022.

[Red Badger]

Okra Win Free Ping!..................

[V_TWIN]

That’s a lot of fried okra.....which is the only civilized way to cook it BTW.

[ComputerGuy]

Thatsa lotta gumbo!

[Who is John Galt?]

Wonder if it will run for office as a Democrat?

;^)

[Red Badger]

We had a volunteer okra plant a couple years back that was about 8 feet tall and the base was at least 6 inches thick................

[Red Badger]

Not in Alabama................

[Red Badger]

Gives me something to shoot for next spring!............

[lee martell]

Jumbo Gumbo Rumbo!
They should start a local rumor that the seeds were a ‘gift’ from friendly Martians who needed a place to stay for one night.

[packagingguy]

I had a pregnant Labrador who you could throw raw okra to, she’d catch them in midair and gobble them down.

And yes we lived in Alabama at the time.

[Libloather]

Tried growing okra for the first time this year. Next year WILL be better. It's called Red Burgundy.

[BamaBelle]

Amen! My favorite meal is fried okra, fried squash, real tomato slices (homegrown), field peas, and a big slice of homemade cornbread. Yummy! I’m not a big meat eater...lol

[Red Badger]

Should be called Ron Burgundy!..................

[Larry Lucido]

I got turned on to it in Texas (Grandy's and Luby's both had it). I can get it at Church's Chicken and a few other places here in Michigan.

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[V_TWIN]

That’s one of the many great things about living in the South, its a staple side dish at every bbq joint around

[Larry Lucido]

And fried catfish (Alabama had the best).

[doorgunner69]

My wife loves the stuff, too slimy for me.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

I once threw some fresh okras into a empty spot in the garden simply to see what would happen. I didn’t even push them down into the soil. They grew like weeds! ;-)

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“which is the only civilized way to cook it BTW.”

Or pickle them! ;-)