In article , Steve wrote:
Tell me this, are those pea pods forming in place of a fruit or are
they deformed and enlarged leaves?
I have a plum which sometimes produces big pods in place of some of
the fruit. I never had them have pea-like structures inside though.
If you have enlarged fruit, do a web search for "plum pockets" and
see if you find anything familiar.

We had something odd when broccoli and lima beans were planted next to
one another. Apparently they cross-fertilized (I would have thought
they'd be genetically too far apart??). The lima beans produced a
whole bunch of leafy-looking things instead of proper pods -- yes,
they did grow from the flowers that would normally make pods. Very
strange. Only after the broccoli were pretty much done for the year
did the limas start making real bean pods.

And the broccoli made lots of clumps of little leaves instead of
proper heads, then would have blooming parts loosely mixed in with
that. (It was supposed to be head-type broccoli, not the fluffy kind.)

~REZ~