Jake Sisko feeding a katterpod seedling.
Katterpods were a familiar crop grown by Bajoran farmers. The useful part of the crop was the roots, which were called "beans". A farming technique in growing bigger katterpod beans was to spray them with chlorobicrobes. (DS9: "Progress", "Shadowplay")
Mullibok grew katterpods on his farm on the Bajoran moon Jeraddo. On Bajor, large crops of katterpods are grown in Ilvia in the Northwest District. (DS9: "Progress")
In 2346, katterpod beans were part of the foods provided for Kira Nerys and Kira Meru in their quarters aboard Terok Nor. (DS9: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night")
For a school science project, in late 2370, Jake Sisko was growing Bajoran katterpods to find out which hybrid yielded the biggest root. (DS9: "The Jem'Hadar")
Katterpod farmers experienced a good year for their katterpod crop in 2373. (DS9: "Rapture")
In 3190, Haz Mazaro exclaimed about a commotion on his Karma Barge, "What in the katterpod and Calaman sherry is going on here?" (DIS: "All In")
External link[]
- Katterpod at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works