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Post by stratcat on Sept 2, 2013 17:21:53 GMT -5
Here are two pictures taken today of my puny okra. This Bowling Red variety is supposed to reach 7-8' tall and has red stems and red-veined leaves. I started mine indoors and it never really "took". Another blossom is starting. I bought my seed from Baker Creek because Southern Exposure Seed Exchange was all out. Hey, DLD-I had fun growing something new and would grow a specimen in a better location next time. I didn't say I was going to eat it, lol!
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Post by izitmidnight on Sept 2, 2013 19:06:35 GMT -5
Proud of you Strat! Didn't think northern summers were long and hot enough for it. It looks great.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2013 19:10:54 GMT -5
Awww, innit CUTE! ;D
Seriously though, at this point I'd leave that pod to dry up. For me, okra performs better from homegrown seed than purchased, and that looks like a perfect little red seed packet in the making.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Sept 2, 2013 21:57:49 GMT -5
Yeah, what Drahk said. Also, there is a lot of seed even in one pod. Plenty to make a nice patch next year.
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Post by stratcat on Sept 2, 2013 23:22:14 GMT -5
Proud of you Strat! Didn't think northern summers were long and hot enough for it. It looks great. Aw, shucks, Izit. Thanks! Last summer, my next door neighbors grew some okra, so I wanted to grow an ornamental variety. They had a different kind that was about waist high. Yeah, I like to push the envelope. Last summer was hot and humid, so I had luck growing a Tabasco pepper again.
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Post by stratcat on Sept 2, 2013 23:35:44 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice, Drahkk and LinFL. Sounds good. I'm planning on saving seed and giving it another try in 2014.
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Post by stratcat on Jan 5, 2014 23:49:43 GMT -5
I ended up with one pod. Two weeks ago, I thought it went in the compost pail. When it dawned on me, I ended up outside at 10p digging away a little snow and spreading the compost materials around to no avail. Today, I found the pod in a bread pan with some cherry tomatoes!
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Post by izitmidnight on Jan 6, 2014 0:34:19 GMT -5
Bet that was a relief!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 6, 2014 9:00:17 GMT -5
Have you opened it yet? There should be lots of seeds in there. I never counted how many seeds I got from each pod, but I would guess 30-50.
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Post by stratcat on Jan 6, 2014 11:53:23 GMT -5
Whew! That was a close call.
I haven't cracked it open yet. I can hear the seeds in there when I shake it as a percussion instrument, lol.
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Post by daylilydude on Jan 6, 2014 19:07:47 GMT -5
LOL... this should have been put in the flower forum, cause to me... that's all okra is good for.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 6, 2014 19:16:58 GMT -5
Are you sure you're a real Southerner?!?
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Post by daylilydude on Jan 7, 2014 4:41:32 GMT -5
Are you sure you're a real Southerner?!? LOL... no mam, just raised in the south, originally from PA.
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Post by materman on Jan 7, 2014 12:05:35 GMT -5
Okra is good if it is the right kind. Most okra you get is junk in my opinion. But do have a hundred or so pods that need shelled of the good stuff. Great to see you found your lost pod stratcat. Hope they do really well for you this year.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 7, 2014 18:36:18 GMT -5
Are you sure you're a real Southerner?!? LOL... no mam, just raised in the south, originally from PA. Well that explains it. At least you learned to appreciate greens!
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