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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Apr 11, 2021 12:30:18 GMT -5
A little bit of an update. My wife found my notes on Little Lucy. It’s very difficult for me doing some things. Like all of us , we all have our troubles. Nevertheless, she says Andrew Lawler from iDig gave me my start as an F3. I grew it twice and sent seed to brownrexx. I still have a few of my original seeds, a few F4 and a few F5. One more important piece of the puzzle. Andrew grew it 50’ from Clemson Spineless, so........Okra being promiscuous, you might see some crossing. I also grew Clemson about 200’ from it when I did the F4 grow outs. Not that the info is important, but I always like knowing the history if possible.
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Post by september on Apr 11, 2021 13:37:19 GMT -5
Good to hear that history, hairymooseknuckles ! So it sounds like it has been in dehybridization long enough so that those of us who are getting short versions may be able to consider them stable if we keep getting shorties for just a few more years of seed saving. All my six plants from brownrexx's seeds stayed very short. I normally don't grow okra very often, but I remember growing some green okra years ago that took all summer and was up to my head, so was pleased to find this short variety.
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 11, 2021 17:58:51 GMT -5
Mine stay pretty short as well and I like the flavor and tenderness better than any other variety of okra that I have grown. It will be the only variety that I grow.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Apr 11, 2021 20:45:46 GMT -5
Mine stay pretty short as well and I like the flavor and tenderness better than any other variety of okra that I have grown. It will be the only variety that I grow. Do you know what my trouble has always been? Being as I am a seed collector, there’s always the next seed you don’t have. Tomatoes....Oh girl, you have no idea how many maters I’ve grown. There were a few years when I had as many as 300 varieties. One of mine and Mom’s favorite things is walking through our garden at sundown in the summer. Want to know the kicker? I don’t even like raw tomatoes. LAUGHING!!!! well...I take that back. I like the itty bitty ones like black Cherry and sun gold. I like most of the yellow/orange thumb/marble sized. I eat them in the garden, but rarely eat them at the table. Okra is not so bad, I’ve probably tried 20 varieties though. Mom likes Clemson, so it’s a must. My uncle had two varieties he liked. One is short and one is long. The one was found growing here by the spring sometimes during the summer in the 70’s. How it came to be here in a hayfield is anyone’s guess. Squash...I grow them and have saved seeds, but it’s a lot of trouble unless you’re only growing one and Mom likes the yellow straight neck, I like the yellow scalloped, so we generally buy those. Beans/Peas...don’t get me to talking beans. Oh my....My dear friend Annette, George, Chris, Harry, and about a dozen other folks used to spend hours on gardenweb talking and trading beans. ok, I’m getting carried away. I talk waaaay tooooo much!!!!!!!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Apr 12, 2021 9:18:12 GMT -5
Keep yapping, hairymooseknuckles! We enjoy hearing from you. I promise we'll tell you if we ever get bored.
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