Zebi
Junior Member
Posts: 46
Zone:: 6b
Favorite Vegetable:: watermelon
Joined: July 2018
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Post by Zebi on Nov 29, 2018 2:53:57 GMT -5
I grew this in 2018. Of all the okras I grew this year, it seemed the most cold-tolerant with regard to germination in my unheated greenhouse (it grew the fastest, too). It was also the most vigorous after the transplant, this year, and probably the most prolific with the largest fruits. None of the okra really did that well, this year (including this)—I account the difference to the fact that we used black plastic this year, and didn't water it very much (plus, we didn't harvest it as much). Last year it did much better without black plastic, with somewhat more water (from a sprinkler). They probably had more sun last year, too.
I let all the pods go to seed for next year (so, I can't tell you what it tastes like, yet).
I'm in a northern BSk climate with extra hot summers.
I only use the unheated greenhouse for seed-starting. The transplants do not remain in the greenhouse.
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Post by meandtk on Nov 29, 2018 14:07:53 GMT -5
Did it truly grow to sixteen inches? At what size did it cease to be tender?
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Zebi
Junior Member
Posts: 46
Zone:: 6b
Favorite Vegetable:: watermelon
Joined: July 2018
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Post by Zebi on Nov 29, 2018 14:34:10 GMT -5
meandtk , It was stunted, like the rest, and I didn't harvest it enough to promote more production of larger fruits this year (so, it didn't get to 16"). However, based on how much larger it got than Edna Slaton's Candelabra (which normally gets quite long), I believe that it could get to 16" in better growing conditions. I'm not sure on the tenderness, since I let them all go to seed, except the first few (which I probably harvested young), and I don't recall what they were like. I didn't focus on the okra much since I was worn out with lots of stuff to focus on. The fruits got about twice as long and twice as thick as ESC. The plant was over twice as tall, too.
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