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Post by brownrexx on Aug 22, 2019 8:01:50 GMT -5
But that is weird about them not branching out at all, despite being larger. Something may have happened to that one plant. It had the beginnings of a branch on one side and it died. Maybe some bug bit it? The plants on either side of that one had branches.
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Post by bestofour on Aug 22, 2019 8:58:47 GMT -5
Glad for this post because sooner or later mine would have ended up 12 feet tall.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 22, 2019 9:46:12 GMT -5
Glad for this post because sooner or later mine would have ended up 12 feet tall. That's my thoughts on it. I could be wrong, but when I select, I choose the traits I'm looking for and save seeds from those plants. In most cases it would be the biggest, healthiest, plant/fruit. In the case of LL, since I like the plant because of its nature to be small, I'd choose a healthy , small plant. Does it matter if LL is twelve feet tall? Heck no, that might be something you want. It was the same way when I started saving seeds from purple haze, it was throwing different sized tomatoes in the early versions, but by the time my F3 seeds had made it to F8, they were ping pongy sized. I don't know the parentage behind Little Lucy. It was given to me and I just keep it going. brownrexx was the first person I ever shared seeds of it with as best as I can remember. I used to keep track of all my gardening trades, but it's too hard anymore.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 22, 2019 10:00:32 GMT -5
bestofour, brownrexx, I meant to add. When I share seeds, it's up to whoever I've given them to to save the traits they want. It makes no difference to me. I'm not a seed nazi. LAUGHING! I might give a suggestion, but that's all it is. I just love to trade and share.
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 22, 2019 10:32:15 GMT -5
OK, I went out and measured mine this morning. The ones up near the house are 5' tall but the ones that were direct seeded in the garden are 2', 3' and 3' but the 2' one is leaning a bit so it may also be 3' tall if it were standing up straight. The direct seeded ones are 2 months younger so that may account for the difference as well as a more fertile soil where the shorter ones are growing. brownrexx was the first person I ever shared seeds of it with as best as I can remember. I feel honored. I have now shared them with 5 people on this forum.
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Post by bestofour on Aug 22, 2019 20:35:11 GMT -5
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 22, 2019 21:24:37 GMT -5
Nah. As long as everybody does what I tell them, everything is muy bueno. Hahahaaaaa
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Post by brownrexx on Aug 23, 2019 7:51:56 GMT -5
bestofour, pepperhead212 interestingly last night I Googled Little Lucy seeds and did not see any for sale anywhere! I did see it referred to as the first true dwarf okra and I saw a picture of it in a small pot like a houseplant. Little Lucy is an F1 hybrid and when I got my first seeds from hairymooseknuckles, he told me that they were F4. I was skeptical about growing a hybrid from saved seeds but I have been pleased with it and will save seeds again. the plant may be bigger than the original but I still think that it's pretty and the okra is good and more tender than others that I have grown. Since it is a hybrid, it obviously will not breed true to the original so saving seed from the smallest plants makes sense and that is what I will do.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Aug 23, 2019 9:11:29 GMT -5
brownrexx, Yes, you are spot on. Little Lucy is Hybrid, one of my Idig friends started growing it out and sent it to me. I kept it in my to do list for several years and finally had the chance to grow it. I only grew it once and then sent it to you. I kept me back enough to continue playing with it.
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Post by bestofour on Aug 23, 2019 20:45:28 GMT -5
I love it. I agree with brownrexx,. It's a pretty plant and doesn't get tough.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Aug 24, 2019 15:13:05 GMT -5
The Emeralds, though they started slower, are now 69", and the Little Lucys 62", with one small one of each, shaded by the others. All of them have branches, making it necessary to look closely down below, for any larger pods,
I still have only had one fibrous pod, from all those I have cut this year, even when I'd miss one down below, and it seemed too large. The one that got fibrous was one of the first Little Lucy ones, that I was planning on saving the seeds from, until I was warned that this could stop production, so I pulled it. I remember the plant that produced first, and it's one of the larger ones, as well, producing a lot, so I will probably bag a couple blossoms on that one, later on in the season, and save seeds from that. Seems one of my Emeralds is producing best, so I'll save seeds from that, too.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Nov 12, 2019 20:53:00 GMT -5
I just pulled all of the seeds from 2 large, dried Little Lucy pods - 101 seeds total. I wasn't looking for smaller plants, however; I looked for the largest, most productive, most branched plant, and got two flowers that opened while none of the Emerald blossoms were opened, and let those mature. One was almost 10" long, the other just under 8". I wasn't sure how many seeds would be in them, as I had never saved okra seeds before.
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