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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! ![](http://www.radioparadise.com/scripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/icon_mrgreen.gif) ![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SicyYGKUT9A/UiUCDT56UCI/AAAAAAAACD8/NSKsrWRIa6U/s800/100_7101.JPG) ![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bMVudMya8Dc/UiUEg-ZvefI/AAAAAAAACD8/h-yC7GcoRt4/s800/100_7106.JPG)
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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. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/AgR8NN4iidU1wy_OcyQm.png)
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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! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/AgR8NN4iidU1wy_OcyQm.png) 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! ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/1NCUkitzIlI5ObFwfSeh.png)
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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. ![(rofl)](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/LO3fz8obUsoM1TzmCkAS.png)
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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?!? ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/uJ3wHzVudwy0q4vAqilQ.png)
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Post by daylilydude on Jan 7, 2014 4:41:32 GMT -5
Are you sure you're a real Southerner?!? ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/uJ3wHzVudwy0q4vAqilQ.png) 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?!? ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/uJ3wHzVudwy0q4vAqilQ.png) LOL... no mam, just raised in the south, originally from PA. Well that explains it. ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/3247375/images/AlTVKjAhCypksR0Ugttf.png) At least you learned to appreciate greens!
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