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Originally Posted by JRinPA
DonDuck. I sense your future is to be the choppee okra seed king of the interwebs...wait, no. Not king. A spreader of joy.
DonnyOkraseed!
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It's funny, but last year I waited until near the end of summer to leave some pods on the plants to grow huge and dry on the plants for seed. I did it that way because I was advised by someone on this forum to not leave pods on the plants because it will slow down future production.
This year, I simply missed some pods when I was picking early in the season and they got way to big and tough to eat. It didn't have any effect on production and those pods plus many others are now still on the plants maturing into seed pods.
Someone mentioned they only harvest their okra every third day. I do the same thing with my Choppee and harvest everything from two inches to six inches long. I haven't had a single tough pod yet. If it gets longer than six inches, it is destined to be a seed pod.
Like everything else in gardening, you learn what works best in your garden as you go.