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Old September 21, 2018   #9
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Originally Posted by JRinPA View Post
I was wondering the same thing about okra crossing. The bumblebees here get really loaded down with pollen at times. I am rarely at the garden in the morning this year so I don't see the cone flowers getting worked.
From my experience okra is very bad to cross. The first year I grew Cowhorn and Becks at the same time. The seed from both were all kinds of crosses of the two when I grew them the next year. If I plan on saving okra seed then I don't plant more than one variety in a year.

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