Okra growers - Page 2

Ruth_10 · September 30, 2007

Yeah, there's no point in letting them get big (on purpose). The big ones aren't as tender as the little ones and they grow ssoooooo fast that you don't have to wait long for the next harvest (like maybe 24 hours later).

So Worth, you say you want to save seeds. How easily do the different varieties cross?

duajones · October 1, 2007

I have two emerald plants and they too are branching well, starting to produce well too. I cut back my 5 CS plants a few weeks ago but they are still producing and I am still harvesting around 8 or 9 pods a day from them. Had some fried okra last night. My plan for next year is to grow 8 plants in the same raised bed, Louisiana Green Velvet. That should be more than enough for my needs.

Worth1 · October 1, 2007

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Originally Posted by Ruth_10

So Worth, you say you want to save seeds. How easily do the different varieties cross?

Not sure, I have to check on that.

I have never grown two types of Okra close to each other before.
It's always been about 30 feet apart and have had none cross with each other.

Worth

shelleybean · October 1, 2007

My Dwarf Green Long Pod is not very dwarf anymore. Some of it is over eight feet tall so I don't really know what variety it is. Worth has convinced me to try the Green Velvet too. I'll grow it along side the White Velvet.

bitterwort · October 1, 2007

Victory Seed indicates that okra crosses very easily and that bagging flowers, screening entire plants, or isolating up to a mile is needed to produce pure seed. Perhaps that is their strategy as a seed company, but it's kept me from saving okra seed at our community garden (well, that and eating all that we grow).

Worth, if you can, make room for one more variety: Aunt Hettie's Red. Victory carries it and we find it a really good-tasting okra as well as having a highly ornamental plant that always draws attention. It wasn't quite as productive as White Velvet or some of the others we've grown, but its flavor keeps us growing it.

Worth1 · October 1, 2007

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Originally Posted by bitterwort

Victory Seed indicates that okra crosses very easily and that bagging flowers, screening entire plants, or isolating up to a mile is needed to produce pure seed. Perhaps that is their strategy as a seed company, but it's kept me from saving okra seed at our community garden (well, that and eating all that we grow).

Worth, if you can, make room for one more variety: Aunt Hettie's Red. Victory carries it and we find it a really good-tasting okra as well as having a highly ornamental plant that always draws attention. It wasn't quite as productive as White Velvet or some of the others we've grown, but its flavor keeps us growing it.

Aunt Hettie's Red I'll do that I already have some reds but
what the who, just ONE MORE

Thanks,

Worth

tuk50 · November 18, 2007

My family likes the taste of star of david for fried and fresh cut on salads, I like Aunt hettie's for boiled and pickeling. When we pickle it the red color makes a pretty maroon color pickling juice in the jar. Life would not be the same without okra on the table year round... lol.. 8)

September 30, 2007	#16
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	Yeah, there's no point in letting them get big (on purpose). The big ones aren't as tender as the little ones and they grow ssoooooo fast that you don't have to wait long for the next harvest (like maybe 24 hours later). So Worth, you say you want to save seeds. How easily do the different varieties cross? __________________ --Ruth Some say the glass half-full. Others say the glass is half-empty. To an engineer, it’s twice as big as it needs to be.

October 1, 2007	#19
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	My Dwarf Green Long Pod is not very dwarf anymore. Some of it is over eight feet tall so I don't really know what variety it is. Worth has convinced me to try the Green Velvet too. I'll grow it along side the White Velvet. __________________ Michele

October 1, 2007	#20
bitterwort Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MN Zone4b Posts: 289	Victory Seed indicates that okra crosses very easily and that bagging flowers, screening entire plants, or isolating up to a mile is needed to produce pure seed. Perhaps that is their strategy as a seed company, but it's kept me from saving okra seed at our community garden (well, that and eating all that we grow). Worth, if you can, make room for one more variety: Aunt Hettie's Red. Victory carries it and we find it a really good-tasting okra as well as having a highly ornamental plant that always draws attention. It wasn't quite as productive as White Velvet or some of the others we've grown, but its flavor keeps us growing it. __________________ Bitterwort

October 1, 2007	#17
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	I have two emerald plants and they too are branching well, starting to produce well too. I cut back my 5 CS plants a few weeks ago but they are still producing and I am still harvesting around 8 or 9 pods a day from them. Had some fried okra last night. My plan for next year is to grow 8 plants in the same raised bed, Louisiana Green Velvet. That should be more than enough for my needs.

November 18, 2007	#22
tuk50 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tucson, Arizona (catalina) Posts: 413	My family likes the taste of star of david for fried and fresh cut on salads, I like Aunt hettie's for boiled and pickeling. When we pickle it the red color makes a pretty maroon color pickling juice in the jar. Life would not be the same without okra on the table year round... lol.. 8)