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["Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 7:34 PM, bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yesterday, I did not even notice small fruit on my okra plants.  Today, all 
> of the plants have okra, two have individual okra over 5" long.  I was 
> either blind yesterday, or they really grew fast.  I wish I planted more 
> than (4) plants.  I don't know if I'll remember how to tell when its ready 
> to pick.
>
 You can pick okra at any time. The hard part is to get it young and
tender rather than humongous and pithy. As you have found out, okra
grow really, really fast -- sort of like zucchini.

Marie