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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Okra getting big & other vegs
  • Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 18:57:04 -0700 (PDT)

Thanks Marie. I remember growing up, going out and cutting okra, all of us,
bushels and bushels. I don't know if I'll get enough fresh off these 4
plants to make one big gumbo --we will see ....bobford


--- On Mon, 10/6/08, Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Marie McHarry <mmcharry AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Okra getting big & other vegs
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 6:44 PM
> 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
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