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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 20:20:01 -0700 (PDT)


Thanks Bev; I don't know about the sausage tomatoes. I guess I'll be finding
out soon. I know one kind I'm going to skip in the spring. Two of my bigger
tomatoes have cheer tomatoes that aren't much bigger than berries. Too hard
to fork ....bobf

--- On Mon, 10/6/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Okra getting big & other vegs.
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 8:48 PM
> bob ford 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.
>
> 5" is about the maximum of what I would want. I eat
> them raw when they
> are 1-4 inches long. MMMMM...
> Smaller = tender
> Larger = woody
> You have to keep okra cut so it will continue to produce.
> It is
> tempting to let those big ones go for seed, but don't
> do that until the
> end of the season because you have to keep the okra cut.
> I actually
> had 6 plants this year. :)
> Next year, I will be planting more. I had some unknown
> okra seed and
> was hopeful that it was a dwarf burgundy type, so I planted
> a few. It
> wasn't. None of the okra I grew made it into the
> house. I ate the pods
> as garden snacks. :)
>
>
>
>
> >
> > I picked a few tomatoes, including some very oddshaped
> red ones (look
> > like a thick jalapeno pepperr), and some nice yellow
> ones.
>
> Do you have paste tomatoes, like a sausage type?
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> "What Luck for Rulers that Men do not Think"
> Adolf Hitler
> erthnsky AT bellsouth.net







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