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Re: okra

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To add my two cents on okra--Martha is right about the size and long growing
season needed.  For northern gardeners and SQ Footers, Baby Bubba, seed
available from Burpee's, is the answer.  It can be planted in containers or
sown 1 per square foot.  It reaches about 3 feet and will bear within 60
days.  Because of its diminutive size, Baby Bubba doesn't produce as much as
regular okra. My advice would be to do a 4 X 4-ft. bed with Baby Bubba
exclusively.  you'd have plenty of okra then.
Doreen Howard
-----Original Message-----
From: Martha Wells <flylo@txcyber.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Tuesday, April 20, 1999 10:42 AM
Subject: okra


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>Okra will get very tall, (hibiscus family), and it has big leaves. I think
>it's one of the plants that doesn't take to transplanting well, so if you
>seed it early, do it peat pots. Presoaking seed will help too takes awhile
>for it to germinate otherwise.
>Takes a pretty long HOT growing season, but once it starts, if you harvest
>continually, it'll produce till frost. One called Longhorn and/or Texas
>Cowhorn (heirloom) that will get long without getting woody.
>(I like okra raw, so it has a hard time making it to the cook pot.) I don't
>know the sqft recommended spacing though.
>
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