I'd like to try your giant okra, do you have any pictures of it? Is it good to eat as well as decorative, or mostly grown for ornamental purposes? Do you still have to pick it really small for eating or is it tender as a larger pod? Thanks
Sandy

Sorry Sandy, all my seeds are in the ground, they are all edible and its best to pick the pods while small as some can get quite tough. Okra is a member of the Hibiscus family, so the flowers are quite nice to look at or you can batter the flowers before they open or add them to salads. Their pods can grow to over a foot long and can be quite spiny on some This year they are nearly a wash out, but I did get a few I have no way of knowing which are which you can try me again about the end of Octber for some seeds. i have one species that you can eat the large yellow flowers or leaves like spinach or raw in salads also.
George W. Z5-6 MO.

good evening,
was reading about your okra. it sounds like some i have.
could we trade some seeds ? all so i am looking for some heritage german okra . would you know a source for it ?
the okra i have can be traced back a 1oo years.
thanks in advance.
lori

I got some giant okra seeds from my mother in law and planted them this spring. The plants are running like cucumber or gord plants. Should we stake them up or put a fence beside them so they can climb?

I like okra or y-gos. I have red and pink varieties and i want to develop giant red okra!

Not sure if there are giant varieties.. but one of mine (not a giant variety) grew very big and it couldn't be eaten. Way to "stringy"! :(

The longest I've grown is Edna Slaton's Candelabra, so far, which gets long and stays tender a fair while (and it tastes like carrots). I'm trying a buckhorn type this year, too. They may not get as long, but the big buckhorns (like Eagle Pass and Beck's Big Buck Horn) are probably bigger overall, from the sound of it.

The only buckhorn I've tried in the past has been Hill Country Red, which got fat, nice-looking pods (but I think the three I mentioned above probably get bigger).

I let all my okra cross freely; so, maybe Beck's Big Buck Horn and Edna Slaton's Candelabra will cross with each other. This is my third year with ESC; so, it may already be a cross with something else.