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Post by heavyhitterokra on Oct 13, 2019 20:38:55 GMT -6
Bon,
You'll like AfricanX. I've had it come up volunteer for two summers in a row. It got down to 28 degrees this weekend and killed all my plants but the AfricanX still had good okra on it right up to the very end.
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Post by glen on Nov 11, 2019 18:49:39 GMT -6
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Post by glen on Nov 11, 2019 18:59:57 GMT -6
Soon I will be deciding which plant will be used for seed saving. There will be only one. Only the very best will be used for next year. Including the seed I send out for trials as well. The rest of the seed will be offered to charity. If there are no takers, it goes into the trash.
AfricanX okra is awesome.
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Post by rdback on Nov 12, 2019 10:30:46 GMT -6
...I did include a bonus foto of a big jar of Caribbean style Chombo hot sauce I made today. Yes, its very spicey. I used frozen peppers. I needed something to get me thru the long wait for my pepper plants to begin producing in my horrid rainy sun-free climate. I'm sure I read this thread before, but I missed this photo. That looks absolutely delicious Glen. Just give me a spoon and I'd be a happy man lol. Your AfricanX is impressive! I might have to give it a try next season as well.
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Post by glen on Nov 12, 2019 12:43:21 GMT -6
I will have plenty of seed to share.
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Post by macmex on Nov 14, 2019 12:24:10 GMT -6
Glen has had some correspondence with Echo, in Sarasota, Florida. They grew out AfricanX this year and sent him some photos. I'm going to post them here. Glen will be along shortly and add the commentary.
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Post by glen on Nov 14, 2019 12:45:15 GMT -6
George, thanx for helping me post these foto's. These foto's speak for themselves. As some of you already know, I used Echo African okra as the male pollen donor to form this cross so Echo was willing to trial it. George grew out AfricanX okra last year and helped me by sending Echo some seed. Thank you again George. Echo has informed me that they plan to trial it again next year as well!!! This is a wonderful testament to AfricanX okra. There won't really be any need for me to do further postings again on AfricaX okra but I do encourage anyone who is interested to get some of this seed and try it in their own garden. The plants in the foto's are tall and very productive and just full of pods. A beautiful new variety. The success of this new variety shows botonists and breeders that there is plenty of work left to be done in the area of okra breeding. For me, what this means is that maybe enough family's will try this okra and continue growing it so it becomes an old heirloom variety.
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Post by macmex on Nov 14, 2019 13:45:39 GMT -6
I certainly intend to maintain and enjoy it!
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Nov 14, 2019 19:00:10 GMT -6
Great photos, Glen!
Congratulations on getting the second Echo Trial too. That's wonderful news! You've done a lot of work to get these plants to that stage. I'm looking forward to growing them again next year too.
I still think there is a whole other un-tapped market out there in the Landscaping business; selling these plants as ornamentals. They make great background plants to use in edible horticulture beds. They would look good backing up a bed of sweet potato vines and some green/purple, kale.
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Post by glen on May 25, 2020 0:19:31 GMT -6
Bon, that makes me very happy that you are trialing AfricanX okra. I really wish you the best of luck with it this year. Please take some foto's and post them here if you can and let us know how you like this new variety of okra.
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Post by glen on May 27, 2020 16:13:03 GMT -6
Have patience with it Bon. Its not like Heavyhitter okra. It grows slow. It makes okra slower but for a longer season. You should plant more of it than you would Heavyhitter okra so you can pick more. Long after regular okra peters out, AfricanX okra is just getting started. You want to grow some heavyhitter okra too so you get an early harvest as well.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on May 27, 2020 22:52:31 GMT -6
The AfricanX that Glen sent me, made okra all the way to killing frost last year. Even after the frost had killed the plants, the okra I harvested that day was still good enough to be fried and was a treat by that late date as well.
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