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Post by woodeye on Sept 2, 2022 6:50:58 GMT -6
One of my AfricanX plants has twice the production of all the rest. Barring some later indication that it is relatively unfit (disease, etc.) it'll be the only plant I keep seed from this year. hedgeapple, That's a great idea. From all the factors you have noted in the past; plant size, production, pod size, and no insects, all indications are that you have a clear winner in your garden. My hopes are that nothing befalls the plant before you can harvest all those seed pods...
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Post by hedgeapple on Sept 2, 2022 8:28:51 GMT -6
One of my AfricanX plants has twice the production of all the rest. Barring some later indication that it is relatively unfit (disease, etc.) it'll be the only plant I keep seed from this year. hedgeapple, That's a great idea. From all the factors you have noted in the past; plant size, production, pod size, and no insects, all indications are that you have a clear winner in your garden. My hopes are that nothing befalls the plant before you can harvest all those seed pods... I've treated this as an "observation" year. Have eaten a few pods from each plant, but otherwise let all the other pods go to seed. There are several which are already saddle tan in color, but which have not split (I don't know if these do split). I'm set for next year. Most of the AfricanX plants I have grown this year had a primarily upright growth habit, but one forked into two primary branches at the start - that one won't move forward. Only seed from one plant will move forward from this year to next.
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Post by hedgeapple on Sept 4, 2022 10:34:34 GMT -6
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Post by hmoosek on Sept 4, 2022 11:07:04 GMT -6
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Sept 9, 2022 4:51:48 GMT -6
I like that seed from one plant strategy. Sounds like a winner to me. That's how progress is made on special selections through the seasons. You'll be glad you took the time in years to come. Thanks, for posting your procedures and selections to share with the rest of us.
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Post by macmex on Sept 9, 2022 5:25:12 GMT -6
I wonder if there's some sort of "environmental trigger" there, causing them not to branch so much. In my garden AfricanX is shorter than usual but there's not a single plant that isn't branching and bushy, and that, from the same seed you used!
Definitely, select heavily for the branching characteristic! We want to see this variety stable anywhere it's grown.
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Post by hedgeapple on Oct 1, 2022 11:55:12 GMT -6
Weather is cool, wet and gray, but AfricanX hasn’t gotten the message.
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Post by woodeye on Oct 1, 2022 12:12:29 GMT -6
hedgeapple, that is a wonderful thing, beautiful picture, outstanding results, can't ask for much more than that...
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Post by hmoosek on Oct 1, 2022 20:27:53 GMT -6
Beautiful picture!
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Post by hedgeapple on Oct 8, 2022 13:52:28 GMT -6
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Post by chrysanthemum on Oct 8, 2022 14:38:41 GMT -6
Beautiful, Hedgeapple. That’s a cheering sight. It sounds silly to say, but I had to cut out some plants from the garden today because I just can’t keep watering them, and it makes me sad to have to do that. Seeing your picture made me smile.
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Post by hedgeapple on Dec 24, 2022 11:48:22 GMT -6
Merry Christmas! One of my vacation diversions over the past few days has been mailing out packets of AfricanX seed to people I’ve connected with via various Facebook seed swap groups. So far I have 200 requests for seed and will probably take in a hundred more before I run out of spare seed. The distribution map below shows where they have already gone with dark green representing four or more requests. In addition, seed is being relayed to one individual each in Australia, India and France. Some of these folks in cold weather locations plan to start theirs early in pots or grow them entirely in heated greenhouses. Thank you again to macmex for sending me some of his seed last year.
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Post by woodeye on Dec 24, 2022 12:38:25 GMT -6
Way to go, hedgeapple. You are doing a fine job of saving and distributing seeds, there's no doubt about that...
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Post by macmex on Dec 24, 2022 14:38:14 GMT -6
Getting the seed out like that is simply WONDERFUL! Glen will be so happy to see this!
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Post by glen on Dec 25, 2022 18:11:09 GMT -6
Hello everyone and Merry Christmas!! I have taken the liberty of reading thru this entire thread and yes, I am very happy that some people have tried this new okra variety and like it. I have not participated in the forum for a long time but I am glad that I ducked in to see what is going on. I already knew what most of you are saying about this okra. But, that doesn't help if others aren't planting it. Lots of People in the seed saver hobby know and trust Georges opinion. If George says its good its worth giving a try. I am still growing AfricanX okra. I have a lot of seed saved. However, no one really eats okra here in Panama. I will be growing it this coming May. AfricanX is still an obscure, practically unknown new variety of okra. AfricanX has turned out to be very dependable variety. 2022 turned out to be a very wet rainy season here in Panama. We have indigenous okra here of which AfricanX okra is a relative of. It did poorly in 2022. My AfricanX okra grew and produced like it always does. I planted the seed last May at the start of the rainy season. It was horribly cloudy and it rained every day. The AfricanX okra did not get as much sun as it needed. I thought the plants wouldn't produce. The plants just grew slower than usual. No increase in pests was noticed. It took longer for the plants to produce but they produced. There were 3 to 5 branches per plant. Each plant produced 60 to 80 pods or more. Very slowly. I was cutting pods about every 2 to 3 days. AfricanX okra is not a market okra. Its a subsistence okra. It takes more plants to support a family but the plants will produce for much longer than a traditional variety. Plus, you can plant it along side of a traditional variety and it shouldn't cross. I am very happy to hear that there are people that are planting this okra!! It should prove that it can be useful in the home garden.
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