Evertender—50 days. Spineless variety from India averages 5½ ft.
White Velvet 65 days
Bowling Red 57 days 7-8 feet
Jade 50 days 4.5 feet
Red burgundy 55-60 days 4 feet
Burmese Jing 53 days
Silver Queen 80 days 5’

@karstopography thankyou for the information.

My bad, Burmese and Jing Orange should have been on two separate lines, two different varieties.

Whwoz wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:15 pm @karstopography thankyou for the information.

My bad, Burmese and Jing Orange should have been on two separate lines, two different varieties.

Burmese 53 days
Jing Orange 62 days 5-6’

Now 2023, growing Sea Island Red and saved seed Star of David.

Have the okra in a better spot this year, more light. Definitely ups the productivity.

Looks good, is that the first pick?

Boy oh boy my plants are still 6" at most at about 1 month old. Plastic tunnel just came off last week. I would have kept it on but I planted them (in a double row) too wide so they were hitting the sides. Not an okra year up here, not so far. Plenty of light but just not hot enough. And I'm fine with that.

JRinPA wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:07 pm Looks good, is that the first pick?

Boy oh boy my plants are still 6" at most at about 1 month old. Plastic tunnel just came off last week. I would have kept it on but I planted them (in a double row) too wide so they were hitting the sides. Not an okra year up here, not so far. Plenty of light but just not hot enough. And I'm fine with that.

We’ve been eating okra for about 4 weeks now. Okra has been strong this year. I planted the seed earlier than I usually do. Seeded around the first of April.

How tall were your plants at 1 mo from seed?

JRinPA wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 12:08 am How tall were your plants at 1 mo from seed?

Okra progression. May 5th would be about a month from when the okra sprouted.

June 15th is the most recent photo I could find.

The area where this are planted had two large trees taken out and the stumps ground up in place in the late summer of 2022. The spot has something inconsistent with the fertility going on, likely due to the ground up wood debris. The okra to the north grew faster and I had to replant some seed on the okra to the south side of the bed maybe two to three weeks after the north side. And they are different okra, Sea Island Red is on the north side and saved seed Star of David to the south. The biggest of the Sea Island plants has side branches producing okra pods along with the central stalk.

Yesterday at the garden center they still had some containers of okra which is most unusual for our area. They looked healthy but only 6 inches as well. I was tempted but like JRinPA don’t consider this year’s weather optimum for okra. Next week will finally hit 80’s so might be OK. My husband loves okra and I have grown it in the past with mixed results depending on weather that season.

Gardadore wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 4:50 am Yesterday at the garden center they still had some containers of okra which is most unusual for our area. They looked healthy but only 6 inches as well. I was tempted but like JRinPA don’t consider this year’s weather optimum for okra. Next week will finally hit 80’s so might be OK. My husband loves okra and I have grown it in the past with mixed results depending on weather that season.

Yes, okra really thrives in the humid heat of summer here. Anything too much down into the 60s overnight really slows down the growth. April 1st is about as early as okra can be planted here. Apri planted Okra sort of limps along until May when the heat gets ramped up.

I would guess six inch okra plants might be about 35 days at a minimum from producing if the weather gets very warm. A lot of okra is around 60 days to maturity or a little less depending on the variety. But, if you can get some pods by early to mid August how long does that leave you before cool weather shuts down the production? Clemson Spineless is the most common okra found at garden centers here and it is 56 days.

I had some okra growing off the back porch one time.
It was late fall and I had the weather on TV.
The okra heard the weather forecast for cold weather and it all fell over and died.
You can't even let them see the refrigerator door open or they will croak.

Nights here are still in high 60’s. Crazy summer! Still concerned okra would be a waste of time this year. At least we can sleep well at night!! Tomatoes seem happy enough!

Gardadore wrote: ↑Sun Jul 02, 2023 8:08 am Nights here are still in high 60’s. Crazy summer! Still concerned okra would be a waste of time this year. At least we can sleep well at night!! Tomatoes seem happy enough!

High 60s should not be such a problem for okra, but lower 60s slow things down.

Yes I trade it, I say it all the time, okra is a hedge here, at least if it is too hot, we get okra out of it. But one of these years I have to come up with a way to get it consistently earlier. I still think that way will be a big tall pot, early to keep it hotter in the day and then cut off most of the bottom and sit it on well forked and amended dirt. But I don't really want one big bush, I like the single stemmed rows, and that has to go right in the ground. Next year, maybe.

I'll have to check the soil temp over there tomorrow. My 1st corn started dropping pollen so tomorrow I hope to bag some tassels and cut some silk loose for a tuesday hand pollination. I've taken very few pics this year but found my camera today.