I'm up for trying different types, sure thing.
How fast do those pods get to size? "Good" for me with clemson spineless is 3" to a nice 6" in two days. I'll pick every other day and just pick the ones that are bigger than 4". If I pass on a 4" and then miss a day picking, that one will likely have a hardish nose. I understand cowhorn is known for getting bigger while staying soft, but whether it will actually grow faster here is what I'm wondering. Or if it will simply need more sun energy than 40 degree of latitude can give it.
Last year was something else though, I was still picking okra into 2nd week of October. Maybe this year will be similar. I did realize just the other day that the spot I have the okra this year actually has some September afternoon shade, ...there are trees to the south that don't shadow that row in mid-summer, but are doing so now. Next year it is going back to last year's spot with 100% full sun.
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