Rajun, thank you. I'm growing that okra now. I ran into one big problem. I planted it about 3 feet apart in my 4 ft wide beds and it grew so thick that I had to go back when it was 3 ft tall and remove every other one in order for them to have room to grow. Next year I will plant them about 5 ft apart or more. Apart from the one plant on the west end of the bed production has been poor and I think it was because they didn't have enough sunlight due to the crowding. Now the plants are really starting to spread well and I am getting more okra. I love this variety since it has such a heavy foliage with large leaves that the okra pods don't get too much sun so they stay very tender for a long time which means some big pods. No need to pick it when it is only 4 inches long. It is better to wait til it is 7 to 8 inches long and I picked one nearly a food long that was still butter tender. I much prefer this variety to the regular cowhorn okra.
Bill
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