Thursday, October 14, 2010

Gigantic okra!


Well, I think that my okra had gotten as big as it was going to...don't ask me why I think it...I just did! I measured the outside curve to be 10 inches, and the inside curve 9 inches, so will go with 9.5! I am now hoping to keep these plants going until the South Florida Fair gets here so I can enter a huge okra in the vegetable growing contest! I think this must be Cowhorn okra with the size and the way it curves. It is also called Steer horn okra. I will be saving some seeds. I sure hope this one hasn't gotten so big as to turn woody and inedible...if it has, I will pull the others off at around 7 inches and see how they are. It's all just one big experiment...but from the looks of it, it is a success! Yippeeeee!!!!! Now where did I put all my okra recipes.....

12 comments:

  1. This is a huge okra. I just read on another blog about a lady making a wreath with okra pods. If you get tired of eating them you could make a wreath.

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  2. Glad your ocras have survived the bugs and are healthy and big again!
    I like this picture Julie! The colors the composition.... fabulous!

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  3. Holy Moses! I've never seen such a thing. jan

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  4. Hi Julie
    Wow, what a beautiful okra. You do not see that size at the markets. Congratulations. Have a great weekend.

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  5. Wow, I have never seen such a biggie!

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  6. Gross, gross, gross! I hate okra!! My husband grows it and he and a couple of our kids eat it....yuck, yuck, yuck!!

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  7. Wow, Julie! You might want to call it "Orca Okra." It's a whale of a pod.

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  8. Ah! What a gigantic okra! It is one of our favourite dishes and it is called as ladies finger outside USA!

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  9. Wow! That looks like it's just beging to be sliced up, covered in flour and fried! Yummy!!!

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  10. That's a huge Okra. How do you like to prepare it?

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  11. Wow girlie that is one huge okra! Looks like a prize winner to me!

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