Beginner Gardening: OKRA, Part ll, 1 by Ozark

Ozark wrote:
I know I keep going on about Stewart's Zeebest - but in that okra variety I think I've found what I've been looking for.

Our cool front slowed okra production down, but I had some to pick today. Zeebest has been out-producing the others by so much I counted pods picked today to compare. I've got the same amount planted of all five varieties, but one best-producing most-branched plant of both Zeebest and Betty's White has been taken out of production because I'm saving seeds. Here's the number of pods picked today from each okra variety:

Stewart's Zeebest - 31
Betty's White - 11
Texas Hill Country Red - 2
Cowhorn - 9
Perkins Long Pod - 16

So, you see why I like Zeebest - a lot. Here's a picture of it today. I've got strings tied around the five branches of the closest plant to remind me not to pick pods off those branches. I'm letting those pods get overgrown so I can save seeds.