Lots of pods and every pod on this plant has been the same. They have all been full of healthy looking seeds.
I think it’s just weird genetics, I have a couple other plants producing similar pods but not as productive.
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I love the bicolor.
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You don’t say? 
I knew when I started that it would be a challenge, but I like challenges. Some are surviving and producing seeds. Some are even flowering now when it got over 20C/68F after a cooler period.
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However, I have only observed growth in my super hot area, so I tend to always explain growth from super heat, like 100 degrees and hotter, I’m in Arizona zone 10a and its super nice or super hot, not much grows over the summers except okta and Malabar spinach and a few other tropical vegetables I have tried.
So happy you are getting flowers and okra buds on your plants. You must have something good in your soil to keep them happy 
. So once you get seed be sure to send some into GTS. And keep the grow reports coming we learn from each other all the time and every day. Share some photos if you get a chance to snap some if your okra.
They certainly were the happiest when we had highs of 27-31C/80-90F. That’s really as hot as it get’s here, but usually not as many days as this year. Cloth does keep the temps a little hotter. They did grow before that better than I would expect on temps we had. Early august it cooled back down and it seemed like that made the final selection. Some had grown good before that, but just never got to flowering or flowers didn’t open. At the end I have 3 better plants and a few more that might make some seeds to add some more diversity. None were really producers. Might have helped if I had picked pods, but I have to let them go to seed as early as possible. Not sure what the prospects of growing okra here really are. Seems like they are just too far off as they need help just to survive. Maybe it helps someone a little futher south who has little longer season. I will send seeds to people in EU, but personally I’m not sending seeds to US because of the regulations.
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Keep em growing, gotta get seed!!!
I’m afraid that’s all she wrote. Not likely to have any days over 20C/68F before next april. Looks like hard frost by the end of the month. Have to harvest just about everything next week.
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An update on the potential A. caillei cross, two of the pods have matured and both had lots of good seeds inside.
The plant with giant pods is still producing heavily…
And just a photo of some others I pulled yesterday. The little pod was interesting.
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How many growing days do you have without frost? What is your growing region? I’m in zone 10a in Yuma AZ and we are still having over 90 degree days coming off a long hot summer. We will plant our crops starting in the next few weeks, lettuce and leafy greens. However, if we plant by the scant rain that we normally get, corn beans and squash should already be planted. I actually plant mine as it gets a bit cooler with days in the 80’s…it’s crazy I’m from upstate NY and the planting seasonsare switched up.
Maybe next season get your seeds into the ground as soon as the soil can be worked without frost. As a suggestion.
Nice okra!!!
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I’m zone 5, but our summers are more similar to zone 3-4 areas like inland Alaska or Central Canada. Not hot like zone 5 parts of contiguous US where summers generally are way hotter and month or 2 longer. Frost free season is around 100 days, but even if it’s frost free temperatures early/late in the season (sometimes mid season) might not be sufficient even for more hardy warm weather crops like tomatoes to grow significantly. Generally a handful of days over 25C/76F over the summer.
Doesn’t work here. Ground needs to warm up first and even then it’s not warm enough for something like okra to germinate fast, if at all. I might sow earlier, but only for selection pressure. The real growth starts once it warms up properly which might not happen until long into july like this year. Okra is a fast grower once it has a little heat and it seems like it’s not such a problem to get at least some seeds with some help. This year first flower opened last days of july and based on my experience they don’t need that long for the seeds to be mature. I was forced to take one pod already some time ago when it was developing a soft spot and it seemed like seeds were ready.
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Ok, you are working in a shorter season than my garden. Did you direct seed or do transplants? I’m trying to think if any varieties I have to share are short season. Maybe look up in the germplasm database for short season okra, or at least some from you higher latitude…like from Russia or a country where its colder and higher elevation.
I have direct seeded last 2 year. I don’t think it would help much to transplant as they don’t like to be transplanted and direct seeded tolerate the conditions better. Not that there is need for them to be earlier. I have looked up seedbanks in Europe, but they only have from warmer countries and there isn’t any additional information on the location in said country. I don’t think it’s a crop I will put that much effort. I already had this year a good mix from @marcela_v that has wide genetic base and will make exchanges over the years.
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Okay, ill still keep an eye out for seed for shorter season…of they exist. But I’m thinking you are correct that they just like hot weather and a long season. Your doing all the work and hoping you get better results. I have a few plants that grew over my area hot summer, and I’m still waiting for seeds.
This pod had seeds packed so tightly together they were shaped more like beans than normal okra seed.
I wish I’d taken a picture before opening because the pod was splitting and had looked expanded more than a normal pod and now I know why.
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Nice seed!!!
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Nice pod, how long is it, maybe take photo with scissors or a pen beside it for scale. Looks like a nice fat pod. Did you get to eat any of them? If so how was the flavor, and the slime? The texture doesn’t bother me nor the slime, I just like fresh pods while the tips are still flexible. I cut them in half lengthwise and fry in olive oil, in a cast iron skillet. Yum.
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Not very long but pretty fat.
Here it is next to one of the really big ones (different plants) with a standard sharpie for scale…
I have not eaten any, but I think it would have been good. Even dried this one has a very soft/spongy feel, and all those seeds would probably make it extra juicy.
I don’t mind slime or texture either, I love fried okra. Last few times I’ve baked it drizzled in olive oil, which I think preserves more flavors. (Baking does remove the slime/texture that some people don’t like)
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Nice pods with variation.