long island okra blend

[imgrimmer]

Did anyone grow Long island Northern Okra Blend?
Information on their website is old. I am curious about their progress.

[12540dumont]

Although I have tried many of the LI seed blends, okra was not one of them.

I think you'll wait a long time to get an update on LI Seeds. However, Joseph and I are both working with their squash line. I'm attempting to keep the spinach line going. After this year, I'm sending it to Joseph.

I also have their carrots and had I have know it was the last year I could have gotten anything, I would have bought everything they had. I sure wish I had gotten their cardoon/artichoke blend.

I'm still working with some of their melons, and I sent the amaranth grain off to Hortus.

Ken was a brilliant seed breeder. If you can find anything out there. Grab a hold of it and plant it. It'll start you down the road to plant breeders anonymous....

[Joseph Lofthouse]

May 27, 2013 15:00:23 GMT -5 12540dumont said:

I think you'll wait a long time to get an update on LI Seeds. However, Joseph and I are both working with their squash line.

Holly: Remember that LISP delicata that you sent me? The only pepo squash that I ever enjoyed? I planted seeds from it last week as the only pepo squash in my large field. I have a few pepo weeds in that field that I'll need to take care of.

In other squash lines, I'm also growing descendants of the LISP crookneck, zucchini, and moschata. I keep finding partial packets of LISP seed. One of these days I hope that I get my act together and post a listing so that they can be shared. I can only deal with a few pepos per year.

[ottawagardener]

I can tell you that the blue leek LISP seed has been interesting so far. No okra though.

[steev]

I have such sucky luck with okra that I can't imagine it growing in Canada. If there is a variety that does, I need some seed! Meanwhile, I'll thicken my gumbo with Molokhia, which does well for me. It neither pickles nor fries like okra, though, and it's nasty noshed in the garden.