Growing Okra, also Ladyfinger, gumbo

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12 Mar 11 Alan Langley-Jones (Australia - temperate climate)
I have grown superp crops of an excellent variety of Okra called Dwarf Green Longpod in the Melbourne area - in Ferntree Gully. This was in the early 1970's when there was a seed merchant at the Victoria Market. It was run by a Greek migrant who knew a huge amount about plants from his homeland. The shop disappeared and in Melbourne we were left with the sub-tropical variety Clemson's Spineless that is next to useless by comparison with Dwarf Green Longpod - which is still commonly used in cooler okra growing regions such as North America - including Canada. In fact there are several other varieties suitable for Melbourne that are unavailable here. We are treated as second class citizens by the horticultural industry - supplying us with essentially leftover seed from the more tropical regions of Australia - when I have contacted them I have been told that they know best.
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