Thank you. I’m still trying to figure out how to best use this greenhouse. I built it for my wife when we moved to this house. She mostly wanted it to get an early start on flowers and veggies. I just figured since it was sitting empty I would try out with some leftover seeds.
Okra here (Mid south USA zone 7b) of some very desirable heirloom varieties get over 8 feet tall and the stems can get 6 inches thick or more near the base. I have climbed and stood in some plants to pick the top of the plants. You can dry and grind okra and make a bread and so many other ways of eating. Crispy split and oven baked okra with olive oil, sea salt, garlic powder and other seasonings can be a great replacement for potato chips or other snack foods. Cut in small pieces, It will dehydrate and store for years reconstituting in soups fairly well. Okra pickles are a favorite of mine. About coffee substitutes, we in the southern USA have used a lot of plants for coffee substitutes and Okra is indeed one of them. Both in the civil war and the great depression! Dandelion roots made a more popular coffee substitute when roasted, also soaked and rinsed acorns have been roasted for coffee replacement. The thickening effect of fresh okra in soups and Gumbos*named after an African word for okra, is very desirable and is used instead of, or in addition to File Gumbo powder which is the ground sassafras leaf that is used to flavor and thicken some recipes. I currently grow Burmese okra for its ability to stay tender at 6 or 7 inches or more. Texas hill country red is a favorite as well, great for pickles , prolific short fat pods are tender and delicious and produce heaps if kept well picked of small pickling okra , green, blushed with red fruits and red striped stems and blushed leaves. That is the variety that got over 8 feet tall and had 6 inch plus stems. The fruits are best at three inches or less.
I purchased mine from Walmart and it's 9'7"×6'5" ×6'5". It was under 100$.
I guess that is why I don't have one yet! I been holding out for a huge one like I worked in and it has never happened! I guess I should settle for something I could afford!
I just recently got on The Home Depot app and found a big one for 150.and some change and there's a bigger one for 175
Yes, the ones i have been ogling for years start at about $8,000 or much more for the bigger ones. I need to learn to settle for my reality instead of just having a dream.
Do you have any seeds from them. I would love to have lemon trees
