Is there a truly spineless okra ?

[mensplace]

I love all things okra....
Okra cooked in EVERY way and with everything in any cuisine.
BUT, I hate okra with spines. Is that just a function of the size, or is there really an okra that does not develop those heavy spines or immediately turn woody?

Too, I can't stand the itchy burn that you get from picking, especially with those that all too quickly want to become trees.
I would just love a smaller growing varieties that just keeps on bearing.

Maybe what I am seeking doesn't exist? If it does, I would love just one row of about ten feet long with plants no more than five feet tall and compact in terms of the leaf span.

Any suggestions? Okra, tomatoes and rice and I'm a happy man.

[mikemansker]

This is an interesting question and may be a question of degree.

I've had good luck with Clemson Spineless #80.

That being said, I think it's the nature of okra to become woody as it gets bigger, so I pick early and often. I'm probably not as much of an okra lover as you are, but I love fried okra, and, how would you make a decent gumbo?

[Worth1]

Put plant about 2 to almost 3 feet apart and top them.
This will make them branch out.
Okra spines bother not this tough old hide.

Worth

[jillian]

Mensplace, I love all things okra too! Thanks to a couple of very kind folk here I will be growing it for the first time. Varieties are Choppee and Jung Orange. I don't enjoy picking it, I did my fair share of it in my youth. But I will do it (given I am successful at growing it), because I do love it!

Good luck in your quest for a spineless variety, I would like to know about it too!

[whistech]

I also love okra and have grown many different varieties; however, I have never found a spineless okra. I wear a long sleeve shirt and the hospital gloves a person can buy at Sams Club or other stores for about $10.00 for two boxes of 500. That does the trick for itching when picking okra.

[imp]

I grow several varieties and sometimes get some itch when I am cutting it off the plants, but it is so worth it to me. Jing Orange, Clemson, and the Emerald ones don't have much in the way of spines for me. But I cut my okra young, because I like very tender pods and only let them go big for seed saving.

[kurt]

Originally Posted by mensplace

I love all things okra....
Okra cooked in EVERY way and with everything in any cuisine.
BUT, I hate okra with spines. Is that just a function of the size, or is there really an okra that does not develop those heavy spines or immediately turn woody?

Too, I can't stand the itchy burn that you get from picking, especially with those that all too quickly want to become trees.
I would just love a smaller growing varieties that just





keeps on bearing.

Maybe what I am seeking doesn't exist? If it does, I would love just one row of about ten feet long with plants no more than five feet tall and compact in terms of the leaf span.

Any suggestions? Okra, tomatoes and rice and I'm a happy man.

Friend brought back.Welcome to one pod 200 seeds.pm me only one left.
Large pods are striped deep purple.About 8 inches by 1 1/4. Thick.We cross cut.Bread Quick pan fry plus eggs.Almost heaven.You can push them to about 5 ft.