Ultracross Okra
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Ultracross Okra

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Abelmoschus esculentus & A. caillei Origin: North Carolina Improvement status: Breeding population Seeds per packet: ~50 Germination tested 11/2024: 55% Life cycle: Annual Wow, are we ever excited about these seeds right here! Brainchild of our friend and co-conspirator Chris Smith — author of the James Beard Award-winning The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration — 'Ultracross' Okra is perhaps the most diverse okra composite cross ever made, but it is doubtless the most diverse okra population ever made available in one seed packet. We're eager to watch as the diversity of this population allows growers like you to develop new okra varieties and even expand the potential range of this beloved African crop. In 2021, Chris and The Utopian Seed Project planted 100 cultivars of Abelmoschus spp. within a 100ft x 25ft block in Leicester, North Carolina at Franny's Farm. 83 of those cultivars were Abelmoschus esculentus (Common Okra), including some EFN 'Kandahar Pendi', and there wer

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