Gardens at Mathews

Okra ‘Clemson Spineless 80’

Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.

The photographs

A wide bed of dark crumbly compost scattered with tiny just-emerged seedlings, rough grass along the top edge and an orange marker rod at the left.
Week of 20 JulyA wide bed of dark crumbly compost scattered with tiny just-emerged seedlings, rough grass along the top edge and an orange marker rod at the left.
A bed of dark compost dressed with pale grit, a scatter of tiny seedlings just showing across it and rough grass along the top edge.
Week of 27 JulyA bed of dark compost dressed with pale grit, a scatter of tiny seedlings just showing across it and rough grass along the top edge.
Bare dark compost dressed with pale grit and scattered with a few tiny seedlings, rough grass at the top edge and coarse bark through the soil.
Week of 27 JulyBare dark compost dressed with pale grit and scattered with a few tiny seedlings, rough grass at the top edge and coarse bark through the soil.
A dark bark-mulched bed set with small widely spaced seedlings, mown grass and clover all around it, a bundle of green stakes and a white plastic sleeve lying at the far corner.
Week of 27 JulyA dark bark-mulched bed set with small widely spaced seedlings, mown grass and clover all around it, a bundle of green stakes and a white plastic sleeve lying at the far corner.
A young okra pod standing upright at a leaf node, five-ridged and tapering to a point and sheathed in fine bristles, on thick green stems flushed wine-red at the joints.
Week of 24 AugustA young okra pod standing upright at a leaf node, five-ridged and tapering to a point and sheathed in fine bristles, on thick green stems flushed wine-red at the joints.
Okra, week of 24 August
Week of 24 August

What happened

Crop
Okra
Variety
Clemson Spineless 80
Sown
15 July 2026
Status
flowering

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