Basic Gardening : How to Grow and Harvest Okra the needed information on a successful harvest
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2017
- Is there a better plant to grow in the super hot summer months in the garden other than Okra? Probably not. The Okra plant loves the hot weather and reaps large and bountiful harvest on gardeners with bumper crops if they are cared for appropriately. In this episode Todd The Gardening Rebel will give you easy to follow tips on how to grow Okra and harvest Okra. Also in this video he will discuss the proper time and depth that these seeds need to be planted, We then discuss the fertilizer best suited for the Okra plant. So come on down to The Garden Spot and join us for this episode of How to grow and harvest okra.
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A man after my heart which is my stomach! Lol I love okra! My wife got tired of me asking her to cook okra so she told me to grow my own! 😂😂😂😂I am growing a garden for the first time this year.Wish me luck 👍
Good luck
@@resacarebel1868 Thank you
God bless your garden in Jesus name.
Good luck!
We grow okra in containers every year. We freeze and can our okra for pickled okra with onions and peppers we grow. It is great with lima beans or any kind of pea like field peas or purple hull peas. We put it in stews, soups we love it here in Florida!
Elizabeth Harrod thanks I was wondering how it did in containers
Are they perennials?
No they are annuals
How do you mix your soil for 5 gal buckets for okra? I have never grown it before.
@@annscott6982 We only use miracle grow soil, used to use potting soil now use garden soil. Lots cheaper works just as good. It goes BOGO twice a year at Lowe's.
I tried growing it in England. The seed germinated. Then we had three weeks of cold rain in June and it just sat there.
Then I bought a little plastic greenhouse for it and it’s as happy as Larry!
Great that is on way to improvise
A comprehensive guide to growing my favorite vegetable. Try it grilled. Delish! Thanks for the info.
Great informative video. Learned like 20 new things, thanks brah!!
Okra is my favorite veggie. I can eat it for breakfast with eggs, again at lunch and dinner. Great in green chili with cannellini beans and ground turkey too. Yummy.
That is also my favorite of all time. I just boil it and eat it straight away with vinegar.
Thanks! I'll plant my okra in late May because they are better in warmer climates.
Thank you for the fantastic breakdown.
egg plants grow excellent in heat, but okra are my favorite especially baked in the oven with olive oil and lightly seasoned with salt and pepper!
My first time gardening! Thanks for the tips!
Thankyou very informative and you get to the point quickly!
Thank you for showing this video, I needed to know about okra, and I am sure other people need to know. My okra is very little and it's not growing, but I know why now. Thank you for what you do.May GOD bless you in a mighty way! And hope dad is doing well. Thanks again.
Wayne Leviner have a great one buddy. I hope that okra hits passing gear for you soon.
This is my second garden. First one I strooked out in the middle of the season then renal failure on top-sort of took me off the game. lol. Late start this year-had to build the raised beds from sheet metal which was given to me of I hauled it off-spent weeks with my angle grinder cutting it to fit my trailer. So, Okra went in July. Got my first harvest a couple of months ago-all woody, 8" long pods. Huh. First, I was waiting for them to hang down like tomatoes or such-not poke straight up in the top so I never saw them. Now I'm getting three or four a day-only have five plants. Next season starting early and keeping on top. :)
Well good luck next season
Love the pollinator at 4:20 too :)
The bigger pods have uses too: the seed will store well, and there is (pound for pound) more iron in okra than in calf liver. info from usda quite a few years ago in Kentucky.
Thanks for making this video!
You encouraged me when you said it will just be 3-4 days to see sprouts. My seed pack said 14-21 days!
Lol that depends on the weather in your area and the depth you plant. I had mine breaking ground in 5 days this season
Great info on okras! Re the nematodes or root pests, I would add ‘Neem Cake’ pellets to the soil when transplanting the okra seedlings. It’ll act as a underground pest repellent AND a slow release fertilizer.
I had only two okra tree in my garden last year now this year I planted 8 and thank god they are coming up all so nicely yea
Added this video to my favorites as a guide for next year. This year my okra was a little better than last year mainly because I did not plant the seeds an inch deep. Now I need to work on placement in the garden to make sure they dont get shaded out. Also squash bugs and ants love my okra. The ants attack the top of the plants before the flower develops and if I leave the pods too long they burrow holes into them. Its a forever battle having a garden but the experience makes it worth it. Brandi
TheBr20042003 plant your tallest plants on the side of your garden that the sun set on.let the small are crops get the morning and afternoon sun. Thanks for watching. We appreciate it and the comment
This year is my first okra year. In my greenhouse it gets very hot. So the okra must like it!. In 3 weeks it grew 5 times its size. So im looking forward to those nice flowers! Dont know how it will taste, but i like asparragus. The fact that it can be used as a thickening in soups etc appeals to me too. Thanks for this information. Zone 7 The Netherlands.
This is great! Appreciate the positive reinforcement lol
I have very good surround sound headphones... when the fly came around at 3:35 I actually whipped my head around trying to find it :D
Lol that is hilarious
Thanks great info. I have okra plants I inherited when I bought my House 25 years ago. It's been ignored by me until now. I have red and yellow flowers but no okra pods. The plants are indestructible with thick stalks. Help needed advice welcome. I'm in Jacksonville Fl, plenty hot and humid. I just added miracle grow 36-0-6 fertilizer to half the plants to see what
really grateful for this.
I’m from central NY and I grow okra this year. My plants aren’t as big as your. I’m not surprised. Mine are 2 to 3 ft tall . It was really hot this year and they have done great this year. Last year they didn’t. I have been watching them every day and picking the ones that are 3in to 6in. I hope to have more next year. Pickling my okra and will fry what is growing now.
Good luck in your future gardening endeavors.
Gardening Rebel I took the word THE off of my site and I got more hits because the word gardening is the beginning word and it's the first thing people type in. You have such a great Channel
May have to do that !
@@resacarebel1868 just trying to look out it will change overnight your views. I had the same problem
Awesome tips,
I want to try okra next summer for the first time! I’m way up here in the Toronto area but they say if you can grow peppers and tomatoes and corn you can grow okra too! Thanks for the video!
I've been growing okra successfully in Toronto for the past three yrs.
@@adellapie1589 I sowed mine directly into the garden. About half have come up, I resowed the empty spaces. Do you direct sow or start under lights? Do you pre soak the seeds for 24 hours, I didn’t but wonder if I should?
Thanks, good information
chop okra into 1 inch pieces batter with your favorite mix stir fry very good with any meal this is not slimmy some folks frown on okra dont know how to fix it
Very Nice Informational Video ! Started Okra For the First time This Year ! Just Found Your Channel And will be Watching !
enjoyed your video very much. i do love me some clemson spineless okra
Thank you, you covered some things I had questions about;pests and what to watch out for, also the pod that has no flower being the male. I was wondering why there was no flower around my pod. Also the phosphorus and nitrogen explanation.
Such good video learned lot of good tips
Love okra. Grew up calling it " okry" but I'm an oldtimer. Maybe next year will try growing it. Would it do well in a raised bed? Great information you give!
in 2019, thank you for this helpful information sir.
Your welcome
Very good on okra I have had a good year also your okra was very close together how far apart do you plant seeds and where you located I am in North central texas between sherman and Paris black land
Great video, thanks!
Your welcome
Okra onions hotpepper tomatoes .
Cook it together.
Plus string beans squash n eggplant and we call it ,"pinakbet",,,my favorite ever
Very good news
Thank you
Thanks. ✌
Learned allot from this video , thanks. My question is how often do we water Okra ?
Thanks, you are awesome.
Well thank you. Bet your pretty awesome yourself.
Thanks, very informative video. I'm growing spineless okra and will definitely use your tips. Other UA-camrs would've made mulitiple entries on how to help distressed plants that have flooded. Your solution, "kick some dirt on 'em." That made me laugh so hard. Glad to see the plants weathered the storm.
I just read that with the older ones you don’t like, just dry and make it a powder. Will thicken soups and stews!
Never tried that ! sounds like a video to me thanks for the input.
ya turns soup to snot
The peaceful garden patch Like file powder.
okra man is a superhero
I use neem /peppermint oil spray on my plants. Do you think it will work on stink bugs? Someone else mentioned marigolds for nematode prevention, and I have plenty of marigolds. Getting ready to plant some in CO zone 5, which is the right time to plant here. I can't wait... I love okra!
Thanks.
my okra is just now kicking into high gear. picking some about every day now.
Those plants seem a little spindly, probably because they're growing in shade at least part of the day. The main pest I have had with okra is aphids, though the plants are normally robust enough to grow through an infestation. I have seen Japanese beetle damage as well, though normally those are more attracted to other plants in the garden.
The plants in the video were planted in the shade to show that okra can grow in different conditions. In our region not many pest bother okra we have deers to do that.
we always use clemson spinless seed this does not scratch whilr cutting from stalk also harvist at 3-4 inches long
With the temps in south louisiana, my okra produced all the way to december. I also plant the cowhorn variety which can be left to grow longer length an still be tender. I have more problems with ants than stinkbugs.
so how do you solve your ant issue?
For ant, I go halfway up the stalk and dust with selling dust, this way the 🐝 are safe and hopefully it will not seep into the ground. I do this every other day
I meant selvin dust 😔
Easy to grow? That's the one for me.
628DirtRooster sure that's what ya need lol
I’ve been growing plants close together to just experiment. Do you think okra will grow well close together? I know everyone says it should be spaced out. But a lot of the time the spacing isnt always true in my experience.
We have done it both ways. Either way worked well for us.
@@resacarebel1868 thats awesome. Thanks so much man.
Many thanks for advise with one of my favorites, Okra. In my location weather is the constant villain. Destructive winds, unexpected freeze temps, drought, and the list goes on. I noticed you saying about worms getting to the roots? Never had that problem but I am concerned. What to look for? Signs on the plant when affected? How to prevent? My Okra and the belly of many thanks you...
Abdulla Ex your welcome and thanks for the comment Todd
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Also you said add nitrogen later. Do you mean side dress it with maybe 10-10-10 ? I haven't done much gardening maybe tomatoes and such, but want to try okra next year. Thanks for all your advice !
miller4hats that would work but if I can get my hands on it I look for a product that is called RAW 20-0-0 for about 9 dollars. Check online for ordering information. I just side dress it
Cuz just wondering 3 stages, growth, budding, harvest, meaning is it the same as growing any fruit or get by plant, cause you mention using phosphorous in the beginning but I did see flowers slow that why you said use more phosphorus wen you plant the seed before hand, did you give the soil more nitrogen for growth, since the okra give flowers early, i'm growing some now and learning as I go along, but I grown marijuana since 1973 till now I'm 68 hawaiian, planting in the beginning for growth 30 10 10, then as soon as I see it begin to buds I change to a 10 30 10 for the buds, then a month be for I harvest I stop watering and fertilizing cause I'm going to harvest my 8 to 12 foot plants, I took notice that okra starts to flower real early, no wonder why you mentioned low nitro more phosphorus flower early, npk the main ingredient in growing any plants, like marijuana smile, mahalo cuz for the much needed info I really needed again mahalo and aloha from oahu hawaii pearl city pacific palisades 96782
Hey hi hope all is well my name is angel quick question is August a good time to grow Orlando and Florida
I wonder if I can seed save if I plant 3 different varieties? They are not close together. ❓
What is your spacing between plants? Last year they grew, but not much. Maybe my spacing was off. Thanks!
That's is usually 4 to 6 inches
We have Japanese beetles here in WI every year. Any suggestions for a first time okra grower to battle these pests?
Do you have the beetle traps like we do in the southeast?
Very informative thank-you sir. I see you're growing Okra in a very beautiful forest glade. Is a bit of shade OK. Also it seems Okra is Ok with the occasional heavy flooding. How long did those roots sit under water? They still look pretty strong and healthy to me. I want to plant okra but I'm worried about our heavy rains. Is one month long enough to sow seed and harvest, maybe two months, what is the growing/harvesting time before the plants are finished producing and you need to plant again..... I could choose the drier months which are still very hot and humid. I'm trying to work out my best growing window for Okra.
Soil temp is your biggest challenge. As I stated okra should be planted lastly when spring begins. The water situation is not really a worry as long as water does not stand for more that 72 hours.
Best of luck to you and your garden
Plant now okra plants will bloom until late fall. We pick okra sometimes as late as November
@@resacarebel1868 Ok thanks. Soil temps are no problem right up untill December, its extremely hot and humid for the longest time. I'm just waiting for the rains to start again before i plant the seeds. We have these anticyclones which suck all the rain away, usualy followed by a typhoon which dumps tons onto us so that will be the time to sow. These few weeks I'm getting heat stroke watering too much to include Okra. I think I have the perfect spot. Its a bit rank and weedy and full of butterflies but just feels right. I just hope caterpillars aren't a problem. Do you need to cultivate the soil or do those roots know their way into the ground. It's fryable black soil.
A fly, in stereo. Wow.
there's another pest I have to deal with. Deer.
I'll take itchy okra over bee stings any day.
OkieRob we got a electric fence for those. WE GOING HIGH TECH. I had rather fight the bees
Do you stake up your okra plants, since they get so tall?
Patty Stovall-Cowart no ma'am you should not have to stake okra up at all it will get tough stalks as it aged. They become very sturdy plants.
Thank you for asking that because Okra do get VERY tall this will be my first year growing Okra. Im excites
I top my okra and my stalks get bigger than coke cans in width...I get as many okra off one topped plant than I do off of 5 untopped plants
Can you explain? I am growing okra for the first time this year, I am in the UK and the weather here is so temperamental.
You don't have to keep repeating yourself. We all have a rewind button. Lol
You can always fast forward.
So me being in Canada..I need to find the Green Giant.
Zone 9: Is it too late to put some seeds out? It seems like you have some partial shade? how much shade will it tolerate? I'm imagining it needs 6 hrs sun.
Paul McGhee Good morning to you friend. First you should have plenty of time to plant.You didn't mention the region you lived however you mentioned zone 9 on a national chart that would indicate the Texas region I believe. Regardless of your location you should have time to plant a variety of seeds and still be able to produce and harvest. This will depend on a couple of things. 1.What are you planting? 2 .What are you planting it in. You mentioned shade in my spots, I have certain plants that can be planted in a shady area.Tgungs like Potato,Cabbage and other items are planted before many leaves come into play. Well hope this helps and best of luck to you. Todd and Karen
The Gardening Rebel Hi friend I'm in San Antonio. Traditionally Zone 8B temperatures over the last few years zone 9 statistics tend to work well, at least for heat-loving plants. My question was concentrated on your okra topic. I've watched a lot of videos and how to use for okra and know they love the Heat and no they tolerate a ton of sun but have not seen a lot of information regarding pushing the boundaries into shade and how far that can go. My full sun spots are precious as I have a lot of mature oak trees on my property keeping us cool. Typically whenever I plant a crop that is new to me I will try several plants, one in full sun is recommended one in full afternoon sun with Evening Shade and one in full Morning Sun and full afternoon shade to test the light boundaries so to speak. Our native soil here is full of loads of clay and little Loom. Fortunately over the last couple of years I have been bringing in a lot of organic material, last summer I brought in 12 yards of wood chips about 6 to 12 in deep across half the garden and in this year I brought in 5 yards of fine wood chips already halfway composted that is a foot deep in full sun for 7 hours. I'm pretty sure I pulled some of those wood chips back the Oprah would do outstanding in either of those spots. I've been having to add a bag of soil here and there for my plants as 15 or so tomatoes, mostly indeterminate cherries with a handful of larger in determinants. I've got some greens under 50% shade cloth with about 40 kale coming up from seed getting ready for the fall planting. I'll transplant those in September ish. Little herb garden when I had to cut them back right before an unusual snowfall. They were waist-high. Had an irate back to my question I'm hoping it's not too late to get some Clemson spineless okra and the ground. I've got plenty of room for a decent-sized row for my young family of four. Tips on watering are welcome, it can easily be assumed that they will get no more than one inch of rain per month from now until September if that. As I mentioned before lots of shade and precious sunspace. How far can I push the okra into the partial shade by density or by hours and still be productive? Sorry I know that was a mouthful. By the way I'm also growing tropical and subtropical greens as annuals, similar to the way sweet potato vine Rose I've got Malabar spinach Egyptian spinach, Moringa or drumstick tree, Chaya, that one came back on its own this year. And I am making my second attempt at a massive chayote squash native to Mexico. This thing gets massive and the Squash tastes a little bit like cucumber and it puts out a tremendous amount of foliage that I can use for my compost bin. I apologize in advance for any typos I'm using voice to text and am on Bluetooth on the road and I'm able to properly edit.
How about at the end of the season. Will it grow again next season or should you remove the stalk at the end?
The plant dies at the end of its growing season. Just pull the plant up and save one of the pods and let it dry out keeping the seeds inside. Just plant your harvested seeds next year and enjoy the bounty.
@@resacarebel1868 Hi thank you. Yes I had done this but unfortunately it did not grow. None of the seeds sprouted for some reason. I am going to try more once again. Directly sow the seeds in the soil right?
Hi there. Thank you for a very informative video. I live in the Mid North of South Australia (a temperate zone) where we have extremely hot summers. For the majority of our Summer the temperature is 86 degrees F upwards. It is not uncommon to have a week to 10 days of temperatures consistently over 100 degrees F in February. During this period the night time temperature doesn't really drop much and stays around 86 to 90 degrees. I noticed that your crop seems to be planted among trees and is quite shaded. ( or it could be the time of day that you were taking the video ) Would you recommend planting Okra in full sun when we can reach the extreme temperatures mentioned? Would they thrive as long as the root zone was kept cool with mulch and obviously regularly watered? Regards, Maria.
Full sun works great for okra however I had the spot videoed .I just wanted to test the soil out . Thanks for the comment.
Thanks for your quick reply. I just noticed a comment on a different video from another Aussie who was loosing plants during last summer and thought it may have been because the UV rating were "off the charts" - in his words. His plants were about a foot tall - so he put shade cloth over them and they seemed to recover. I have just asked him for more info regarding the end result.
I’m in south Texas and we’re at 100F every day nowadays. My plants are about a foot high and I don’t keep them in the sun, I keep them under my porch in the shade. I know people say they love the sun and need hours of sunlight a day, but mine get sun once in a while, like an hour or two every other day, and that seems to be enough. They’re getting big with strong stalks and green leaves. If I leave them out too long, they’ll start to wilt. I think sometimes this sun is just too hot, it’s like fire to the plants. Climate change is a real thing. This sun isn’t like the sun I grew up with where we could be outside all summer long.
Oh wow my okra is only like 3 ft tall but it's producing
well at least your getting some good okra lol yeah I have a to plant small sections of Okra or it will go to waste. The way i plant it causes it to explode in growth,
my 1st year! Didn't know that the plant was Okra! The flowers were so pretty! ALL of my okra appeared at once! Now they are ALL
8 TO 10 INCHES LONG! is my 1st season over? Is there anything I can do to get something I can eat?
Depending on your growing region squash and zucchini may still produce a crop. Many other varieties of produce are able to grow in fall turnips kale lettuce just give it a shot. You only learn by trying.
@@resacarebel1868 thank you for responding so quickly to my post! Thanks to your response, I will continue trying-smile.
Rebel you keep up the great work with your shows and I will continue watching everything you put out there!!
Alice
Where did you get your 10-10-10 fertilizer? I went to Walmart and they only had it for flowers not for food.
Any lowes homedepot or ace will have the fertilizer
@@resacarebel1868 Thank you !! Appreciate you.
My okra is 6 feet and still no blooms. How much longer?
Several issues can cause this however let's look at the top two. 1 Did you apply any fertilizer? For okra plants I would go with a 10 20 10 that would cover the nutrient issue. 2 how much sunlight does the planted spot receive? The ideal time for okra in my opinion is 6 to 8 hours. So without knowing your area or your gardens nutrients those 2 items top my list of issues to look into. Todd and Karen.
Do you have an issue with bee's not pollinating your okra?
Not really , however if it is a rainy season I can see that happening.
@@resacarebel1868 I'm growing okra and the cow horn variety I'm using is going nuts!!
Many plant 36 inches apart. Some 12 inches apart. Yours is close together. Does it matter?
We have never had any issue with the spacing.
I use okra in my Gumbo
Can okra grow well in Orlando FL
Depends on soil nutrients Mr Pete. I am willing to bet that it could grow well in a sandy soil. But shoot it would be worth trying.
I just planted my seeds here in Texas and it is june
You should be ok
How much does okra plants need watering?
Honestly I have never had to water Okra . Okra seems to do well during months with little precipitation. If I had to water Okra I would do so every 7 days.
You have bee!
Yeah have bee,about 30 hives. We have downsized this year
My orka is growing good but not making orka can you tell me what is wrong
Is there any blooms on it ? If not give it a few days and look again. Okra will start blooming slowly the all of a sudden you are overrun with it.. if its not blooming try curing some fertilizer of your choice into the dirt along side you plants about 8 inches from the base of stalk.
My orka is growing good tall as I am but not blooming
What can I put on on Okra to killed stick bug no problems
High yeild pesticide
have 4 or 5 limbs they make 4 time as much pods by the end of the year the plant will have 3to4 inch across bases I am getting a half gallon bag of cut up pods a day from 30 plant a old cow showed my this many years ago by pulling up most of what I had planted what was left exploded try it sometime you will be saprised at the difference in the plant
andrew sanders the Okra is only 5 weeks old and 6 foot tall. I get more than I need and since that's the Crimson Spineless 80 it's does not get busy. So I tend to let mine stay thick. But each person has their own techniques..
andrew sanders you have pods on limbs ? What kind of okra are you planting? Pods do not develop on Crimson Spineless limbs . The produce on the stalks in the Crook between the leave and the stalks.
what I grow is crimson
andrew sanders you should do a video and show your technique you have a channel and it's easy to do. I would like to see how you do yours. I like seeing other gardeners technical ways.
Hello
MORNING GARDENER'S SHOW. Hi there hope all is well
Dont forget slugs.We have them bad here in Alabama
Thanks for the tips. They will come in handy. But… okra plants do not produce male and female flowers. Each bloom has both male and female parts.
I have read that all the parts of an okra plant are edible. Has anyone ever eaten the blooms, leaves, or others parts besides the pods?
Grind up citrus peel and add it to your soil when planting. No more nematodes.
Watch the Birdy Can you do this with all types of plants or just particular types?
Nematodes are an important part of the food web in your soil..if you grow organic it's not advisable to eliminate them...
Cant you just piss on the the soil to acidify it ?
that friggin fly in my ear
four inch planting depth?!
No,....when temp is 70 at four inches., plant 1" deep.
No, the temperature at four inch depth should be above 65 degrees. I never stated planting any seeds at four inches.
The planting depth was discussed at 1:42 of the video
What is your favorite okra seed to plant?
I planted a dwarf variety this year I really liked a lot. Can't remember the name off hand but will look it up and let you know.
@@resacarebel1868 thanks
04:19
The fly total video bombs him at 4:25.
Everything bombs me Vees,Flys,gnats etc
Not clear delivery.
You need me to explain in crayons ?
You didn't tell us about how much sunlight or water! Wtf
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I very much want to enjoy this video but I can't stand listening to it with headphones because the bugs in my ears.... *shivers* ugh!
That's part of the environment in these parts.
Wow. *Sarcasm*
love you spade.
The Gardening Rebel. love you too Rebel.