Okra Comparison. Which should you grow? You may be surprised!
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2023
- We planted two types of okra this year to see which one we think will be best for our farm in the years to come. We planted heavy hitter, and Clemson spineless. You may be surprised at the results.
Growing Heavy Hitter Okra can be a great addition to your vegetable garden. With its large and vigorous plants and pods, it's a popular choice for gardeners. Plant the okra seeds in well-drained soil after the last frost has passed. Water the plants regularly and be sure to apply a balanced fertilizer to promote healthy growth. Pruning the lower leaves and branches encourages growth up the stem, and harvesting the pods frequently will help to prolong the growing season. With these tips, you should be able to grow beautiful and healthy Heavy Hitter Okra plants that provide you with fresh, delicious okra pods to enjoy all summer long.
Ms. Jill I have a quick question, I am in the Dallas area and have had no luck growing any okra this year. Some pest is eating my leaves to the stalk overnight, what do you use for prevention? I’ve tried neem oil it’s been working 50/50
I live in the "crossroads " Of Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri! It seems the only REAL helpful info I can get is from TEXAS! I've found that with a cup of "mother wit", my TX info gives me a pretty good garden every year. I'm 82 and still trying. Last year, just for fun, I let my okra get over 12 feet tall just to 'shut down' some local braggarts! This year my wife and I are moving to a smaller country town just 20 miles away and since we have around 20 "lick/mineral tubs and too darn many pots, grow bags, kiddie pools (for gro bags) we are taking the chance of moving our "lick tubs" with growing plants and full of REAL GOOD soil, but HEAVY! I did a 'dummy move' of crowding my okra in an effort to keep growing at our new home. Any suggestions for the move? ...or have I just lost the rest of my mind? 🤣
If you let one pod go to seed, will the plant stop producing like cucumber plants?
Easiest way to tell if they are too mature is to bend the end of it. If it breaks it’s good, if it just bends, it’s too old
I’ve never heard of Heavy Hitter! I know this is last year video but I’m just seeing it. 😁 Now I’m going to go looking!!
I like to turn okra into Seasoning powder,heavy Hitter gave me 60 seeds
I’ve been growing Heavy Hitter for 3 or 4 years now? I won’t bother with any other variety. They are gorgeous, delicious and are seem to be bug resistant. The main stalk gets very sturdy so when the frost comes I use my mini chainsaw to cut them back. The stalk stumps STILL produced another few suppers. It’s an amazing variety! ✌🏻 I’m in SE TN zone 7
I am growing okra for the first time this year! Any advice? Im in zone 7b nc if that matters much lol.
Have you ever grown the Baby Bubba okra? I was thinking of trying it this year and would like to hear advice or feedback on it.
Yes indeed I like raw okra fresh out the garden and I have been growing Heavy Hitter okra for the last 3 years prolific harvest.
Hi, I am trying to get some okra seeds on Amazon to grow but I am wondering what's the actual name of the 'heavy hitter'? 😃
Nice results from heavy hitter. In north east Texas all I grow is Choppee and Burmese. The reason is these don’t grow tall fast like some other southern varieties so you can trim the bottom leaves and chase the pods as the stalks grow and make harvesting both easier and last over a longer period without having to have ladders or cut down excessively tall okra plants. Both are excellent at remaining tender as the pods get quite long. I collect my own seeds as well so if you want to try them I would swap you for some of your heavy hitter to trial that out here. I don’t water or spray my okra or fertilize so they are expressing full genetics for minimal care and produce well for me even in my black gumbo clay with the only amendment being a mulch layer laying on top of the surface to keep the sun from reaching the clay and baking it into cracked dry ground. Choppee is smooth so it is he better choice of my two for all canning and pickling in jars as you can squeeze more in packed together. Burmese is ridged so it has more surface area for breading and frying but I don’t think it’s as thick as heavy hitter but it also grows tall slower than most southern varieties and also stays tender even as the pods grow longer. I love the taste of mine as I eat mine raw off the plant as well every day. Very little okra makes it inside to the kitchen here 😂.
Clemson spineless was what I grew for years. I've been growing star of David the last couple of years for the bigger diameter. Emerald green was another one I liked, seemed smoother than the Clemson spineless. I tried burgundy and orange jing and they were terrible producers, got tough at small size.
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Thank you for doing this video. I've been waiting for someone to display and talk about the Heavy Hitter. I live in CA and it didn't perform well for me last year. I'm trying again this year.
I'm growing the newly released open pollinated version of Annie Oakley okra. Doing great.
Trying both Clemson spineless and Heavyhitter this year. Excited to see the results. Just started getting a few pods a day and hoping for enough to pickle as well. Love pickled okra! Blessings
BIG okra fan! We are growing Star of David & Burgundy okra this year. Burgundy has worked well for us in the past…. Trying out SofD. We are on the very western edge of Ft. Worth, just in Parker County. Good Gardening! Thanks for sharing your knowledge & experience!
I have cooked and ate okra different ways, but I don't think I have ever ate a fresh okra.
Right there with ya hoping our tomatoes complete their growth so I can - can more of them!! This heat and heat index is getting to us all both us and our garden. My boy german shepherd the other day went missing when we were in the garden. He walked all the way back up to our home and went in the dog door to lay on the cool tile floor. Getting fresh water for my chickens very early tomorrow mornimg before more heat comes on as we still are at 99 degree heat index at 10:30 p.m.