@@Wolf-xu1fj no, the seeds are not ripe enough at this stage. The pods get long and tough and start to split open when they are ready. The seeds are so affordable anyways, just buy some.
Okra is the easiest thing I grow, and what I love about it and cow peas (besides the vegetable itself) is that when all my spring stuff, tomatoes, cucumbers and squash are struggling in the high heat, I can plant okra and cow peas, and all I have to do is keep them watered, and they grow like crazy and have few pest problems.
As a South Georgian, I want to thank you guys for your work in our community, the quality of your products, as well as the informative videos that you often post. Keep up the great work!
my neighbor is in her 90's she told me to solar sterilize my raised beds with black plastic. the beds are open bottoms i did and the results were great. got rid of weed seeds also. i also use black plastic to heat the dirt for cold hating okra early in season.
I bought a hybrid okra from Walmart. It's for containers. I believe it's called Bubba hybrid. I haven't grown it yet. I have like eleven types of okra. I decided I love it and I can find a variety that will grow like a weed here and that will be the one from now on 😂 I've read you can cook the leaves like greens and the seeds can be roasted and ground for a fake coffee type drink. Haven't tried it yet.
My central Texas front yard is home to a half-dozen okra plants, my first-ever bumper crop. I'm so happy to find this video, as I'm going to want/need lots of okra next year and look forward to trying your tips, especially growing those dwarf plants. Many thanks for teaching us a thing or two worth knowing!
Yes, all gardeners and farmers should consider growing a variety of plants together rather than just one. Marigolds and nasturtiums can help keep pests away.
great info on Okra! thank you sir! I did wait to plant Okra this year in the Willamette Valley, Oregon and now it is producing very well. I am amazed how fast the pods grow. Have to check them almost every day to get those extra fancy and fancy sizes but worth it MMM good! Thank you also to my grandma Smith who grew up in Oklahoma and introduced me to Okra when i was a kid!
I grow Clemson and a red variety. Actually they've interbred, I collect my own seeds, so I get green and red ones on same plant. The ones I really look for are the ones that are both green and red in one pod, which is happening more and more. The combination is so pretty, too.
I once read that marigolds help with nematodes...I've been planting them all over my garden ever since. I don't know for sure if it works but I will say that I've not had nematodes thus far
Okra has always been part of my garden plot and learned at a young age to wear long sleeve shirts when cutting it. Learned early too that warm soil is best but growing up and now we would soak the seed for a. couple of hours before planting to give the germination a boost. Having said all that, I learned more in this 10 minutes than I have in 40 years of gardening.
Thank you for these OKRA tips - I'm probably one of the few Yankees that likes it. It''s my go to thickener for Gumbo and there is nothing like a plate of fried Okra to go with liver and onions.
The best luck I've ever had growing okra was planting it about 6 feet apart. The plants didn't grow nearly as tall and really bushed out, making it easier to pick. They also seemed to produce more.
I had a problem with cut worms. When my okra got about a foot high, cut worms would cut the stalk into at ground level. I cut out some 2"X2" cardboard file cards, rolled them up and slipped them over the okra stalks. That stopped the cut worms, and I had a good okra crop last year.
Growing okra for the first time and using Hoss jambalaya okra, he’s not kidding they produce like crazy! Also you definitely have to harvest smaller they get really tough over about 4”
Love okra love growing a few trees in my garden every year also I eat them raw steam them in my greens my fish sometimes I even put them in soup the good stuff
Growing a lot of okra this year, 8 varieties. Trying Heavy Hitter! It was selected from Clemson Spineless for over 60 years. It supposedly puts out as many as 45 pods a day! We'll see! Still succession planting.
I just need somebody from Hoss to pick every variety of every vegetable that I should grow this year so I can order only from Hoss. Getting overwhelmed with all the "best" varieties. Millions of RUclips videos, so many different favorites. Good grief. I'm 51 and found out recently that I have an aneurysm and not sure how much time I have left. I may not have time to spend years testing hundreds of varieties. Just need the best tomatoes, okra, beans, zucchini, potatoes, cucs, squash, etc. :)
I let okra go to seed in my garden last year at the end of the season. This year I have had trouble getting my okra going in the places where I deliberately planted, but everywhere else it's proving to be quite a weed! I find that if pods are just a little overgrown, slicing the pods thinner works fairly well to mitigate toughness. My usual preparation method is to roll in seasoned cornmeal (which will be Jimmy Red this year) and fry.
Okra is my favorite vegetable to grow! I grow olra in containers because of the root knot nematodes. When a plant had become infested, I bake the soil in the oven to kill the little buggers. Thank you for a great video!
I have never experienced any of the problems that you described with my Okra crop in Maryland. I am going to try the dwarf Okra from Burpee this year. I hope the dwarf Okra is as hardy as my old full size Okra.
I grew Jambalaya last year, and it wasn’t very prolific and the pods were small and woody. I’ve had success growing Emerald okra but am trying Chopee, dwarf long pod, and Clemson Spineless. I have only four plants, so will see if they produce enough to fry some up.
I used to grow those as well, but like you said, they always turned woody on me bc they grow so quickly here in N. Mississippi if you miss it one day you might as well use it for kindling the next. I tried Bowling Red a few years ago bc I read that they stay tender longer and I highly recommend them if you've never tried them. They don't get woody as quickly even if you forget to pick them as early as you'd like. And that's not even the best part...they taste amazing.
Baby Bubba is another hybrid you might like to try, grow about 2 to 3 feet tall, but hefty regular pods, and a fairly prolific producer. Our only complaint is that the seeds from the pods don't germinate well.
Grew y’all’s Sangria watermelons in containers this year. Each vine produced 1 watermelon that got to 10 lbs. I’m guessing I didn’t fertilize often enough. They are delicious though!!
Thanks Greg. I was surprised that you didn't mention caterpillars as one of the top 3 pests for okra. Ours keep getting attacked by those. Always reminds me of the children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. 🐛
I enjoyed your video so much. We live in the South also and are waiting on warmer weather too so we can plant our okra!! Thank you for the information!!
MR. HOSS / GREG Amazing informative Content , Please keep these types coming , Truly appreciate all you & Mrs Hoss / Sheila teach us all. I have 4 different varieties of Okra growing & succession planting 2 varieties. Jambalaya, Green velvet , Crimson Spineless & Star of David. God bless the whole hoss team & Happy 4th July .2022 Mrs Josette Tharp Texas
Planted Star of David okra this year for the first time. I usually do Clemson spineless. So far, I’m not impressed. Slow to grow and produce. Maybe it will get better but the rest of my garden is playing out so it will be late if it does.
Think I have the root knot nematodes on my okra as we speak, it’s in a raised bed 3 out of 5 plants don’t look very healthy and are leaning over, nothing has produced yet some are starting to flower. This is the jambalaya variety. And I understand doing succession planting these root knot nematodes damage any other crops I follow up with in the future
Cotton blooms last 4 days. The first day it is white then it gradually turns darker. The second it is pink the third day it is darker and the fourth it is darker and falls off after the fourth day.
Our biggest pest is always japanese beetles and this year neither the PY or Spinosad is working as good. We'll have to look at the Bug Buster cause we LOVE okra. Red Burgundy and Star of David is what we have this year. Thanks HOSS!
I was watching carefully to see if he mentioned that one, especially since he had some holes in the leaves on his okra. Japanese beetles eat just about everything, but they really love mallow family plants and okra and roselle take a lot of chewing from them. That said, I don't use any control. Japanese beetles are a short term problem with the adults only actively feeding for a few weeks. My plants (crossing fingers) usually don't stop producing as they get chewed on. Edit: There's also probably not a ton you can do. They fly in from all over the place, so the ones you kill today will be replaced tomorrow.
@@bobbun9630 my wife rakes them into jars of dish soap several times a day. Every year it's the same thing and we just try to deter until their cycle is over.
Here is a link to our growing guides, we reference how much water is needed in each. growhoss.com/pages/hoss-study-hall?_pos=1&_psq=+growing&_ss=e&_v=1.0
Plant the okra now. Im on the coast of NC and had a rabbit come through and much down my young plants. I reseeded last week and the plants shot right up and are doing well. You have plenty of time to get a good crop of okra.
Nice informative video. I wish you would have touched on the subject of plant height. Last year was my first attempt at growing okra. I planted Clemson Spineless and also Green Velvet. Wasn't aware that I needed to top the plants off at about 5' or 6'. I had a plants that reached 12' to 14' high, which made harvesting the top pods a little challenging. This year I only planted the Crimson Spineless but got as super late start. Still waiting on them to get some height and start blooming.
Excellent and very informative video! Thank you so much for posting this. You get right to the point, throw in some of your likes and wisdom and make it worth the time it takes to watch it. By the way your 20-20-20 has made my garden look fantastic everything is raised beds, and grow bags. Also planning an order for more seeds and fertilizer. Thanks Hoss!
Thank you Greg! This video was excellent. Love them all. What is your favorite way to eat okra? I bet Mama Hoss can prepare some of that fancy okra! Clemson Spineless is in my garden right now. I’m cutting it every two days. Thanks for the tutorials!
How close do u plant okra I'm zone 3 and planted in raised bed ..what size container wud be good 1st time planted from transplants do they cross pollinate if I plant more than 1 variety tu
Oh yes! Cut ours to sell every other day! Small and tender! We cannot grow enough okra! People bout right over our okra! Just kidding! But they will wait on us to cut it! And drive for miles! Love the videos! Thanks so much! Marlene from SC
I’m in Mississippi and had no idea I was harvesting mine as extra fancy and fancy. I gave my neighbor a couple of bags and still have some in the freezer. Looking forward to growing more this year to pickle!
To help with the nematode problem .. I was told by a local friend who works at a Farmer's Co-op to put wood ashes on your garden. It seems to have helped a lot. In my reading stuff on the topic .. wood ash is supposed to be anti-biological .. and when you think about this .. if you were a very young caterpillar .. having just begun life and you were out foraging at night and came to a field of ash .. it would seem like a lifeless desert .. no water etc. and you wouldn't want the ash sticking to your body as it would absorb your moisture. So as a young caterpillar .. you would see the ash as a deterrent .. telling you to go somewhere else. Underground this may also be a factor. Potash is also important to plant cell development.
This succession planting idea for okra, can it also work with Cantaloop that are susceptible to downy and powdery mildew? Replacing all plants with new plants on the same plot? Thank you.
I live in SE Louisiana ,I had planted three 200ft rows of cowhorn, it is not growing I have side dressed two times. Any suggestions. It's about six inches high. Would help to use Uria?
Okra is actually named "QUINBONBO" my family is partially from north Africa we mixed with French and American as well as Venezuelan but our culture comes from grandmother and grandfather and he was second generation Venezuelan from North Africa origin, black and big also his brother they owned the land and developed their orchard, soap, photography and other business we DRIED up the husk full of seed the roasted the quinbonbo black seeds ground them and brewed it like coffee but better! No stomach issues from it just the energy that coffee gives in a different taste. I drank mine with milk.
Water Okra plants may not be getting enough water, even though they are more drought tolerant than many other plants. Watering them can help keep them healthy and productive. Fertilizer Okra plants prefer fertilizers that are higher in phosphorus than nitrogen. After cutting the plants, you can fertilize with a fertilizer that has a 1:2 ratio of nitrogen to potassium, such as 4-0-8, 5-0-10, or 10-0-20. This can encourage new growth and stimulate flower production. Temperature Daytime temperatures above 90° F (or some say above 95° F) can interfere with okra pollination and cause flowers and buds to drop. Air space Okra plants need a lot of air space, so you should plant them about a foot to a foot and a half apart. If you're planting rows, make sure each row is at least three feet apart. You can also pinch out some leaves to allow the sun to reach the fruit.
I think I have fusarium wilt in my okra. How can I save the remaining plants? I was thinking maybe Garden Phos. I first thought nematodes, but there are no knots on the young plants I pulled up, and not really enough on the spring plants I pulled up a month ago. I am going to pull up the remaining affected ones today and get them out of the garden. But I need to treat the others. GREG????? What do I do?
Once fusarium wilt infects a plant, there is no effective treatment. Remove and dispose of affected plants immediately; don't compost this garden refuse. Check out article below for ways to treat the soil. www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/floriculture-and-ornamental-nurseries/Fusarium-Wilt/#MANAGEMENT
I have teeny tiny transparent balls all over my okra 😩 do you have any idea what it is ? My okra hasn’t even reached 2ft but it already has okra babies on it. What can I do I’ve almost cut most of my leaves off 🤦🏽♀️
Hoss man off subject but can I ask you a question? Can a man grow a fall crop watermelons? Im like you south TX and dont freeze until early November. Oh and I grow all my okra every year In 5 gallon buckets and drip water them on the bottom with a drip tube buried in it. I feed them twice a week. Never nematode problems and each plant 2-3 blooms every single day. been doing this way 7 years. I grow corn same way and always a bumper crop. Yep I own lots n lots buckets! And when growing corn in containers I have to mix calcium nitrate and water and pour it to it 2-3 times every week.
My okra is absolutely covered with leaf hoppers every year but dont seem to da any damage? I dont have any aphids on my okra but I always have tons of ants. Im thinking they help pollinate as I see them all over the blooms. Now last year I had a aphid infestation that killed my watermelons and I sprayed and sprayed but they killed them and I had some 10-15 lb melons that never ripened.
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I'm liking your new content--lots of garden videos, a little comedy, and frequent chats with Mama Hoss.
Glad you enjoy it!
Can you grow okra from the seeds of a store bought okra?
@@Wolf-xu1fj no, the seeds are not ripe enough at this stage. The pods get long and tough and start to split open when they are ready. The seeds are so affordable anyways, just buy some.
Okra is the easiest thing I grow, and what I love about it and cow peas (besides the vegetable itself) is that when all my spring stuff, tomatoes, cucumbers and squash are struggling in the high heat, I can plant okra and cow peas, and all I have to do is keep them watered, and they grow like crazy and have few pest problems.
As a South Georgian, I want to thank you guys for your work in our community, the quality of your products, as well as the informative videos that you often post. Keep up the great work!
Much appreciated!
Much appreciated!
I've been growing and seed saving Emerald Green Okra for so long I probably have my own strain by now; that's how well it does for me in Texas 9A.
Im growing okra for the 1st time and your videos are so helpful. Thank you so much.
Great to hear!
my neighbor is in her 90's she told me to solar sterilize my raised beds with black plastic. the beds are open bottoms i did and the results were great. got rid of weed seeds also. i also use black plastic to heat the dirt for cold hating okra early in season.
Dawn dishwashing liquid will help but you have to keep it up with spraying after a rain washes it off. Ants are a major problem.
The best video I have ever seen on okra!
I bought a hybrid okra from Walmart. It's for containers.
I believe it's called Bubba hybrid.
I haven't grown it yet.
I have like eleven types of okra. I decided I love it and I can find a variety that will grow like a weed here and that will be the one from now on 😂
I've read you can cook the leaves like greens and the seeds can be roasted and ground for a fake coffee type drink. Haven't tried it yet.
My central Texas front yard is home to a half-dozen okra plants, my first-ever bumper crop. I'm so happy to find this video, as I'm going to want/need lots of okra next year and look forward to trying your tips, especially growing those dwarf plants. Many thanks for teaching us a thing or two worth knowing!
❤I grow marigolds among my Okra and have never had a root nematode problem.
How close do you grow them?
@@thedirtyhoehomestead I plant the okra in the middle of a row and plant the marigolds on the edges of the beds.
Marigolds also help keep whiteflies away
Yes, all gardeners and farmers should consider growing a variety of plants together rather than just one. Marigolds and nasturtiums can help keep pests away.
@@zacherybutter7349 yes we should mimic nature instead of growing monoculture gardens.
great info on Okra! thank you sir! I did wait to plant Okra this year in the Willamette Valley, Oregon and now it is producing very well. I am amazed how fast the pods grow. Have to check them almost every day to get those extra fancy and fancy sizes but worth it MMM good! Thank you also to my grandma Smith who grew up in Oklahoma and introduced me to Okra when i was a kid!
I did not know what caused the bumps on okra. Now I do. Thanks
I grow Clemson and a red variety. Actually they've interbred, I collect my own seeds, so I get green and red ones on same plant. The ones I really look for are the ones that are both green and red in one pod, which is happening more and more. The combination is so pretty, too.
Been growing the red okra for years. Had 4 rows bout 100 yds long, Rough on us old guys, 75 yers oldl, but if its free someone will pick it.
You are creating a landrace. That's a good thing!
I once read that marigolds help with nematodes...I've been planting them all over my garden ever since. I don't know for sure if it works but I will say that I've not had nematodes thus far
Yes I believe you are right. I always plant marigolds in my garden for pest control.
Marigolds are amazing for pest control. I also grow other flowers like nasturtiums.
I thought nematodes were good for the yard to eat pesky bug larvae.
Okra has always been part of my garden plot and learned at a young age to wear long sleeve shirts when cutting it. Learned early too that warm soil is best but growing up and now we would soak the seed for a. couple of hours before planting to give the germination a boost. Having said all that, I learned more in this 10 minutes than I have in 40 years of gardening.
Thank you for these OKRA tips - I'm probably one of the few Yankees that likes it. It''s my go to thickener for Gumbo and there is nothing like a plate of fried Okra to go with liver and onions.
It dont grow very good in Ohio. Most people dont know what it is there.
Thanks for the tips. While you are comparing the okra bloom/plant to the cotton what looks like a black panther passes behind you at the woodline
Grew it in Georgia, saw it grown in Vegas I am moving to Mesa, AZ wish me luck 🤞
The best luck I've ever had growing okra was planting it about 6 feet apart. The plants didn't grow nearly as tall and really bushed out, making it easier to pick. They also seemed to produce more.
Can you grow okra from the seeds of a store bought okra?
@@Wolf-xu1fj No, they are unripe. Ripe seeds are rock hard and dark greyish.
@@igorjee so how do they ripen? Do you have to take the fresh seeds and dry them first?
@@Wolf-xu1fj It won't work. They ripen on the plant only, by then the pod will grow tough and dry.
@@Wolf-xu1fj If you don't know someone who can give you seeds, ask around in garden stores.
I had a problem with cut worms. When my okra got about a foot high, cut worms would cut the stalk into at ground level. I cut out some 2"X2" cardboard file cards, rolled them up and slipped them over the okra stalks. That stopped the cut worms, and I had a good okra crop last year.
Thanks for sharing!
Growing okra for the first time and using Hoss jambalaya okra, he’s not kidding they produce like crazy! Also you definitely have to harvest smaller they get really tough over about 4”
Greg I just love watching your clips. It’s like visiting with an old friend. So much so I just got in my Hoss winter seed order 🥰
Thanks Danielle
Love okra love growing a few trees in my garden every year also I eat them raw steam them in my greens my fish sometimes I even put them in soup the good stuff
Growing a lot of okra this year, 8 varieties. Trying Heavy Hitter! It was selected from Clemson Spineless for over 60 years. It supposedly puts out as many as 45 pods a day! We'll see! Still succession planting.
I just need somebody from Hoss to pick every variety of every vegetable that I should grow this year so I can order only from Hoss. Getting overwhelmed with all the "best" varieties. Millions of RUclips videos, so many different favorites. Good grief. I'm 51 and found out recently that I have an aneurysm and not sure how much time I have left. I may not have time to spend years testing hundreds of varieties. Just need the best tomatoes, okra, beans, zucchini, potatoes, cucs, squash, etc. :)
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I let okra go to seed in my garden last year at the end of the season. This year I have had trouble getting my okra going in the places where I deliberately planted, but everywhere else it's proving to be quite a weed!
I find that if pods are just a little overgrown, slicing the pods thinner works fairly well to mitigate toughness. My usual preparation method is to roll in seasoned cornmeal (which will be Jimmy Red this year) and fry.
Okra is my favorite vegetable to grow! I grow olra in containers because of the root knot nematodes. When a plant had become infested, I bake the soil in the oven to kill the little buggers. Thank you for a great video!
I’m itching just watching you touch that okra!😆 I have to wear sleeves and gloves.
Hubby’s favorite!! He even wrote a song about it. “The Okra Song”. It’s on RUclips!
I have never experienced any of the problems that you described with my Okra crop in Maryland. I am going to try the dwarf Okra from Burpee this year. I hope the dwarf Okra is as hardy as my old full size Okra.
Okra also comes from asia. In some parts of asia they also eat the leaves. Okra leaves can also be used as herbal medicine
Chopped up a few green onions in my fried okra last year and it was fantastic. Enjoy
I grew Jambalaya last year, and it wasn’t very prolific and the pods were small and woody. I’ve had success growing Emerald okra but am trying Chopee, dwarf long pod, and Clemson Spineless. I have only four plants, so will see if they produce enough to fry some up.
Growing Clemson Spineless in SC this year. It’s doing great. Pick while small. Larger ones are woody.
I used to grow those as well, but like you said, they always turned woody on me bc they grow so quickly here in N. Mississippi if you miss it one day you might as well use it for kindling the next. I tried Bowling Red a few years ago bc I read that they stay tender longer and I highly recommend them if you've never tried them. They don't get woody as quickly even if you forget to pick them as early as you'd like. And that's not even the best part...they taste amazing.
Baby Bubba is another hybrid you might like to try, grow about 2 to 3 feet tall, but hefty regular pods, and a fairly prolific producer. Our only complaint is that the seeds from the pods don't germinate well.
Thanks, Okra is a super food, easy as part of a soup. Anyone can manage daily, to be and stay healthy.
Your right mustard is good and i top dress a bit of neem meal helps as well.
Grew y’all’s Sangria watermelons in containers this year. Each vine produced 1 watermelon that got to 10 lbs. I’m guessing I didn’t fertilize often enough. They are delicious though!!
Love growing Jambalaya okra in my market garden!! Easy to grow and very profitable! Thanks for the great tips!
Our pleasure!
Thanks Greg. I was surprised that you didn't mention caterpillars as one of the top 3 pests for okra. Ours keep getting attacked by those. Always reminds me of the children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. 🐛
That is awesome!
I have my grandmas cowhorn seed. They are huge!!
I enjoyed your video so much. We live in the South also and are waiting on warmer weather too so we can plant our okra!! Thank you for the information!!
Sounds great!
My okra last year was a magnet for Japanese beetles.
MR. HOSS / GREG Amazing informative Content ,
Please keep these types coming ,
Truly appreciate all you & Mrs Hoss / Sheila teach us all.
I have 4 different varieties of Okra growing & succession planting 2 varieties.
Jambalaya, Green velvet , Crimson Spineless & Star of David.
God bless the whole hoss team & Happy 4th July .2022
Mrs Josette Tharp
Texas
Great episode! I had never grown okra until I watched one of your videos. Now I love it! Thanks for everything you do.
Great to hear!
Great video.
Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Planted Star of David okra this year for the first time. I usually do Clemson spineless. So far, I’m not impressed. Slow to grow and produce. Maybe it will get better but the rest of my garden is playing out so it will be late if it does.
I grew okra this year and I have no idea when to harvest it thank you for the information love watching your channel
You are so welcome
i loved your vid. I cant say it enough. Down to earth. thank ya sir. blessings to you.
Thank you kindly
Could you do a tutorial on growing roselle?
Hi Greg, I'm growing 7 types of Okra all from Hoss tools.
Very cool!
Think I have the root knot nematodes on my okra as we speak, it’s in a raised bed 3 out of 5 plants don’t look very healthy and are leaning over, nothing has produced yet some are starting to flower. This is the jambalaya variety. And I understand doing succession planting these root knot nematodes damage any other crops I follow up with in the future
Very helpful. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
This is my first year growing it and this was a great video! You answered all my questions!
Glad it was helpful!
Glad to see this video. I'm growing okra for the first time this year. I'm growing the Jambalaya variety from Hoss 👍
Sounds great!
Miami here. Good vid thanks! Okra Whisperer
Thanks for watching!
Cotton blooms last 4 days. The first day it is white then it gradually turns darker. The second it is pink the third day it is darker and the fourth it is darker and falls off after the fourth day.
Thanks, Greg.
Hello, excellent content on my favorite food. 👌
I love in Wisconsin. Can I grow okra in the north and what month should I start planting them?
if you are planting okra in the fall can you plant mustard in among the okra to make sure the nematodes dont get started?
Yes
Our biggest pest is always japanese beetles and this year neither the PY or Spinosad is working as good. We'll have to look at the Bug Buster cause we LOVE okra. Red Burgundy and Star of David is what we have this year. Thanks HOSS!
I was watching carefully to see if he mentioned that one, especially since he had some holes in the leaves on his okra. Japanese beetles eat just about everything, but they really love mallow family plants and okra and roselle take a lot of chewing from them. That said, I don't use any control. Japanese beetles are a short term problem with the adults only actively feeding for a few weeks. My plants (crossing fingers) usually don't stop producing as they get chewed on. Edit: There's also probably not a ton you can do. They fly in from all over the place, so the ones you kill today will be replaced tomorrow.
@@bobbun9630 my wife rakes them into jars of dish soap several times a day. Every year it's the same thing and we just try to deter until their cycle is over.
Regarding drip irrigation, how much water is required for one plant each week
That depends on the size of your plant, weather, and your soil. Most is average of 1 inch per week.
@gardeningwithhoss I think I didn't understand what you mean by one inch. Do you mean 0.01638 liters (16.38 milliliters) per plant per week?
Here is a link to our growing guides, we reference how much water is needed in each.
growhoss.com/pages/hoss-study-hall?_pos=1&_psq=+growing&_ss=e&_v=1.0
@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you sir
Do you think I could plant okra now here in North Carolina. I just got some seeds.
Or should I wait till next year.
Plant the okra now. Im on the coast of NC and had a rabbit come through and much down my young plants. I reseeded last week and the plants shot right up and are doing well. You have plenty of time to get a good crop of okra.
you can plant now
@@gardeningwithhoss ok going in tomorrow the Clemson spineless okra
I’m gonna try to grow okra in CO and at 7000-8000 ft above sea level don’t know if it will make it but …
I have a grasshopper problem. They decimated one plant and nearly destroyed another. They love the leaves. I live in zone 9b So Cal.
Thanks for the video. It was very informative.
thanks Boss Hoss
You are most welcome
Thanks for this upload! My husband loves okra. What size was that root pouch you used to grow 8 dwarf plants?
45 gallon!
Is that hickory king corn in the background? Good program.
Jimmy Red!
Louisiana green velvet is good to
Great info. I didn’t know.
Nice informative video. I wish you would have touched on the subject of plant height. Last year was my first attempt at growing okra. I planted Clemson Spineless and also Green Velvet. Wasn't aware that I needed to top the plants off at about 5' or 6'. I had a plants that reached 12' to 14' high, which made harvesting the top pods a little challenging. This year I only planted the Crimson Spineless but got as super late start. Still waiting on them to get some height and start blooming.
Next time!
Excellent and very informative video! Thank you so much for posting this. You get right to the point, throw in some of your likes and wisdom and make it worth the time it takes to watch it. By the way your 20-20-20 has made my garden look fantastic everything is raised beds, and grow bags. Also planning an order for more seeds and fertilizer. Thanks Hoss!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Greg! This video was excellent. Love them all. What is your favorite way to eat okra? I bet Mama Hoss can prepare some of that fancy okra! Clemson Spineless is in my garden right now. I’m cutting it every two days. Thanks for the tutorials!
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Thanks for the great information.
When do you cut, or harvest the Star of David ?
When the pods are 3-4 inches long
Thanks.
How close do u plant okra I'm zone 3 and planted in raised bed ..what size container wud be good 1st time planted from transplants do they cross pollinate if I plant more than 1 variety tu
Check out our growing guide.
growhoss.com/blogs/growing-guides/okra?_pos=1&_psq=+okr&_ss=e&_v=1.0
Oh yes! Cut ours to sell every other day! Small and tender! We cannot grow enough okra! People bout right over our okra! Just kidding! But they will wait on us to cut it! And drive for miles! Love the videos! Thanks so much! Marlene from SC
Oh wow!
Those stink/ squash bugs are my nemesis. There are spores you can apply that combat nematodes.
Thanks for the info Greg! Can you still eat the stinkbug bitten okra? 😕
yes
I’m in Mississippi and had no idea I was harvesting mine as extra fancy and fancy. I gave my neighbor a couple of bags and still have some in the freezer. Looking forward to growing more this year to pickle!
Sounds great!
To help with the nematode problem .. I was told by a local friend who works at a Farmer's Co-op to put wood ashes on your garden. It seems to have helped a lot. In my reading stuff on the topic .. wood ash is supposed to be anti-biological .. and when you think about this .. if you were a very young caterpillar .. having just begun life and you were out foraging at night and came to a field of ash .. it would seem like a lifeless desert .. no water etc. and you wouldn't want the ash sticking to your body as it would absorb your moisture. So as a young caterpillar .. you would see the ash as a deterrent .. telling you to go somewhere else. Underground this may also be a factor. Potash is also important to plant cell development.
This succession planting idea for okra, can it also work with Cantaloop that are susceptible to downy and powdery mildew? Replacing all plants with new plants on the same plot? Thank you.
Yes, absolutely
Thanks!
That's good stuff! Those nematodes can be a problem, for sure! Does Mama Hoss know you're in her garden??
haha, caught him on camera
Just me. but every time i cut a pod, I cut the leaf its on. End of year that stuff will be 8 ft tall.
Greg! Great video! I eat okra regularly now because it has aided my health. Does Mama Hoss have a few different ways of preserving okra?
mostly pickled
I’ve tried it all. Emerald works best for me
I live in SE Louisiana ,I had planted three 200ft rows of cowhorn, it is not growing I have side dressed two times. Any suggestions. It's about six inches high. Would help to use Uria?
Are you using a good fertilizer weekly?
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I'd love to try jambalaya but its way too expensive. I get a 50lbs bag of Clemson seeds for $150
Okra is actually named "QUINBONBO" my family is partially from north Africa we mixed with French and American as well as Venezuelan but our culture comes from grandmother and grandfather and he was second generation Venezuelan from North Africa origin, black and big also his brother they owned the land and developed their orchard, soap, photography and other business we DRIED up the husk full of seed the roasted the quinbonbo black seeds ground them and brewed it like coffee but better! No stomach issues from it just the energy that coffee gives in a different taste.
I drank mine with milk.
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My okra plant the roots are very thick the plants are strong but no flowers yet what should I do
Water
Okra plants may not be getting enough water, even though they are more drought tolerant than many other plants. Watering them can help keep them healthy and productive.
Fertilizer
Okra plants prefer fertilizers that are higher in phosphorus than nitrogen. After cutting the plants, you can fertilize with a fertilizer that has a 1:2 ratio of nitrogen to potassium, such as 4-0-8, 5-0-10, or 10-0-20. This can encourage new growth and stimulate flower production.
Temperature
Daytime temperatures above 90° F (or some say above 95° F) can interfere with okra pollination and cause flowers and buds to drop.
Air space
Okra plants need a lot of air space, so you should plant them about a foot to a foot and a half apart. If you're planting rows, make sure each row is at least three feet apart. You can also pinch out some leaves to allow the sun to reach the fruit.
@@gardeningwithhoss thank you for your information I will try the fertilizer I know it gets more than enough water
EXCELLENT SIR ALL PRAISES FOR YOUR TEACHINGS AND TIME 😮😮WELL APPRECIATED IN GODS NAME 🙏🏿
Amen
I think I have fusarium wilt in my okra. How can I save the remaining plants? I was thinking maybe Garden Phos. I first thought nematodes, but there are no knots on the young plants I pulled up, and not really enough on the spring plants I pulled up a month ago. I am going to pull up the remaining affected ones today and get them out of the garden. But I need to treat the others. GREG????? What do I do?
Once fusarium wilt infects a plant, there is no effective treatment. Remove and dispose of affected plants immediately; don't compost this garden refuse.
Check out article below for ways to treat the soil.
www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/floriculture-and-ornamental-nurseries/Fusarium-Wilt/#MANAGEMENT
You briefly mentioned a grow bag . Do you have a video dedicated to grow bags ?
you can find some on mamahosstoools ticktock and a few in our shorts
I have teeny tiny transparent balls all over my okra 😩 do you have any idea what it is ? My okra hasn’t even reached 2ft but it already has okra babies on it. What can I do I’ve almost cut most of my leaves off 🤦🏽♀️
That means that you have nice healthy plants. They are absolutely normal! No need to stress.
Hoss man off subject but can I ask you a question? Can a man grow a fall crop watermelons? Im like you south TX and dont freeze until early November. Oh and I grow all my okra every year In 5 gallon buckets and drip water them on the bottom with a drip tube buried in it. I feed them twice a week. Never nematode problems and each plant 2-3 blooms every single day. been doing this way 7 years. I grow corn same way and always a bumper crop. Yep I own lots n lots buckets! And when growing corn in containers I have to mix calcium nitrate and water and pour it to it 2-3 times every week.
My okra is absolutely covered with leaf hoppers every year but dont seem to da any damage? I dont have any aphids on my okra but I always have tons of ants. Im thinking they help pollinate as I see them all over the blooms. Now last year I had a aphid infestation that killed my watermelons and I sprayed and sprayed but they killed them and I had some 10-15 lb melons that never ripened.
Yes you can