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Okra
Jan 23, 2018 10:08:48 GMT -5
Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 23, 2018 10:08:48 GMT -5
And you didn't have volunteer okra the next year? If I let any okra pods mature I always get some volunteers the next year.
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Okra
Jan 23, 2018 12:41:53 GMT -5
Post by brownrexx on Jan 23, 2018 12:41:53 GMT -5
I let some of mine go to maturity at the end of the season and the pods were HUGE. I will have to look for volunteers this year. I would not have thought of that. Thanks Laura_in_FL ,
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Okra
Jan 23, 2018 12:48:05 GMT -5
Post by hairymooseknuckles on Jan 23, 2018 12:48:05 GMT -5
I always had a few volunteers with Okra and Tomatoes.
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Okra
Jan 23, 2018 15:33:49 GMT -5
Post by bestofour on Jan 23, 2018 15:33:49 GMT -5
And if you're crafty like my mother, you can pick those dried pods, paint them, and sell them at craft fairs. People will buy anything. I have a few with a Santa face that I hang on my tree.
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Post by brownrexx on Jan 23, 2018 15:57:09 GMT -5
I have a few with a Santa face that I hang on my tree. I think I have seen some of those now that you mention it but I never thought of okra pods. They're cute.
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Okra
Jan 23, 2018 16:47:08 GMT -5
Post by ahntjudy on Jan 23, 2018 16:47:08 GMT -5
And you didn't have volunteer okra the next year? Didn't see any...but they were growing in a less than terrific soil bed and also with competition from a bunch of other volunteer flowers and ground cover there as well...
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jan 24, 2018 0:37:09 GMT -5
Okra won't germinate until the soil is quite warm, so given that you had flowers and ground cover there also, it's likely that any okra seeds that sprouted were crowded out by plants that germinated earlier in the spring.
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Okra
Jul 17, 2018 20:49:12 GMT -5
Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 17, 2018 20:49:12 GMT -5
I just saw my first okras out there today, plus...ANTS! And where there are ants on okra (and a lot of things, for that matter), there will be aphids, eventually, even though I didn't find them now. So I did something I have used against ants/scale against my inside plants - I put tanglefoot all around the first 3 inches or so of the stalks, as well as the stakes, and made sure that not a single leaf was anywhere near making contact with the soil, or they would find it! I got sort of a sick joy watching those ants trying to get off of those things, as well as the ones trying to get back on.
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Okra
Jul 18, 2018 7:48:13 GMT -5
Post by bestofour on Jul 18, 2018 7:48:13 GMT -5
Fried up my first batch of okra last night. A mixture of green and the red knuckles gave me. So good.
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Okra
Jul 18, 2018 7:54:30 GMT -5
Post by brownrexx on Jul 18, 2018 7:54:30 GMT -5
I have seen ants on my okra and also on my squash but I don't see any evidence that they are hurting anything. I leave them alone. I don't really have that many of them and they are probably being attracted to the nectar in the flowers. Too many ants could cause the flowers to abort and not produce pods but I am getting as many pods as I want so no problem.
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Okra
Jul 18, 2018 9:17:18 GMT -5
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 18, 2018 9:17:18 GMT -5
My problem with okra has been black aphids on the undersides of the leaves, and those were being farmed by ants. That's why I was nipping the problem in the bud, STS, but I will still be watching closely for the aphids.
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Okra
Jul 18, 2018 9:35:54 GMT -5
Post by brownrexx on Jul 18, 2018 9:35:54 GMT -5
This may be a case of the chicken and the egg. Which came first? I have no data on this, just an opinion, but I wouldn't think that the ants brought the aphids to the okra but that the ants were attracted to the sticky sweet honeydew that the aphids produce.
I don't think that seeing ants necessarily means that you have or will have aphids. They are also attracted to the nectar of okra flowers and I am also seeing them on my squash stems so maybe they are going to the squash flowers as well.
I had black aphids on my artichokes last year and I had pink ones called potato aphids on some of my tomatoes last year. So far this year I have not seen any aphids but I have seen a few ants on many of my garden plants.
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Okra
Jul 18, 2018 10:51:44 GMT -5
Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 18, 2018 10:51:44 GMT -5
Not sure how they got off, as they weren't on the sticky stalks, but there were no ants at all on the okra today! Might be a coincidence, but it seems that I would always see the ants first, just before an outbreak of aphids, on okra or peppers, which got them under cover. Here are a couple of Photos, first, the Emerald, second, the Gold Coast. The Jing orange did not do well; first, one seedling died, and I replaced it with Gold Coast, which seems to be the best variety, germination, growth, and production-wise, but time will tell if it stays as tender as the Emerald, when it gets a little oversized. One emerald was sort of stunted, and then stunted by the shading of the one in front of it. Maybe it will catch up. DSCF0898 by pepperhead212, on Flickr This Gold Coast is actually a little larger than the Emerald, above, jsut taken farther away, to show all of the future okras! DSCF0899 by pepperhead212, on Flickr
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Okra
May 25, 2019 19:25:44 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on May 25, 2019 19:25:44 GMT -5
I planted okra seed last Friday evening a week ago. I went out Thursday to look and saw nothing. Yesterday, Friday, I went out to look and found the whole row green. Twenty four hours from hidden to a half inch tall in a solid row. Thanks to wet ground and a week of warm weather.
I also planted a couple of artichokes. Anyone know much about those?
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Okra
May 25, 2019 20:11:54 GMT -5
Post by spike on May 25, 2019 20:11:54 GMT -5
I also planted a couple of artichokes. Anyone know much about those? I know that once cooked they are delicious dipped in butter!
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Okra
May 26, 2019 8:29:18 GMT -5
Post by carolyn on May 26, 2019 8:29:18 GMT -5
Does any one have any varieties to share? just a couple to try them? I would be happy to send postage. the only thing we have available off the rack is clemson spineless.
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Okra
May 26, 2019 18:27:03 GMT -5
Post by brownrexx on May 26, 2019 18:27:03 GMT -5
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Okra
May 27, 2019 11:44:02 GMT -5
Post by carolyn on May 27, 2019 11:44:02 GMT -5
Very. thank you.
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Okra
May 29, 2019 8:23:57 GMT -5
Post by spike on May 29, 2019 8:23:57 GMT -5
brownrexx, So far the seeds you sent me are doing great!!
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Okra
May 29, 2019 8:28:08 GMT -5
Post by brownrexx on May 29, 2019 8:28:08 GMT -5
spike, I got mine in the ground about 2 weeks ago and they are starting to grow and make new leaves. They are so cute.
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Okra
May 29, 2019 8:34:31 GMT -5
Post by bestofour on May 29, 2019 8:34:31 GMT -5
Now that I've got the birds and bunnies run off my okra is growing a bit too. I've still got a pack in the freezer. Might cook it tonight.
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Post by carolyn on May 31, 2019 12:31:15 GMT -5
Thank you Brownrexx. my seeds arrived today. just in time for the garden.
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Okra
May 31, 2019 13:44:57 GMT -5
Post by pepperhead212 on May 31, 2019 13:44:57 GMT -5
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Post by paulf on May 31, 2019 14:19:58 GMT -5
I often wondered where the latin name for okra came from. This is what my research came up with: Mal, meaning bad and aceae meaning plant. So it really fits; BAD PLANT. And people really eat it? Next on the research list is brussels sprouts.
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Okra
May 31, 2019 14:59:35 GMT -5
Post by Laura_in_FL on May 31, 2019 14:59:35 GMT -5
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Okra
May 31, 2019 15:01:22 GMT -5
Post by pepperhead212 on May 31, 2019 15:01:22 GMT -5
paulf I think you are talking about the family that okra is in - Malvaceae. The name of okra is Abelmoschus esculentus. And the cacao plant is also in that family - something that probably tastes worse untreated than okra does, yet only a few people would think of that as a bad plant! Another, that may be the one that gave the family a bad name, is durian. This made me think of two plants with names that came from their aromas - the Mexican herb epazote got its name from a disgusting native animal, that smells sort of like a skunk, and the Indian spice asafoetida, which comes from the scientific name, and that sort of speaks for itself!
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Okra
May 31, 2019 15:23:34 GMT -5
Post by Laura_in_FL on May 31, 2019 15:23:34 GMT -5
I had no idea that durian and cacao are both in the same plant family as okra. I never would have expected that. Live and learn!
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Okra
May 31, 2019 15:27:57 GMT -5
Post by paulf on May 31, 2019 15:27:57 GMT -5
How can chocolate and okra be in the same family...but then my saintly sister and I share parents. Who would ever guess. So then specifically Abelmoschus= musky smelling, discovered by Abel Tasman (of Tasmania fame) and esculus meaning edible bush. So still it is a smelly bush that some will actually eat...maybe if there is nothing else and starvation is setting in?
See what happens when I take the afternoon off and mess with the IPad instead of take a nap?
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Okra
May 31, 2019 16:00:10 GMT -5
Post by hairymooseknuckles on May 31, 2019 16:00:10 GMT -5
Die and forget it all. hahahaaa
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Okra
Jun 1, 2019 9:26:50 GMT -5
Post by brownrexx on Jun 1, 2019 9:26:50 GMT -5
pepperhead212, your plants look wonderful but it seems like a small area for so many plants. I would probably only have one plant in a container that size. I would be interested to see them later in the summer.
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