Did you know that okra leaves are edible and they taste like okra? I also have a passion for container-grown citrus🍊 This video covers my fertilizer protocol kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r89om9eBv7jTZ5c.html

Best year ever for Okra here in Englewood, FL. They are almost done now but the pods seem to grow 2" overnight and take 2 days before they get harvested. Beautiful flowers from about 10am until 3 pm. It's close to 90F everyday now and the big broad leaves wilt pretty badly but are back and vibrant as the full sun is off them in the evening. We also boil the leaves for awhile and then saute them like any other green. Delicious. Just cut out the spine.

Last year I planted okra for the first time. I was fascinated by the shape of the leaves and the beautiful flowers. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of the plant.

I removed the tip of my okra plants when they are about 15cm, I also grew them 15cm apart, they are shorter, have more branches and more fruits. I done this for 3 years now. The okra needs water 3 times a week, deep watering to be productive. My family like okra, so I plant more than 20 plants. You are right, okra easily germinate from seed and stronger plant with direct sowing. Love your burgundy okra.

I topped mine this year and they branched. More okra!🤸🤸 Thanks for the information about the white sap now I know what it is.

Sharpshooters!! 😄 I’ve seen those little guys for the last four years and didn’t know what they were. They’re so quick! Thank you for naming them. You’re a wealth of info for me gardening a little south of you. Back to bingeing your videos.

Thanks for the formation

Last year I grew okra plants that were over 8 ft and trunks at the ground about as big around as a softball.

Love the video. Very informative. I have sprouted several seeds of the spineless type. Will see how it goes❤

love okra. i'm growing at least 6 types this year. grew burmese last year and i loved it. it IS tender.

Your love for the nature is quite evident from your video, I learned a lot and got inspired. Thank you so much for your video, I also live in TX. So, you found a new subscriber today!

I love the way you LOVE your plants and KNOW them. You are my plant bother of the earth:)

Thanks for sharing. Best okra video yet.

All you need to know about raising Okra! Very well done, Scott!

Great vid friend. Solid info. Thank you

I am determined to successfully grow okra this season. Thank you for your advise !

Live in San Antonio and this is first year with Raised beds. Love okra and WOW...what a year for okra. We will have okra through the winter and we have so much from our 24 plants my wife has started pickling some. Great tips.

One of our favorite vegetables every year 😊

From lower mainland BC It is My first time to plant okra this year. Thank you for very useful info.

Thank you for a great tutorial! I used to trash all my pine needles and I now have been using them to mulch. It’s a great way to recycle and also saves me lots of money.

Great info Scott!

Would love to have some burgundy seeds to try next year.

Thanks you

Very good tips thanks so much. I thought the white stuff was powdery mildew and kept spraying organic pesticide! Good to know thanks.

When row gardening okra. You should be removing all the lower leaves keeping the production at the top and a lot less stinging okra hairs to deal with and easier to get at the pods. As it grows the next node up strip the last node of leaves down below off. Stick to short growing okra for a longer harvest season. Stick with okra varieties that can grow longer pods and still remain tender and viable to harvest and eat. Burmese makes for a ribbed or spined okra that meets these criteria. Choppee makes for a spineless okra that meets these criteria. Spineless okra is the best okra for pickling as you can cram more okra pods into each jar to pickle when they don’t have ribbed spines taking up space in the jar. Jambalaya makes for the commercial growers top performer but has such strong okra stings some people can get violently sick after harvesting okra and getting stung.

Great information and great photography!

Thanks for your tips! I live in SATX and really appreciate your tips! What is the smallest size grow bag I can use to grow okra plants. Also do you advise to also grow Pike beans in the pot and let them climb up through the okra? Thanks in advance!

Scott, I just saw this post and I’m hoping that you will still answer this question because this is my first year growing okra in zone 8a. I’m planting in an 4x8’ bed using cardboard on the bottom to kill weeds, how deep does my bed need to be and how much soil did you need to fill your bed?

I alway use 10 10 10 because it is chaos fertilizer. Do you think it is ok to use 10 10 10

The biggest insect pest on my Okra in 7A central Virginia is Japanese beetles.

Thank you! Every time I’ve grown okra, the ants literally eat them. Idk how they do it! They’ve even eaten the little baby okra’s growing! I even dusted with DE and it had zero effect! Crazy. I live in east Texas (zone 8b) but wonder if there is some way to keep them from getting eaten by the ants?

ive tried to grow okra several times but have never had one come up. im in west texas using a raised bed. should i give up on okra? i plant and have waited as long as 2 months trying to get them to sprout but never have i seen even 1

When you harvest okra, do you cut the leaf directly below it also?

It's not just the fire ants Eric. Everything attacks our okra out here.

Why are the first leaves so wide and fat and the new ones are thjn and long