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@beadella1958 ... the problem is there are no "volunteer harvesters" in this part of the country. I tried giving them away and people were too lazy to come pick em so there wasn't but one thing to do. Many gardeners will tell you the same thing, people want you to pick em, process em and bring them to em for free. I don't mind helping folks who try to help themselves or are too old to get out.......Donald
I know what you mean. I have enjoyed your videos and am loving my first garden. I had far too many cucumbers and wanted to donate them but, was told that they were not able to accept them. I was sad. I am now making pickles. Not everyone is lazy and waiting for a handout but, sadly many are. I learned a lot this summer and am excited to plant a fall garden here in Western NC. I pray I do well. We suppliment our food to save $. Love watching you Donald! Your grandaughter is blessed to have you!
That was fun.. all those okra. i was told it is hard to grow okra here. but i may try it some time for fun. i got lots of beans this year. glad your stuff is growing so well.
I nearly cried watching this one... I love okra... had 8 plants and it was more than husband and I could handle. Thank you for sharing this... I too over plant for 2.
Okra can be picked every other day all summer long so a few plants go a long way. Thinking of only having 3 plants this year. Should be able to harvest, wash and cut up in less than 30 minutes…..Donald
Great video, Donald! Some people just don't understand that those okra plants were returning nutrients back into your soil to make it even better for the next crop. Plus you got personal enjoyment watching them grow, which makes life good. Nothing was wasted here.
The nearest food bank is about an hour away, they do not accept fresh vegetables. If they did I can assure you no one would come harvest, too much work…..Donald
I am working my assoff growing 30 okras in central Florida sandy soil, my okras are sitll as skinny as bare twigs. I can only harvesting 2 to 10 okras everyday. You tilled down your nice healthy 100 feet okras???!!! I feel like to slap your face🤣🤣🤣
@bellaray1 ... I had a food dehydrator and used it very little. About the only thing I liked making was beef jerky. Most of my canning is done in my shop and the finished product is stored in a spare bed room. By now you should know I try to keep things simple. lol Glad you enjoy the videos and thanks for the kind words........Donald
Oh boy.. those were some beautiful plants! I moved to Ohio 14 years ago from Tx and last year was the first time I ever got Okra to grow for me. They were thin & spindly but I got enough for about 6 bags for the freezer so it worked for me.. finally. I had to get seed from my dad in S Tex for it to grow though. I saved my own for next year. I'd have come picked your okra as a Pick Ur Own..I love pickled okra.. Never enough for me. ;) Wish we were neighbors & friends! Blessings!
I think that there would be a sign on the road saying: "Okra for sale at below market price" to get someone else to pick it then mow the vines down. Okra is good with peas and beans and used down there in many Louisiana dishes. That is plenty of okra and you grow some great looking crops. I want to plant plenty of peas, Egg Plant, and Squash, as well as corn my first time. Thanks for sharing with us some tips on gardening.
That sounds like the large garden my father grew in Michigan. He had a very large garden on land belonging to a packing company who let him use it to keep the weeds down. It was in a residential area and no one stole any of the crop, although there wasn't much theft in this small area anyway. People want you to do everything for them and even deliver it to them. That is so sad.
@ironhead41 ... I picked em as long as I could but when the temps started hitting 100+ degrees during the day it was just too much for me to handle alone. Next year I'm thinking more like 250 feet of Okra. Glad you enjoyed......Donald
I am in NE Ohio and found that Annie Oakley II Hybrid Okra grows well for me.(2 years in a row) Guernsey Seed out of Indiana are the only folks that had this year.
@henrycems ... right next to those okra rows is where I tilled in the corn stalks this year. Lots of good stuff went back into the soil in that area........Donald
@CJBegnaud ... Hey CJ, glad to hear the garden is doing good. I think I ate more okra this year than I ever have. Will soon be putting some up for the Gumbos when it cools off a bit. Picked my first mess of the fall purple hull today. Will be cooking a big pot soon........Donald
Over the years we've figured out about how much we'll use till the next season so it's really no use in putting up more than that. After awhile folks start locking their doors when they see you coming with more okra. : ) .....Donald
@slacker361 ... I've got a freezer full of okra, it was time for them to go. Tilling them in added lots of foreign matter into the soil. I do like pickled okra but didn't do any this year. Glad you enjoyed........Donald
Never used the te pee method only the crop netting. I found that plating no closer than a foot apart was good practice. Those vines can grow pretty thick. I’d try several different spacing’s and see which works out the best for the method you're using……Donald
@sadia102 ... Picked 15 gals. of peas in the last couple of days. That 14 inch rain we got the other day knocked em down so they are a little harder to pick compared to the ones this past spring. Glad you enjoyed.........Donald
With a little planning and spacing out the plantings folks can enjoy fresh vegetables throughout most of the year and save some on the food bill. A tomato sandwich makes a pretty good lunch. : ) …..Donald
@xxnoangelxx ... these were planted approx 6 ft. apart which explains why they grew out and bushy instead of tall. Makes em much easier to pick........Donald
At least you've added organic material to your dirt there. I really think you just enjoy playing with your tractor... I probably would too. Do you grow for an organization or this is your garden on a larger farm or something? Your setup looks very extravagant and huge for one family to eat from. It certainly looks like you have plenty of space and equipment to make enough for a farmers market or whatever. Kids would probably do a lot of the picking and processing for a little money.
I don’t have any of those but the okra does get tilled back into the garden to increase the organic matter and lots of the leaves get feed in the worm bin……Donald
Carlota Chmielewski problem with doing that is the wrong people come to ur property and will want to take every thing for free and if you don’t give in they come back at night and steal or destroy you plants . I have a hard time giving away for free as people don’t want it unless I pick clean and delivery to them then they will want me to cook it for them to people are lazy and don’t appreciate anything now adays I sell most veggie for $1 LB and all I get is it’s to expensive ask them to come get some free lettuce which I planted way to much of and they don’t show up grow for your selves teach those that want to Lean and the rest can go eat at McDonald’s
@@michaelwaldner3628 you also get those using the excuse of being there to case your place to come back later and take your other valuables as the “2nd picking”. Lord knows I dont want to do no bad to nobody. I do it like old furniture. Pick it myself unless I know them, put it out beside the road and put a sign on it says free to a good home.
@lupo19fun ...This year I only planted 18 plants. Yesterday I picked, washed and processed it all in about 15 minutes. That's a lot better than 6 hours a day like last year. lol......Donald
@socalledjay1 ... I've found the ideal size for okra is when the pods are around 4 inches long. They are tender and have lots of flavor at that length. Selling would not have been a problem, harvesting all that was. lol........Donald
haha you must not have lot of frezzer space Donald. i wish i could grow in the fall but then i have to shouvel snow off my garden haha i enjoy all your videos
Ahhh, Okra. That wonderful hot-weather plant that keeps on giving mais chais! I need me a tractor like that, poo-yie! I ended up planting a 15 foot row and have a few bags of frozen cooked already. The plants are still putting out great amounts of pods and for the rest will be just cutting, vacuum packing and freezing them for later on. Going to see if the neighbors want some. The fancy leaf lettuce is growing in excess right now though and the romaine is getting close to being ready.
@junetee52 ... Guess you can say it's my way of adding organic matter back into the soil. I do this with just about all the vegetables I plant and the end of the season........Donald
@guest2424 ... That tiller sure does a good job chopping those stalks back into the garden and yes it would have taken awhile doing it by hand. Good luck with your okra next year........Donald
haha i loved this video. Im going to have to explore more of your 141 videos for sure. I am jealous because I just started gardening, started last year with a 4x8' raised bed, and planted about 8 clemson spineless okra plants in there (with other small plants too). They produced very well, but with the 8 plants, I only had enough okra to feed my family about once a week or so. This year I just finished tilling up a large section of my backyard so okra okra okra. Although not 1000' rows of it though.
@MrDoberman101 ... the reason they are so bushy is I space them out at about 6 feet apart. I really don't want them to grow too tall where I can't pick em. These are the "Cow Horn" variety and have to be picked everyday........Donald
@webcajun we had that problem last season with an acre of corn we planted just for folks to help themselves to. We had 2 friends come and pick what they needed. and then their kids and ours picked some for some of the seniors at both churches. We had plenty of folks say that they would take some if we picked it and brought it to them. The cows and goats feasted on some pretty pricey silage last year. Sad....
@buckstarchaser ... this is just a backyard garden. I will probably downsize a bit next year cause it does produce more than the family can eat. When you grow a garden that big it does take up a lot of your time. One neighbor raised chickens so I trade for eggs and another is in the bee business so I get all the honey I need. Works out real well.........Donald
if any one has more then they can use take it to a farmers market or to local food banks or soup kitchens or to neighbors that can't grow or not able to grow there so many opertuneies to help in the area's all over May the good Lord bless you and keep you love youe videos
I did offer several people to come pick all they wanted. They were too lazy, wanted me to pick it for em. Different parts of the country, different way of thinking. Sad but very true…..Donald
@woodlandcammo27 ... I planted one jalepeno plant and couldn't use all the peppers it produced. I like the hungarian wax peppers cause they're not so hot. You'll see how much I like em in the next cooking video.......Donald
@MrWhiskyDog ... Hey WD, I like Okra but I like those purple hull even more. Hoping to get some fresh peas from one row and some dried ones from the other, at least that's the plan. That 14 inches of rain we got roughed em up a little but I think they'll be OK. Full of floweres right now. Hope you reach your goal and are able to get that sheller cause you'll love it.........Donald
@M4PATRIOT ... my property runs east/west so that's the way I plant. My method of spacing the rows so far apart probably wouldn't make much of a difference if I planted north/south. Shading would be my concern planting north/south with closer spacing.........Donald
Hi Donald. I planted clemson spineless okra in my garden on April 21 and it is about 1.5 feet tall. I live in North Carolina and was wondering if my okra is growing at the rate it should be growing.
holy cow! why are yours so big and full,, mine are like only a foot and a half tall and they were like this since the last month? i water them well and fertilize them good but they dont look anything like the ones you grow. I have two types.. one is cajun delight and clemson spineless.. both stayed the same size and only produces about 6 pods every two weeks or so.
So, when you till it in the ground like that, do you have to add less compost when you plant there in the future? By the way, those are some beautiful okra. Wish mine would have grown that tall. What type of okra is that?
I understand how much sweat is involved in keeping that much okra picked, and don't blame you. I am selling my okra till I can buy one of those fancy pea shellers. Then I will be planting to many peas. I only need to sell about a hundred pounds more.
What kind of spacing did you use on planting the seeds and what variety of okra did you use? This is the first year I planted okra and planted long horn. Not sure about spacing.
You have such a large garden and mass amounts of beutiful plants. Do you sell your extra vegetables at a farmers market or do you contract with a local grocery store for the extra food you produce? I am new to the channel and just curious. Thanks.
Let me ask you. My first year growing okra. does picking them produce more like you said. Or i have heard people saying they "whip it" what is that and how do you do that. Thanks
hey man you didn't by any chance fertilize them bad boys did ya and if so what n p k did you use heard they like more phosphorus and potassium then nitrogen let me know thanks
@landrace2010 ... like I stated earlier, I offered it to several people and no one wanted to pick it, so right now it's composting in the garden. Wasn't much else I could do with it..........Donald
I agree with you Donald I worked 43 years at a plant 50 miles from home and farmed on the side I have no use far lazy check drawers that don't try to help themselves the world is getting screwed up.
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You were the best. Everything you did, it was a great success. Miss you old timer.
We miss you Donald and miss Mary
Dang.. I just LOVE watching your toys work!
@beadella1958 ... the problem is there are no "volunteer harvesters" in this part of the country. I tried giving them away and people were too lazy to come pick em so there wasn't but one thing to do. Many gardeners will tell you the same thing, people want you to pick em, process em and bring them to em for free. I don't mind helping folks who try to help themselves or are too old to get out.......Donald
I know what you mean. I have enjoyed your videos and am loving my first garden. I had far too many cucumbers and wanted to donate them but, was told that they were not able to accept them. I was sad. I am now making pickles. Not everyone is lazy and waiting for a handout but, sadly many are. I learned a lot this summer and am excited to plant a fall garden here in Western NC. I pray I do well. We suppliment our food to save $. Love watching you Donald! Your grandaughter is blessed to have you!
Cool video and great sense of humor. What a blessing to have the land. Enjoy!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video.....Donald
This year I have 7 plants that are producing more than we can eat. They are planted 6-7 ft. apart and are bushed out really big....Donald
Miss ya man!
@freestylze ... tilling all those plants back into the garden will really help keep it in top condition.......Donald
That was fun.. all those okra. i was told it is hard to grow okra here. but i may try it some time for fun. i got lots of beans this year. glad your stuff is growing so well.
I nearly cried watching this one... I love okra... had 8 plants and it was more than husband and I could handle. Thank you for sharing this... I too over plant for 2.
Okra can be picked every other day all summer long so a few plants go a long way. Thinking of only having 3 plants this year. Should be able to harvest, wash and cut up in less than 30 minutes…..Donald
webcajun Do you think okra will grow and produce well with morning sun and afternoon shade? Or do they need a full day of sun?
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Naturally full sun would be better but give it try and see what happens…..Donald
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love watching your updates, especially since we're in a similar region. keep em coming!
Great video, Donald! Some people just don't understand that those okra plants were returning nutrients back into your soil to make it even better for the next crop. Plus you got personal enjoyment watching them grow, which makes life good. Nothing was wasted here.
Had all the processed okra in the freezer we could use. And yes, putting all that organic matter back into the soil is a good thing…..Donald
Saving your seeds for next year is certainly the way to go. Glad things worked out for you…….Donald
Love watching how you do stuff.
The nearest food bank is about an hour away, they do not accept fresh vegetables. If they did I can assure you no one would come harvest, too much work…..Donald
That is so true and a bummer when people don't want to out any effort into getting something for free. :(
I am working my assoff growing 30 okras in central Florida sandy soil, my okras are sitll as skinny as bare twigs. I can only harvesting 2 to 10 okras everyday. You tilled down your nice healthy 100 feet okras???!!! I feel like to slap your face🤣🤣🤣
@bellaray1 ... I had a food dehydrator and used it very little. About the only thing I liked making was beef jerky. Most of my canning is done in my shop and the finished product is stored in a spare bed room. By now you should know I try to keep things simple. lol Glad you enjoy the videos and thanks for the kind words........Donald
Oh boy.. those were some beautiful plants! I moved to Ohio 14 years ago from Tx and last year was the first time I ever got Okra to grow for me. They were thin & spindly but I got enough for about 6 bags for the freezer so it worked for me.. finally. I had to get seed from my dad in S Tex for it to grow though. I saved my own for next year. I'd have come picked your okra as a Pick Ur Own..I love pickled okra.. Never enough for me. ;) Wish we were neighbors & friends! Blessings!
I think that there would be a sign on the road saying: "Okra for sale at below market price" to get someone else to pick it then mow the vines down. Okra is good with peas and beans and used down there in many Louisiana dishes. That is plenty of okra and you grow some great looking crops. I want to plant plenty of peas, Egg Plant, and Squash, as well as corn my first time. Thanks for sharing with us some tips on gardening.
I tried giving it away and they were too lazy to pick it themselves……Donald
That sounds like the large garden my father grew in Michigan. He had a very large garden on land belonging to a packing company who let him use it to keep the weeds down. It was in a residential area and no one stole any of the crop, although there wasn't much theft in this small area anyway. People want you to do everything for them and even deliver it to them. That is so sad.
@ironhead41 ... I picked em as long as I could but when the temps started hitting 100+ degrees during the day it was just too much for me to handle alone. Next year I'm thinking more like 250 feet of Okra. Glad you enjoyed......Donald
I am in NE Ohio and found that Annie Oakley II Hybrid Okra grows well for me.(2 years in a row) Guernsey Seed out of Indiana are the only folks that had this year.
@henrycems ... right next to those okra rows is where I tilled in the corn stalks this year. Lots of good stuff went back into the soil in that area........Donald
Last year I had about 18 plants if I remember correctly that furnished all the okra we needed and then some. : ) ……Donald
@CJBegnaud ... Hey CJ, glad to hear the garden is doing good. I think I ate more okra this year than I ever have. Will soon be putting some up for the Gumbos when it cools off a bit. Picked my first mess of the fall purple hull today. Will be cooking a big pot soon........Donald
Over the years we've figured out about how much we'll use till the next season so it's really no use in putting up more than that. After awhile folks start locking their doors when they see you coming with more okra. : ) .....Donald
@slacker361 ... I've got a freezer full of okra, it was time for them to go. Tilling them in added lots of foreign matter into the soil. I do like pickled okra but didn't do any this year. Glad you enjoyed........Donald
That was hard to watch.
Glad you exended offers beforehand.
Never used the te pee method only the crop netting. I found that plating no closer than a foot apart was good practice. Those vines can grow pretty thick. I’d try several different spacing’s and see which works out the best for the method you're using……Donald
@sadia102 ... Picked 15 gals. of peas in the last couple of days. That 14 inch rain we got the other day knocked em down so they are a little harder to pick compared to the ones this past spring. Glad you enjoyed.........Donald
LOL Haven't had that problem yet. Love those volunteers. Thanks for another great vid.
oh my gosh! You don't know how much it hurts me to see those okra plants get knocked down like that :-) nicely done. Thanks for sharing
Planted way too much for this old man to handle.....Donald
@ransom47 ... that tiller does a wonderful job keeping the grass down.......Donald
With a little planning and spacing out the plantings folks can enjoy fresh vegetables throughout most of the year and save some on the food bill. A tomato sandwich makes a pretty good lunch. : ) …..Donald
@xxnoangelxx ... these were planted approx 6 ft. apart which explains why they grew out and bushy instead of tall. Makes em much easier to pick........Donald
At least you've added organic material to your dirt there. I really think you just enjoy playing with your tractor... I probably would too.
Do you grow for an organization or this is your garden on a larger farm or something? Your setup looks very extravagant and huge for one family to eat from. It certainly looks like you have plenty of space and equipment to make enough for a farmers market or whatever. Kids would probably do a lot of the picking and processing for a little money.
Better to have too much, then not enough.
I don’t have any of those but the okra does get tilled back into the garden to increase the organic matter and lots of the leaves get feed in the worm bin……Donald
Thanx Donald! You are a true treasure for sharing your knowledge!
It looks like that okra made very good organic mulch. That is always a good thing.
Would you consider putting out a "U Pick Free Okra" sign next time? Funny how everyone has thoughts on YOUR okra!
Nope. :-) ……Donald
Carlota Chmielewski problem with doing that is the wrong people come to ur property and will want to take every thing for free and if you don’t give in they come back at night and steal or destroy you plants . I have a hard time giving away for free as people don’t want it unless I pick clean and delivery to them then they will want me to cook it for them to people are lazy and don’t appreciate anything now adays I sell most veggie for $1 LB and all I get is it’s to expensive ask them to come get some free lettuce which I planted way to much of and they don’t show up grow for your selves teach those that want to Lean and the rest can go eat at McDonald’s
@@michaelwaldner3628 you also get those using the excuse of being there to case your place to come back later and take your other valuables as the “2nd picking”. Lord knows I dont want to do no bad to nobody. I do it like old furniture. Pick it myself unless I know them, put it out beside the road and put a sign on it says free to a good home.
@lupo19fun ...This year I only planted 18 plants. Yesterday I picked, washed and processed it all in about 15 minutes. That's a lot better than 6 hours a day like last year. lol......Donald
@socalledjay1 ... I've found the ideal size for okra is when the pods are around 4 inches long. They are tender and have lots of flavor at that length. Selling would not have been a problem, harvesting all that was. lol........Donald
haha you must not have lot of frezzer space Donald. i wish i could grow in the fall but then i have to shouvel snow off my garden haha i enjoy all your videos
@potboy321 ... glad you enjoy the videos. Keep things simple in the garden and you'll do just fine........Donald
Hi Donald I was just wondering if you are doing fine I haven't seen any recent videos sense 2017 I enjoy all of your videos
Randy Donald passed away a couple of weeks ago
I miss your video's. Make some more please. Thanks in advance lol.
Ahhh, Okra. That wonderful hot-weather plant that keeps on giving mais chais! I need me a tractor like that, poo-yie!
I ended up planting a 15 foot row and have a few bags of frozen cooked already. The plants are still putting out great amounts of pods and for the rest will be just cutting, vacuum packing and freezing them for later on. Going to see if the neighbors want some. The fancy leaf lettuce is growing in excess right now though and the romaine is getting close to being ready.
I thought we might see " DONALDS Pickled Okra"
but then I saw the tractor
another Great Video thanks
@junetee52 ... Guess you can say it's my way of adding organic matter back into the soil. I do this with just about all the vegetables I plant and the end of the season........Donald
@guest2424 ... That tiller sure does a good job chopping those stalks back into the garden and yes it would have taken awhile doing it by hand. Good luck with your okra next year........Donald
Last year they got no fertilizer. This year I only used a weak mixture of MG when they were real young....Donald
@ss109guy ... Glad you enjoyed and thanks.......Donald
you inspired me to grow okra this year.;)
haha i loved this video. Im going to have to explore more of your 141 videos for sure. I am jealous because I just started gardening, started last year with a 4x8' raised bed, and planted about 8 clemson spineless okra plants in there (with other small plants too). They produced very well, but with the 8 plants, I only had enough okra to feed my family about once a week or so. This year I just finished tilling up a large section of my backyard so okra okra okra. Although not 1000' rows of it though.
I like okra but once a month is plenty for me. :-) …….Donald
@@webcajunFunny to see his reply. That row he has left is enough to run a restaurant 😂😂
@MrDoberman101 ... the reason they are so bushy is I space them out at about 6 feet apart. I really don't want them to grow too tall where I can't pick em. These are the "Cow Horn" variety and have to be picked everyday........Donald
@webcajun we had that problem last season with an acre of corn we planted just for folks to help themselves to. We had 2 friends come and pick what they needed. and then their kids and ours picked some for some of the seniors at both churches. We had plenty of folks say that they would take some if we picked it and brought it to them. The cows and goats feasted on some pretty pricey silage last year. Sad....
Your videos make my day!! Thanks so much Donald!!
@buckstarchaser ... this is just a backyard garden. I will probably downsize a bit next year cause it does produce more than the family can eat. When you grow a garden that big it does take up a lot of your time. One neighbor raised chickens so I trade for eggs and another is in the bee business so I get all the honey I need. Works out real well.........Donald
LOL I love it when he says "Its time to get the tracta" LOL
if any one has more then they can use take it to a farmers market or to local food banks or soup kitchens or to neighbors that can't grow or not able to grow there so many opertuneies to help in the area's all over May the good Lord bless you and keep you love youe videos
@R6bbie ... That pto tiller is my favorite tool in the garden.....Donald
I did offer several people to come pick all they wanted. They were too lazy, wanted me to pick it for em. Different parts of the country, different way of thinking. Sad but very true…..Donald
I can relate. I planted 32 rows that were 500 each. I did win first place in the Virginia State fair
thats one hell of a machine donald!
my whole street is about that long..LOL
@woodlandcammo27 ... I planted one jalepeno plant and couldn't use all the peppers it produced. I like the hungarian wax peppers cause they're not so hot. You'll see how much I like em in the next cooking video.......Donald
@MrWhiskyDog ... Hey WD, I like Okra but I like those purple hull even more. Hoping to get some fresh peas from one row and some dried ones from the other, at least that's the plan. That 14 inches of rain we got roughed em up a little but I think they'll be OK. Full of floweres right now. Hope you reach your goal and are able to get that sheller cause you'll love it.........Donald
@Newyorkischaos ... I'd say 1-2 dozen plants would be plenty to eat fresh and have plenty to put up for the winter........ Donald
@M4PATRIOT ... my property runs east/west so that's the way I plant. My method of spacing the rows so far apart probably wouldn't make much of a difference if I planted north/south. Shading would be my concern planting north/south with closer spacing.........Donald
Hi Donald. I planted clemson spineless okra in my garden on April 21 and it is about 1.5 feet tall. I live in North Carolina and was wondering if my okra is growing at the rate it should be growing.
holy cow! why are yours so big and full,, mine are like only a foot and a half tall and they were like this since the last month? i water them well and fertilize them good but they dont look anything like the ones you grow. I have two types.. one is cajun delight and clemson spineless.. both stayed the same size and only produces about 6 pods every two weeks or so.
Maybe where you live but not around here, they're too lazy. Too many years of living off the tax payers......Donald
Funny old man, made me laugh. Thanks neighbor!
:-) .....Donald
Yeah me too. Seen a very few people talk about it so figured as much.
Thanks
So, when you till it in the ground like that, do you have to add less compost when you plant there in the future? By the way, those are some beautiful okra. Wish mine would have grown that tall. What type of okra is that?
I understand how much sweat is involved in keeping that much okra picked, and don't blame you. I am selling my okra till I can buy one of those fancy pea shellers. Then I will be planting to many peas. I only need to sell about a hundred pounds more.
What kind of spacing did you use on planting the seeds and what variety of okra did you use? This is the first year I planted okra and planted long horn. Not sure about spacing.
They are spaced approx. 4 feet apart. That spacing allows them to bush out rather than grow 10 ft. tall. The variety is “CowHorn”…..Donald
I planted way too close cause they are now at least 10 foot. Thanks for the info.
Carlee did just that last year. She told me the other day she is now retired, too much okra. :) ....Donald
@mhatsko ...That put a lot of good stuff back in the soil......Donald
I will grow more than four okra plants next time, but not 4000 like you did..lol..Looks great man...
The garden is too big to compost so I just till the vegetables plants back into the soil. The variety is “Cow Horn”……Donald
@MsDKGirl ... you're very welcome........Donald
You have such a large garden and mass amounts of beutiful plants. Do you sell your extra vegetables at a farmers market or do you contract with a local grocery store for the extra food you produce? I am new to the channel and just curious. Thanks.
I used to sell some from home but not anymore. Too much for this old man to handle…..Donald
lol, then we gonna have to move there to help you put away some of that good food..keep the videos coming...
Let me ask you. My first year growing okra. does picking them produce more like you said. Or i have heard people saying they "whip it" what is that and how do you do that.
Thanks
hey man you didn't by any chance fertilize them bad boys did ya and if so what n p k did you use heard they like more phosphorus and potassium then nitrogen let me know thanks
@CardModFilms ... tilling em back into the garden is good for the soil........Donald
@landrace2010 ... like I stated earlier, I offered it to several people and no one wanted to pick it, so right now it's composting in the garden. Wasn't much else I could do with it..........Donald
Keep it up. I love your videos.
I agree with you Donald I worked 43 years at a plant 50 miles from home and farmed on the side I have no use far lazy check drawers that don't try to help themselves the world is getting screwed up.
Do you use nitrogen on your okra? My okra never gets near the good looking. I was told not to use much fertilizer on it.
Did you end up with volunteer okra after tilling under those plants with the matured pods on them? Just curious...
@Mrwrinkleintime ... didn't grow any pumpkins this year........Donald
Thanks for the tip…..Donald
I love your video i have watch over 15 times its insiparing video.
Where can i buy okra seeds in bulk1 5 10 pounds?
Wondering why you would need that many okra seeds? But real farm and garden stores sell seed by the ounce or pound.
I had to bust out laughing! The heat done fried your brain.....what were you thinking crrazy man......look great now!
Would they work as mulch?
awesome looking soil.
I would try the same recipe as you use for pickles and adjust the amount of vinegar to your taste…..Donald
@purpledream77 ... how about grass clippings from your yard.......Donald
@fetch33 ... having the right tools makes all the difference.......Donald