This video came just in time. I am growing Okra for the first time in my garden. I still haven't planted it yet though. I have transplants, so I want to wait till it's a little further along in May so it's warmer. I'm in NJ zone 7a. Thanks for the tips! I was hoping for your grandma's recipe too.
Ah, watched the whole thing. That bed looks amazing! There are lot of amazing okra recipes in Indian culture too, I’m primarily growing to make “okra masala” and “kurkuri bhindi (crunchy okra)” We get them here in stores too but it’s $4/lb so I stick to frozen, which aren’t as yummy. Look forward to watching the next video!! Great narrative as always.
What a coincidence - I just finished planting my okra a couple of days ago. I really love tender baby okra. They're so soft to touch and look rather decorative too. :) I hope lockdown is treating you well.
Very timely, I just put my okra seed in the ground yesterday here in zone 8a Alabama. We have had an actual cool Spring here this year so I've held off on planting. Usually it goes in the same time as tomato starts on Good friday weekend.
Great! So glad to see you planting Clemson Spineless, a great Carolina okra! Okra is always my fallback crop, if everything else fails, the okra is always there as a backup. It grows like a weed in my southern swamp and doesn't require good soil or fertilizer or water or any sort of care at all. If you are up north, have you looked into breeding your own variety of okra that is short-season and adapted to cooler temps? You might be able to find some varieties of okra that produce quicker, and then select and save seed from there. If you don't have space in the ground in a south-facing warm sunny area, you could always plant okra in large black 10, 15, or 20 gallon pots (fabric pot grow bags are great) and they will heat up quickly. Okra seed can take a long time to germinate, sometimes a month or more from direct seed if temps aren't warm. Best of luck, happy okra growing! Okra is an amazing survival crop! cheers
This video came just in time for me as well: I was ABOUT to plant my okra, and the nights are just not warm enough yet. After watching your youtube I will wait another week.
Hill country is a beautiful variety, I'm growing the Alabama red okra this year which looks very similar in appearance both are great varieties and taste amazing aswell.
Fantastic help we are growing our first crop this year ...I live in an area of France where we get more than enough sun ...just want to say I adore your clothes and style ...the need to grow my favourite vegetable is so important as you cannot buy okra in my region for love or money ...France just does not have a love affair with okra ...despite popularity in Cajun cuisine ...
Xx. Thanks for all the info on all your videos they are very informative really like them keep them coming and congrats on your new home it fits you and your personality
The cages you've made look wonderful! They bring a liveliness to your garden space. Congratulations on the successful growth and harvest of your okra! The plants I've planted are starting to produce pods. I'll be harvesting soon as well. Cheers!
Really excited to try this one out this year. I live in an area that I'm clearing and first year for growing, going to try okra since it has a lot of sun and it gets pretty hot.
I've never heard of Okra before. I enjoy the cooking segments in your videos, would be cool to see a video of how you incorporate Okra into your dishes.
We get about 20 to 30 pods and flowers daily from 80 plants: red and long green. We also harvest the leaves, but chop them finely and blanch them because they are otherwise tough. We have come up with innovative ways to use it because it's almost too much for two people. I include the chopped pods, plus leaves and flowers it as primary ingredients in veggie patties (along with flax / chia meal, rolled oats, buckwheat flour, lentils, chickpeas, water). And I have started using a puree of the pods in soda bread. It works well because the mucilage helps capture the bubbles needed for bread making. The okra plants are highly productive over a long season, drought resistant, and they have few pests that cause any real problems. I call the flowers Venus Bee Traps because bumble bees get intoxicated down in there and the flowers close in the afternoon, occasionally with a bee stuck inside. When I pick closed flowers, sometimes there's a startling buzz as I squeeze the base to pick it. So I have to Free the Bee. They seem pissed and ecstatic at the same time upon release. It's a dangerous business but somebody has to do it. The cats absolutely refuse.
Okra grows well here in Tennessee, but I have a lot of big tall trees in my yard. I need to find the place that gets the most sun. I love okra and my Arabic boyfriend and his family use it a lot too. I would love to grow some and share it 😊
Hi. I’m a new subscriber. I love your videos (I’ve watched 6 already ) I’d love to see more on growing herbs on the ground in the front yard! Please! I’m in a small urban Midwest lot, zone 6a Thank you
I'm from the tropics and okra grows almost like a weed here. They tolerate poor soil, rain and can't get enough sunlight, and now my first okra plants, which I planted from seed are flowering like crazy =)
Actually a sharp knife is much more effective for harvesting okra. We grow okra in our garden year round :). Also as it is heirloom variety you can keep the mature/non-edible pods in the plant to get fully matured, and you can save those seeds for next year.
Hello Siloé, I grew a couple last year for the flowers, I cannot recall the name. The stems were burgundy, the flowers were a lemony yellow with burgundy throats. The only downside was, the flowers only lasted for a couple of hours.😔 If I’m honest, I really didn’t grow them for eating, ☺️ but they are a sturdy and beautiful plants. Thank you for sharing. 😉
The cages are beautiful. I am growing okra.. but they took a long time to sprout and I know that was because the seeds may not have been too fresh . Nevertheless they r doing well... We have high temperatures at the moment.. so hoping they do well .
No snails here. I do have salamanders. I think the seeds froze under ground as after I planted we had temperatures below 30 degrees Fahrenheit here. What you think?
Have you heard of making “coffee” with roasted okra seed? Maybe that would be a way to use seeds from pods that are too tough. I’ve purchased some okra called Abigails coffee okra, but I’ve read an article or 2 about using the seeds from okra (not specifically this variety) to make an okra coffee. I’ll let you know what I think when I try it.
Does the number of pods per okra plant change depending on species? This year during the summer my okra plants have 5 or 6 pods per plant, is that normal?
Yes, some varieties produce more than others. I should have said that in optimum conditions each plant will have one pod ready to harvest every 1-3 days
He harvested them too early. To save seeds, he had to keep them in the plant for a few more days till they become dry. Being hibiscus, okras produce dry seed pods.
If you bought the shortest and cheapest tomato cages you could find(3ft. tall?), then wrap 18" tall chicken wire around the cage, your seedlings would be protected from rabbits and ground hogs. One okra plant per cage. Place the cages side by side, or in groupings of 3-4 in the sunniest parts of the yard. This will free up some of the space in your larger beds. Just a thought. Example: www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/glamos-42-in-galvanized-tomato-cage-703002
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This video came just in time. I am growing Okra for the first time in my garden. I still haven't planted it yet though. I have transplants, so I want to wait till it's a little further along in May so it's warmer. I'm in NJ zone 7a. Thanks for the tips! I was hoping for your grandma's recipe too.
Yes they do need to be planted when it is warm
Thank you very much I haven’t done a garden in years and I ran across your channel. Thank you for all the information your place looks beautiful.
Bautiful!! Okra is one of my favorites.
It is a great vegetable
NO WAY! I’m sitting on some seeds waiting for it to heat up! SO EXCITINGGG. Ok bye, gonna watch now 😍
Ah, watched the whole thing. That bed looks amazing! There are lot of amazing okra recipes in Indian culture too, I’m primarily growing to make “okra masala” and “kurkuri bhindi (crunchy okra)” We get them here in stores too but it’s $4/lb so I stick to frozen, which aren’t as yummy. Look forward to watching the next video!! Great narrative as always.
Glad you liked it
I've seen it grown along a side walk and it's stunning and unique.
What a coincidence - I just finished planting my okra a couple of days ago. I really love tender baby okra. They're so soft to touch and look rather decorative too. :) I hope lockdown is treating you well.
Baby okra is delicious
Very timely, I just put my okra seed in the ground yesterday here in zone 8a Alabama. We have had an actual cool Spring here this year so I've held off on planting. Usually it goes in the same time as tomato starts on Good friday weekend.
Great! So glad to see you planting Clemson Spineless, a great Carolina okra! Okra is always my fallback crop, if everything else fails, the okra is always there as a backup. It grows like a weed in my southern swamp and doesn't require good soil or fertilizer or water or any sort of care at all. If you are up north, have you looked into breeding your own variety of okra that is short-season and adapted to cooler temps? You might be able to find some varieties of okra that produce quicker, and then select and save seed from there. If you don't have space in the ground in a south-facing warm sunny area, you could always plant okra in large black 10, 15, or 20 gallon pots (fabric pot grow bags are great) and they will heat up quickly. Okra seed can take a long time to germinate, sometimes a month or more from direct seed if temps aren't warm. Best of luck, happy okra growing! Okra is an amazing survival crop! cheers
This video came just in time for me as well: I was ABOUT to plant my okra, and the nights are just not warm enough yet. After watching your youtube I will wait another week.
Yes it is best to wait until lows are in the 50s
I'm trying Hill Country Red okra this year. The picture of the plant is really pretty, and being a transplanted southerner, I love okra.
Hill country is a beautiful variety, I'm growing the Alabama red okra this year which looks very similar in appearance both are great varieties and taste amazing aswell.
That is a great option
Pretty neat, I've never grown okra before. I learned alot from your experience. Thanks for sharing!💕
Glad you liked it
Fantastic help we are growing our first crop this year ...I live in an area of France where we get more than enough sun ...just want to say I adore your clothes and style ...the need to grow my favourite vegetable is so important as you cannot buy okra in my region for love or money ...France just does not have a love affair with okra ...despite popularity in Cajun cuisine ...
I’m glad you liked it! Good luck with the okra.
Xx. Thanks for all the info on all your videos they are very informative really like them keep them coming and congrats on your new home it fits you and your personality
another beautiful video
Thanks
My summer didn't get hot enough for okra but i will try again
The cages you've made look wonderful! They bring a liveliness to your garden space. Congratulations on the successful growth and harvest of your okra! The plants I've planted are starting to produce pods. I'll be harvesting soon as well. Cheers!
Thank you so much!
Grows great down here in Florida
If you have them in your garden, it is great during this pandemic. Safest food to eat :)
Perfect weather for it
fried Okra sandwich's Southern hidden foodie gem
Really excited to try this one out this year.
I live in an area that I'm clearing and first year for growing, going to try okra since it has a lot of sun and it gets pretty hot.
Good luck
I've never heard of Okra before.
I enjoy the cooking segments in your videos, would be cool to see a video of how you incorporate Okra into your dishes.
You may like next weeks video then
@@suburbanhomestead You were right, I did like it.
we definitely have squirrels in urban spaces! and I have lots of bugs. Some of my neighbors have built cages similar to yours and got great results.
We get about 20 to 30 pods and flowers daily from 80 plants: red and long green. We also harvest the leaves, but chop them finely and blanch them because they are otherwise tough. We have come up with innovative ways to use it because it's almost too much for two people. I include the chopped pods, plus leaves and flowers it as primary ingredients in veggie patties (along with flax / chia meal, rolled oats, buckwheat flour, lentils, chickpeas, water). And I have started using a puree of the pods in soda bread. It works well because the mucilage helps capture the bubbles needed for bread making.
The okra plants are highly productive over a long season, drought resistant, and they have few pests that cause any real problems. I call the flowers Venus Bee Traps because bumble bees get intoxicated down in there and the flowers close in the afternoon, occasionally with a bee stuck inside. When I pick closed flowers, sometimes there's a startling buzz as I squeeze the base to pick it. So I have to Free the Bee. They seem pissed and ecstatic at the same time upon release. It's a dangerous business but somebody has to do it. The cats absolutely refuse.
And they are highly nutritious for a veggie.
Okra grows well here in Tennessee, but I have a lot of big tall trees in my yard. I need to find the place that gets the most sun. I love okra and my Arabic boyfriend and his family use it a lot too. I would love to grow some and share it 😊
Porque vc não fez mais em português! Adoro seu canal, volta lá.
Loved the video
Thanks
Hi. I’m a new subscriber. I love your videos (I’ve watched 6 already )
I’d love to see more on growing herbs on the ground in the front yard! Please!
I’m in a small urban Midwest lot, zone 6a
Thank you
I'm from the tropics and okra grows almost like a weed here. They tolerate poor soil, rain and can't get enough sunlight, and now my first okra plants, which I planted from seed are flowering like crazy =)
That should make it much easier to grow there
Great. I hope to see a recipe with okra in your next episod. 👌👏
Very soon!
@@suburbanhomestead 👌thanks
Plants produced like 2 pods a piece last year but I am moving them to the sunnier side garden this year.
They need all the sun you can give them
Actually a sharp knife is much more effective for harvesting okra. We grow okra in our garden year round :). Also as it is heirloom variety you can keep the mature/non-edible pods in the plant to get fully matured, and you can save those seeds for next year.
You will see that in the next video
@@suburbanhomestead Yay! I was just going to ask about saving the seeds if the pods get too big and woody.
Hello Siloé, I grew a couple last year for the flowers, I cannot recall the name. The stems were burgundy, the flowers were a lemony yellow with burgundy throats. The only downside was, the flowers only lasted for a couple of hours.😔 If I’m honest, I really didn’t grow them for eating, ☺️ but they are a sturdy and beautiful plants. Thank you for sharing. 😉
The flowers are beautiful but very ephemeral
Oh if you let large okra dry on stalk and then pick them, they make great music maker shakers! For kids and adults! 🥰💖✌️💐
The cages are beautiful. I am growing okra.. but they took a long time to sprout and I know that was because the seeds may not have been too fresh . Nevertheless they r doing well... We have high temperatures at the moment.. so hoping they do well .
I hope they grow well for you
Ok im 48 and still not old enough. Yuck. But it is a beautiful plant and wonderful for hair and skin care. Thanks for another great video. Thanks
Just give it some time :-)
I love okra but have so far had no success with it here in France, not even in my hit8h tunnel. I am trying again, though ; can't just give up😑
You need as much sun and heat as tomatoes, or even more
Thanks ......Plant jambalaya okra and you can harvest two pods a day from each plant
I planted mine 2 or 3 weeks ago and no sign of it yet. :( I wonder if I planted them too early...
What is the temperature there? 2-3 weeks, the seeds are probably dead already. With suitable conditions, they germinate in matter of a few days.
Also snails tend to eat germinating seeds if you have them there.
No snails here. I do have salamanders. I think the seeds froze under ground as after I planted we had temperatures below 30 degrees Fahrenheit here. What you think?
@@gigirod805 30 F, or -1C is too low for any tropical plant. No way they can survive :) Preferred temp will be 20-30C.
It has been too cold lately. It is better to wait until minimum temperature is 50 degrees at night
Somehow I was never intrigued to grow Okra. Sine you are doing it, I am being moved. : )
Do you like to eat it? If so, then you should try to grow it
Is that chopped up grass covering your beds?
yes it is. Okra loves it.
So the plants have a mission huh? lol
how long ıt takes to harvest ?
Their mission is to set seeds. This is a 56 days variety.
Have you heard of making “coffee” with roasted okra seed? Maybe that would be a way to use seeds from pods that are too tough. I’ve purchased some okra called Abigails coffee okra, but I’ve read an article or 2 about using the seeds from okra (not specifically this variety) to make an okra coffee. I’ll let you know what I think when I try it.
That is interesting. I don't drink coffee so I don't know if I would like it
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Does the number of pods per okra plant change depending on species? This year during the summer my okra plants have 5 or 6 pods per plant, is that normal?
Yes, some varieties produce more than others. I should have said that in optimum conditions each plant will have one pod ready to harvest every 1-3 days
Here in Texas you can throw seeds on your concrete driveway and it will grow. Ha ha! It grows and produces like mad until you kill it in the Fall.
You can slice and dry the large tough okra and make star tea!
Would you be able to use the seeds from those more mature okras you had that aren't really edible?
He harvested them too early. To save seeds, he had to keep them in the plant for a few more days till they become dry. Being hibiscus, okras produce dry seed pods.
Next video deals with that
@@suburbanhomestead wonderful! 😃
If you had those that were on too long allow one pod to remain on each plant, let it dry and harvest the seeds.
I've been waiting for this video!!!!!
If you bought the shortest and cheapest tomato cages you could find(3ft. tall?), then wrap 18" tall chicken wire around the cage, your seedlings would be protected from rabbits and ground hogs. One okra plant per cage. Place the cages side by side, or in groupings of 3-4 in the sunniest parts of the yard. This will free up some of the space in your larger beds. Just a thought.
Example: www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/glamos-42-in-galvanized-tomato-cage-703002
Yes, I do that also for some things.
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