There it is. at 18:50+ mark. No pre-plant fertilizer on Okra. Might try fermenting/pickling some this year. They are nice to snack on, but get rubbery after 5 days. Wonder if it's the hot humid stressful weather in the South that make Okra so popular there, since they apparently still do well in that. They seem pretty easy to grow. low/no maintenance.
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I struggle with thinning. I bought the Jambalaya seeds from you all. Direct seed in couple of days. Excited to watch them grow. Last year I harvested every day and had no trouble giving it all away.
here in southeast Ok. I've tried several varieties of Okree, including Texas hill country and longhorn. And yes I ordered some of that jambalya from hoss. but here where we have high humidity and scorching summers(104 degrees here today, in the shade) the old Clemson spineless cannot be beat for production. I picked a 5 gallon bucket off my 95 ft. row yesterday all 3 to 4 inch pods picking every other day. 18" plant spacing, no pruning. the only kind that ever came close to the production was red burgundy. That jambalya couldn't hang, it probably made as many pods as the clemson but they would get tough at about 3" and it will itch the far out of you pickin it.
I planted that same dwarf okree this year first the first time. I'm trying a few in large pots as well as one row in my small garden. I hope they do well because I'm tired of skyscraper okra plants.
I enjoyed that! I have to wait until June 10th before I sow my Okree up here in the Toronto area, I can hardly wait! This is my first attempt at okree since I was a kid. I’m growing Clemson Spineless, my choices in the seed catalogue I use were Clemson Spineless or Clemson Spineless😂. Klaus
Clemson Spineless is the most popular variety among backyard gardeners and has been for a long time. Once you get the hang of growing it, you'll surely want to go down the heirloom okree rabbit hole.
Will be watching your channel for the Ruiz variety, as well as when you are able to ship figs to Washington state. 😁. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 5/10/2022.
Love this video. I haven’t grown okra but I think if I have room I’ll give it a try. I like eating this vegetable. Thanks for the information on growing. 😃👍🏻
I was hoping you would try the okanawan pink okra, you had one plant last year... I have some seed but I can't direct sow it till june here in east Tennessee mountains... It's at your own peril here in the mountains to try to grow okra too early... Great show...
I have Silver Queen (ordered from Hoss👍) and Red Burgandy this year. After listening to your fert method for okra or okree, looks like I'm gonna have some beautiful plants but not much production. They're in some pretty rich soil. Thanks for another great video. Always a ton of useful info.
I know you stay super busy, but what a blessing you would be as the 4-H county agent, or I guess agriculture FFA dude. Maybe when you get older, that might call to you, in 25-30 years. You’re a great communicator…
I hear ya on the dry spring! It's been almost too dry here! Last year my potatoes were almost dead by now(still had a great harvest). Where I live(coastal region nc) it takes a bad drought for me to have to water due to the moisture bank in the soil. We're currently dealing with a 4 plus day nor'Easter.
I live in West Central Florida, about a mile from the gulf and out native soil is white, it’s pure sand. Even with the intense heat and very sandy soil, I’ve found they running my drip for 5-10 mins every day or every other day gets my plants by fine.
@@LazyDogFarm I actually use the Irritec drip tape you just found. Pretty much the same setup as you all around, pressure regulator/filter, etc, albeit on a much smaller scale.
That is a great book, The Whole Okra. I love the recipes, I made a lot of okra salad, okra frittatas, roasted okra and gumbo last year. My favorite varieties from last year, Texas Hill Country, Okinawa Pink and Red Burgundy. The Gold Coast produced well but the pods got tough fast if they weren't picked early (3" max).
Interesting, the Cowhorn" okree" that that I planted is struggling in this Texas heat , but the one plant that butted up to the onion row is maybe 10 times larger and from what you said it's the fertilizer that I aggressively applied too the onions over winter that makes for that Big Boy on the end of the row , Thank You for the advice and yes I just did give the other plants a shot of agro Thrive General purpose they really look weak and have had some bug pressure to boot !
I grew the Eagle Pass okra last year because I got it from Native Seed Search, and I figured if it grew well in Arizona’s climate it might do good in South Louisiana. It did do well and I liked it very much. HOWEVER… lol, you don’t seem to like the squatty pod varieties (or maybe that was Brooklyn) and this variety is definitely along the same lines as the Alabama Red. I harvested them at 3-3 1/2”; after that they got tough. But it’s a beautiful plant and I enjoyed growing them.
I've planted Red Burgundy, Jambalaya, and my old faithful, Clemson Spineless. Will see what does the best this year. Guess I'll be donning a long-sleeve shirt before harvesting that Jambalaya! Itching isn't fun...
Glad you did this video cause this is my first year growing okra and I would have fertilized them! Growing Heavy Hitter and Alabama Red so hopefully they do good and taste good!!
Heavy hitter is a more bushy variant of Clemson Spineless from what I remember. Alabama Red will get really tall really quick if you prune it as it grows, so keep that in mind.
@@LazyDogFarm is the bushy varieties less productive? It did say anything on either pack about the growth habits except their productivity, had I known it was a bush variety I would have opted for something else cause my thinking was I could plant a different crop under them as they got tall. Something that could be shaded and not have to have much water. Definitely have to remember that about the bama red cause I’m not very tall and doesn’t take long before I start to need a ladder 😂 but I may let one go to see how tall it can get as the world record was set last year after a hiatus. A woman from Oklahoma found out the world record was 10’ 5” and when she found that out hers was already 13’ 6”, days it surpassed 14’ but no word on its final height but you know I gotta try it once 😂!
@@heavenlyhillshomestead9465 The bushy varieties should be more productive for the height because you have more lateral limbs that are producing pods. I don't care much for the harvesting of the bushy types because I don't like fighting through the foliage to get the pods. I'd rather them just be on top of the plant.
@@LazyDogFarm oh so it’s more like picking green beans in a way cause you have to look for them and then get them out through all the foliage. I can see where that’d be a bit tiring 😂I think I’d rather pick from the top as well!
Great info on the watering, that's one of the main "need to know" parts of growing I struggle with as a new gardener. Only thing for me is I have some of each plant in one garden that you have in separate plots, my squash, tomatoes, peas, and corn, but not next year, got two more plots in the works now! This year I'll be planting some of that jambalaya orkee, still not for a few weeks though going to transplant them same time I put in my sweet potatoes.
I live 100% off rain water so irrigating is not really possible. I do a lot of mulching and hand watering specific plants. Having gobs of organic material in the soil helps a lot too.
You plant spacing must be a big benefit in you soil and especially in drought conditions. Proof your best tool is experience and observation. Question: if you were in heavier clay soil, would you use the spacing between your plants? Cheers from Victoria Canada
We used to plant things a lot closer when we were growing to sell. But now we give ourselves a little more space so the kids can be involved without worrying of trampling stuff. Also, it's more camera friendly to have things separated so we can show the differences in varieties when we do trials.
It seems like this is the longest we have been without rain this spring. A couple of local stores flooded Thursday from a storm coming through and a tornado north of us. We may have a whole week with no rain. My yard needs to dry out so I can mow by the pond. I would rather water than the yard staying soggy (Texas clay soil).
We don't have groundhogs down here. We do get rabbits on occasion, and those get a 12 gauge if they start eating the garden. We have lots of deer in our area, but our property is surrounded by hundreds of acres of open fields. So the deer tend to stay away from the garden.
If silver queen lights you up, that Jambalaya would have you on fire. I have not grown Heavy Hitter, but I've seen it grown and wasn't overly impressed. It's basically just a bushy version of Clemson Spineless. Nothing wrong with that, but nothing remarkable either.
@@LazyDogFarm With the silver queen was not so much the plant but the stems on the pods would put spines in my hands when picking pods. I like Clemson Spineless, 16 plants usually produces enough okree for me. I read that Heavy Hitter originated from a Clemson Spineless plant so that makes since. I love the Jing Orange, Red Burgundy, and new ones for me will be Ruiz, Heavy Hitter and Okinawa pink.
We were somewhat dry this spring too, then 2 weeks ago it started raining. In 10 days we got 9 3/4 inches total, torrential downpours. my corn went from knee high to 6 ft in that time. everything else has grown like crazy too. My garden has quickly turned into a jungle. LOL. I won't plant okra until my corn is done. I sacrificed garden space to grow corn this year, so squash and cucumbers will also go in after the corn is finished. Or, I may wait and do those 2 in the fall. I have a hard time thinning things. Usually I plant fewer seeds to avoid thinning.
Been really lucky with 3-4hrs on the drip tape every 3 days. May change up when the heat really hits. Middle to upper 80's but we hit the mid 90's also last week. Your garden looking awesome as usual ☺️
I look forward to your video's each week! Your further south so your a few weeks ahead in the growing season! My go to Okra is "Red Burgundy" & "Clemson Spineless" . I've got that red /green mix going! Both are Heirloom, so i can save the seeds. Red Burgundy Seems to stay more tender than the Clemson.But Both are good producers.
Burgundy definitely stays tender longer. The heat has something to do with that too. If soils are moist, sometimes they'll stay tender close to 10-11" long.
Hey Travis! I’m fully moved into the new homestead here @ Happy Camper Homestead. I missed your fig trees this year because I hadn’t figured on the beginning stages of renovating the mobile home on the property. It was too good to be true. I was thinking that I was going to be tearing it down. It’s taken all of my savings and not nearly ready to move into. Slowly, slowly they say!! I’ve got my drip irrigation system installed. Can you recommend a fertilizer injector? I have learned so much from you and I appreciate your efforts to help educate us. Happy growing from NC!!
Hmmm...I always fertilize my okree because I'm growing in containers. Never had issues with production. But I still have more to transplant outside, so I could do a trial and see what would happen if I don't. This year I"m only growing Baby Bubba hybrid okree...it only gets to about a foot tall and it cranks out the okree like nobody's business! I'll let ya know how my 2nd sowing fares without the worm castings and Dr Earth's 4-6-3 granular ferts I normally use... 👍🏾👍🏾
It was way to hot last week! In the summer I would like to live in Alaska. The heat wouldn't be so bad if the humidity was low, but high humidity makes it unbearable. I got a red tater today that was the size of your baseball onions, making garlic mashed taters from the one bucket I dug today
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Hey Travis, like always great video. What’s your thoughts on installing underground water mains to each plot and having sprinkler valves and timers to help you with your automatic watering. I think it would be cool to see your design on a watering system, with maybe a built in fertilizer siphon valve. Just a thought, something new for a change. I know all that stuff is expensive and may not work for your type of environment. Ok take care and garden on
I'm growing Jing, Louisiana 16", and Stewart zeebest. I'm most hopeful for the Stewart variety. I noticed it needs lot more heat to germinate. The Louisiana 16" long okra is supposed to be tender at long lengths but I let the first one get around 8 inches long and it was not edible raw. So 16 inch my foot. I also hear that Stewart zeebest is tender at long lengths. I'm looking forward to see how mine compare to the the ones grown by TDog master Gardner. I hope u share how to freeze them properly
@@tinaslouisianakitchen8963 thanks Tina. So are you saying rinse it again after it comes out of the freezer? To fry them, do you dip it in egg then cornmeal?
Thanks for sharing that about the Stewart's Zeebest. Ours didn't germinate well at all and I think we only had one or two transplants of that variety. Could have been that I had turned off the heat mats in the greenhouse at that point.
@@LazyDogFarm I gave up on mine after 2 weeks and I put them outside to see if any would come up. It got hot last week here, into the upper 90s. And now I have 6 that sprouted. So if they are in the tray crank up the heat and see what happens.
Hey I noticed when you stretched your drip tape out looks like you wore put the water to it to swell it up so when you cover it up you won’t have a kink is that what I’m fixing to run into
What Mark said about the Azera. Also, you should grow a mustard cover crop where you plant on putting potatoes next year. That will do wonders for your pest pressure. Gotta till it into the soil for it to work though.
Hey Trav, what's the easiest way to fix a drip tape line blowout that's buried under an established tomato plant? Do I just have to pull the plant and trash it to make the line repair or do you know a trick or two?
It might be easiest to cut the drip line on both sides on the plant and use two couplings to splice in a new piece of line to sit on top of or beside the plant. You could then pull soil on top of the spliced line.
on soil that drains too quickly, please try to amend with zeolite, even a small patch. you should literally see the topsoil retain moisture much longer, rather than draining away.
I must be a vegetable as today I'm suffering. It sprinkled/rained a bit and the temp is currently 56F (5pm). I had to find a blanket to crawl under. Going to be 95F next Sunday. Does the neighbor's house across the road have a roof issue? If so, I hope they can get it fixed.
That house has been abandoned for several years now. Hurricane Michael did a number on it. Then the folks that lived in there had to move because it got moisture and mold in the house. It's needs to be demolished, but they won't for some reason. I've tried to buy that little 2 acres many times with no luck.
@@mutantryeff That's actually how they found out. They had an infant that was sick, went to the hospital and they found mold in their lungs. Sad story.
I’m trying okra, errrr…okree, for the first time this year. Not sure how well it will grow in PA. Any idea what night time temperatures need to be for okra?
I am not an okree fan at all. I offered to grow some for my daughter, but she declined the offer. Maybe next year. I about to get the lettuce potatoes and English peas out to make room for summer squash, zucchini, cucumbers, cantaloupeand green beans. Going to be a busy week. Looking at your squash, I am way behind...
I prefer a dryer spring for my squash and cukes sake. I have trialed Clemson spineless, Burgundy and Jambalaya. I'm over the Jambalaya fiberglass shards in my arms! I went back to Clemson spineless this year. I am late transplanting too. Had covid for 3 wks in April. Just getting back to life good again.
Travis, just curious but based on your 2 hour watering of the 'maters and eggplant, how much do you figure each drip emitter in the tape is putting out? I have a above ground drip system that is on dripline (1/4" line with in line emitters) instead of tape. I'm just trying to compare your program to what I'm doing which is 15 minutes on a automated timer at 5am, 1/2gph emitters every 6". I'm slowly converting the original 6" on center dripline to individual pressure compensated drippers at the base of each of my larger plants to conserve even more water (still using 1/2gph PC emitters which for 15 minutes works out to be 2 cups of water directly at each plant). The dripline will still be used for corn, beans, and more cluster/group plantings. Of course my garden is way smaller than yours (four 3'x20' beds and a number of 17gallon wicking tubs).
The tape we use has an output of .25 gallons per hour per 100 ft. of tape. Given that the emitters are 1' apart along the tape, each emitter would have an output of 0.025 GPH. So it basically takes us 100 minutes to give .25 gallons of water to each plant on an emitter.
I would rather have it somewhat dry early in the season and come on wet after the crop gets well established. Corn growing in a dry sandy soil puts on a better root system than corn grown in a wet clay soil.
God as my witness, he is 1000% percent correct about Jambalaya Okra... I would not, no matter how how it is, even walk past that stuff without a long sleeve heavy shirt on... it will drive you insane, it's just crazy how horrible it is... unfortunately I have a couple lbs of seed yet... so I'm still growing it. Picked my first pods today... off plants are are not even 12 inches tall. Insane variety of Okra... but you can feed your family all the Okra they want to eat off one 35ft row. Assuming that seed keeps well, I have a lifetime supply at my age.
"George Bush Longhorn Okra"? When the marketing people are appealing to politics and college football to induce customers to buy, what does that suggest about the plant? Oh, wait. "Dwarf Bush". Almost the same thing, but I guess that's more descriptive of the plant.
My first year growing okra. Fertilized my jambalaya and it produces like crazy. It is itchy, but I have enjoyed it. Thanks for all the information.
Thanks!
Thanks so much Titus!
My favorite Okry variety is the one that hangs onto the breading best and fries up perfectly.
Correct!
I'm a huge fan for Gumbo having okra! Fried😋
I so glad you went over topping peppers. I'm in Michigan also and I've been topping my peppers for years, works great. Have a great garden this year.
Major wisdom on the wet spring/dry spring part of your lecture. So true.
Thanks Jack!
There it is. at 18:50+ mark. No pre-plant fertilizer on Okra. Might try fermenting/pickling some this year. They are nice to snack on, but get rubbery after 5 days. Wonder if it's the hot humid stressful weather in the South that make Okra so popular there, since they apparently still do well in that. They seem pretty easy to grow. low/no maintenance.
It's one of the few things we can grow in August and September down here. That and sweet potatoes.
Growing jambalaya and red burgundy this year can't wait for harvest
You should watch his videos on Jambalaya.
Same two I'm growing, and another red one, cant remember the name off the top of my head.
Travis you scored another 100!
Thanks!
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Thanks so much!
You are lucky. We got no rain here on the SE N. Carolina coast from that cold front.
Maybe you'll get some soon. The rain we got didn't last long.
I struggle with thinning. I bought the Jambalaya seeds from you all. Direct seed in couple of days. Excited to watch them grow. Last year I harvested every day and had no trouble giving it all away.
I am a container gardener. I have trouble moving away from Clemson Spineless.
That's definitely the most popular variety out there.
here in southeast Ok. I've tried several varieties of Okree, including Texas hill country and longhorn. And yes I ordered some of that jambalya from hoss. but here where we have high humidity and scorching summers(104 degrees here today, in the shade) the old Clemson spineless cannot be beat for production. I picked a 5 gallon bucket off my 95 ft. row yesterday all 3 to 4 inch pods picking every other day. 18" plant spacing, no pruning. the only kind that ever came close to the production was red burgundy. That jambalya couldn't hang, it probably made as many pods as the clemson but they would get tough at about 3" and it will itch the far out of you pickin it.
Yeah that Jambalaya is some itchy stuff!
Amen on this dry spring, garden is doing amazing! Growing jambalaya again no water no fertilizer.
Nice!
We are lucky here in South Alabama. Our Temps have been going up but not by more than 4° in a week. Monday started at 86 supposed to be 90 by Sunday
We're cooler this week, but gonna get hot again next week.
Growing Heavy Hitter again this year.. likin’em
I’m excited okra this year bakercreek has two aftican varieties that has cool looking pods and supposed to be really productive
Definitely keep us updated on how they do for you.
Thank you for the tip on not fertilizing Okra. I have wondered why mine always take so long to produce. Pods.
Glad it was helpful!
I planted that same dwarf okree this year first the first time. I'm trying a few in large pots as well as one row in my small garden. I hope they do well because I'm tired of skyscraper okra plants.
Sounds it may be the perfect variety for you.
I grew the Alabama Red and picked them young- really enjoyed that. Great for frying and even baking.
Those shorter pods are good for frying.
Trying Emerald Green Velet okra this year.
I enjoyed that! I have to wait until June 10th before I sow my Okree up here in the Toronto area, I can hardly wait! This is my first attempt at okree since I was a kid. I’m growing Clemson Spineless, my choices in the seed catalogue I use were Clemson Spineless or Clemson Spineless😂.
Klaus
Clemson Spineless is the most popular variety among backyard gardeners and has been for a long time. Once you get the hang of growing it, you'll surely want to go down the heirloom okree rabbit hole.
Excellent okree info.
Will be watching your channel for the Ruiz variety, as well as when you are able to ship figs to Washington state. 😁. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 5/10/2022.
Awesome thank you!
Love this video. I haven’t grown okra but I think if I have room I’ll give it a try. I like eating this vegetable. Thanks for the information on growing. 😃👍🏻
I was hoping you would try the okanawan pink okra, you had one plant last year... I have some seed but I can't direct sow it till june here in east Tennessee mountains... It's at your own peril here in the mountains to try to grow okra too early... Great show...
It was okay, but that not much different than Red Burgundy IMO. A good variety though.
I have Silver Queen (ordered from Hoss👍) and Red Burgandy this year. After listening to your fert method for okra or okree, looks like I'm gonna have some beautiful plants but not much production. They're in some pretty rich soil. Thanks for another great video. Always a ton of useful info.
They'll eventually burn through those nutrients and start producing, but might take a little bit.
What bank did your loan for seed from Hoss? 😂🇺🇸
I know you stay super busy, but what a blessing you would be as the 4-H county agent, or I guess agriculture FFA dude. Maybe when you get older, that might call to you, in 25-30 years. You’re a great communicator…
Thanks Mousie. No telling what I might get into in 25-30 years.
I should of watched this video exactly one hour ago! I just fertilized my Okra! Damn! Lol
Haha. It'll be okay. Once they burn through that fertilizer, they'll start producing like they should.
I grow cow horn & I prune the laterals. But it does grow to about 7’…slowly👍
I hear ya on the dry spring! It's been almost too dry here! Last year my potatoes were almost dead by now(still had a great harvest). Where I live(coastal region nc) it takes a bad drought for me to have to water due to the moisture bank in the soil. We're currently dealing with a 4 plus day nor'Easter.
Where are you in NC? I'm in Wilmington, NC.
@@parsonroy Gloucester, Carteret county
@@parsonroy I grew up just outside of Wilmington. I'm in coastal SC now. It's been super dry here (and chilly).
Speaking of okra, I need to plant mine.. cowhorn and Clemson spineless..✌🏻
How about the variety “Motherland” sold by Bakercreek. The proceeds support Comfort Farms that does amazing work with vets.
Haven't tried that one, but sounds like a fun one to give a try.
I live in West Central Florida, about a mile from the gulf and out native soil is white, it’s pure sand. Even with the intense heat and very sandy soil, I’ve found they running my drip for 5-10 mins every day or every other day gets my plants by fine.
Interesting. Your drip must output much more water than ours does.
@@LazyDogFarm I actually use the Irritec drip tape you just found. Pretty much the same setup as you all around, pressure regulator/filter, etc, albeit on a much smaller scale.
That is a great book, The Whole Okra. I love the recipes, I made a lot of okra salad, okra frittatas, roasted okra and gumbo last year.
My favorite varieties from last year, Texas Hill Country, Okinawa Pink and Red Burgundy. The Gold Coast produced well but the pods got tough fast if they weren't picked early (3" max).
This heat has crippled my taters !! Looks like an early harvest !
Interesting, the Cowhorn" okree" that that I planted is struggling in this Texas heat , but the one plant that butted up to the onion row is maybe 10 times larger and from what you said it's the fertilizer that I aggressively applied too the onions over winter that makes for that Big Boy on the end of the row , Thank You for the advice and yes I just did give the other plants a shot of agro Thrive General purpose they really look weak and have had some bug pressure to boot !
Never have thinned peas even if they come up way to thick but do space rows 4 ft apart always make good
Yeah I don't think English peas. Seems like there's no such thing as planting them too thick.
I grew the Eagle Pass okra last year because I got it from Native Seed Search, and I figured if it grew well in Arizona’s climate it might do good in South Louisiana. It did do well and I liked it very much. HOWEVER… lol, you don’t seem to like the squatty pod varieties (or maybe that was Brooklyn) and this variety is definitely along the same lines as the Alabama Red. I harvested them at 3-3 1/2”; after that they got tough. But it’s a beautiful plant and I enjoyed growing them.
Good to know about the Eagle Pass. I'm usually not a fan of the short, stubby okree varieties, but we'll see how we like this one.
I've planted Red Burgundy, Jambalaya, and my old faithful, Clemson Spineless. Will see what does the best this year. Guess I'll be donning a long-sleeve shirt before harvesting that Jambalaya! Itching isn't fun...
For sure make sure you wear long sleeves!
Glad you did this video cause this is my first year growing okra and I would have fertilized them! Growing Heavy Hitter and Alabama Red so hopefully they do good and taste good!!
Heavy hitter is a more bushy variant of Clemson Spineless from what I remember. Alabama Red will get really tall really quick if you prune it as it grows, so keep that in mind.
@@LazyDogFarm is the bushy varieties less productive? It did say anything on either pack about the growth habits except their productivity, had I known it was a bush variety I would have opted for something else cause my thinking was I could plant a different crop under them as they got tall. Something that could be shaded and not have to have much water. Definitely have to remember that about the bama red cause I’m not very tall and doesn’t take long before I start to need a ladder 😂 but I may let one go to see how tall it can get as the world record was set last year after a hiatus. A woman from Oklahoma found out the world record was 10’ 5” and when she found that out hers was already 13’ 6”, days it surpassed 14’ but no word on its final height but you know I gotta try it once 😂!
@@heavenlyhillshomestead9465 The bushy varieties should be more productive for the height because you have more lateral limbs that are producing pods. I don't care much for the harvesting of the bushy types because I don't like fighting through the foliage to get the pods. I'd rather them just be on top of the plant.
@@LazyDogFarm oh so it’s more like picking green beans in a way cause you have to look for them and then get them out through all the foliage. I can see where that’d be a bit tiring 😂I think I’d rather pick from the top as well!
Deer ate almost all my okree seedlings.
Oh no! I hear they love okree, but we fortunately don't have deer near our gardens.
Great info on the watering, that's one of the main "need to know" parts of growing I struggle with as a new gardener. Only thing for me is I have some of each plant in one garden that you have in separate plots, my squash, tomatoes, peas, and corn, but not next year, got two more plots in the works now! This year I'll be planting some of that jambalaya orkee, still not for a few weeks though going to transplant them same time I put in my sweet potatoes.
I think you'll thoroughly enjoy having multiple plots in the future, but it sounds like you're making the best of what you have right now.
I live 100% off rain water so irrigating is not really possible. I do a lot of mulching and hand watering specific plants. Having gobs of organic material in the soil helps a lot too.
My favorite is Clemson spineless. You have me curious about those you have planted. I will be watching closely to see how yours grow and taste.
We'll definitely be sure to provide updates on the ones we like and don't like.
You plant spacing must be a big benefit in you soil and especially in drought conditions. Proof your best tool is experience and observation.
Question: if you were in heavier clay soil, would you use the spacing between your plants?
Cheers from Victoria Canada
We used to plant things a lot closer when we were growing to sell. But now we give ourselves a little more space so the kids can be involved without worrying of trampling stuff. Also, it's more camera friendly to have things separated so we can show the differences in varieties when we do trials.
It seems like this is the longest we have been without rain this spring. A couple of local stores flooded Thursday from a storm coming through and a tornado north of us. We may have a whole week with no rain. My yard needs to dry out so I can mow by the pond. I would rather water than the yard staying soggy (Texas clay soil).
Heard that. Last year we had a stretch of rain almost every day for a month or so. I got tired of cutting the grass 2-3x a week.
How do you keep the deer, rabbits and groundhogs out of your garden plots there? Thanks 😊👍
We don't have groundhogs down here. We do get rabbits on occasion, and those get a 12 gauge if they start eating the garden. We have lots of deer in our area, but our property is surrounded by hundreds of acres of open fields. So the deer tend to stay away from the garden.
The sliver queen would light me up. Have you grown Heavy Hitter if so how did it do for you?
If silver queen lights you up, that Jambalaya would have you on fire. I have not grown Heavy Hitter, but I've seen it grown and wasn't overly impressed. It's basically just a bushy version of Clemson Spineless. Nothing wrong with that, but nothing remarkable either.
@@LazyDogFarm With the silver queen was not so much the plant but the stems on the pods would put spines in my hands when picking pods. I like Clemson Spineless, 16 plants usually produces enough okree for me. I read that Heavy Hitter originated from a Clemson Spineless plant so that makes since. I love the Jing Orange, Red Burgundy, and new ones for me will be Ruiz, Heavy Hitter and Okinawa pink.
We were somewhat dry this spring too, then 2 weeks ago it started raining. In 10 days we got 9 3/4 inches total, torrential downpours. my corn went from knee high to 6 ft in that time. everything else has grown like crazy too. My garden has quickly turned into a jungle. LOL.
I won't plant okra until my corn is done. I sacrificed garden space to grow corn this year, so squash and cucumbers will also go in after the corn is finished. Or, I may wait and do those 2 in the fall.
I have a hard time thinning things. Usually I plant fewer seeds to avoid thinning.
Wow! That's a heap of rain in just 10 days. I bet the corn was loving it though!
Been really lucky with 3-4hrs on the drip tape every 3 days. May change up when the heat really hits. Middle to upper 80's but we hit the mid 90's also last week. Your garden looking awesome as usual ☺️
3-4 hours every 3 days is probably close to the equivalent of 1-2 hours every other day. Good plan.
I look forward to your video's each week! Your further south so your a few weeks ahead in the growing season! My go to Okra is "Red Burgundy" & "Clemson Spineless" . I've got that red /green mix going! Both are Heirloom, so i can save the seeds. Red Burgundy Seems to stay more tender than the Clemson.But Both are good producers.
Burgundy definitely stays tender longer. The heat has something to do with that too. If soils are moist, sometimes they'll stay tender close to 10-11" long.
Thank u
Hey Travis! I’m fully moved into the new homestead here @ Happy Camper Homestead. I missed your fig trees this year because I hadn’t figured on the beginning stages of renovating the mobile home on the property. It was too good to be true. I was thinking that I was going to be tearing it down. It’s taken all of my savings and not nearly ready to move into. Slowly, slowly they say!! I’ve got my drip irrigation system installed. Can you recommend a fertilizer injector? I have learned so much from you and I appreciate your efforts to help educate us. Happy growing from NC!!
I like this one: aff.dripdepot.com/aff/idevaffiliate.php?id=364&url=265
Hmmm...I always fertilize my okree because I'm growing in containers. Never had issues with production. But I still have more to transplant outside, so I could do a trial and see what would happen if I don't. This year I"m only growing Baby Bubba hybrid okree...it only gets to about a foot tall and it cranks out the okree like nobody's business! I'll let ya know how my 2nd sowing fares without the worm castings and Dr Earth's 4-6-3 granular ferts I normally use... 👍🏾👍🏾
Sounds good. Please do share those results if they are conclusive.
Never heard it called okree before! ☺
A lot of the "old timers" around here pronounce it that way. I like the way it sounds, so we stuck with it. lol
Ya, I like it! 😁
It was way to hot last week! In the summer I would like to live in Alaska. The heat wouldn't be so bad if the humidity was low, but high humidity makes it unbearable. I got a red tater today that was the size of your baseball onions, making garlic mashed taters from the one bucket I dug today
Nice that you're already getting taters! I visited Portland, Maine one summer and the weather was wonderful. That August humidity will drain you.
Trav, have you tried Louisiana Velvet, and if so, what did you think?
I have. It's a great variety.
We're going to have record high this week in ark go garden go
Grow, grow, grow!
Do you guys do any video sponsorships? Or would you be willing to review our metal raised beds?
We don't do "sponsored" videos, but we do partner with companies whose products we enjoy and use frequently in our gardens. That's a much better deal for the companies with whom we partner because they get repeated exposure as opposed to just a single sponsored video. Send us an email to lazydogfarmyt@gmail.com and we can discuss more.
Hey Travis, like always great video. What’s your thoughts on installing underground water mains to each plot and having sprinkler valves and timers to help you with your automatic watering. I think it would be cool to see your design on a watering system, with maybe a built in fertilizer siphon valve. Just a thought, something new for a change. I know all that stuff is expensive and may not work for your type of environment. Ok take care and garden on
My dad did that in his garden with pipe risers at every plot and he wishes he didn't. They end up getting in the way when trying to mow, till, etc.
Man i want to get into some okree, but I fear it doesnt get hot enough. I threw some seeds down anyways :)
Always worth a shot!
I'm growing Jing, Louisiana 16", and Stewart zeebest. I'm most hopeful for the Stewart variety. I noticed it needs lot more heat to germinate. The Louisiana 16" long okra is supposed to be tender at long lengths but I let the first one get around 8 inches long and it was not edible raw. So 16 inch my foot. I also hear that Stewart zeebest is tender at long lengths. I'm looking forward to see how mine compare to the the ones grown by TDog master Gardner. I hope u share how to freeze them properly
@@tinaslouisianakitchen8963 thanks Tina. So are you saying rinse it again after it comes out of the freezer? To fry them, do you dip it in egg then cornmeal?
Thanks for sharing that about the Stewart's Zeebest. Ours didn't germinate well at all and I think we only had one or two transplants of that variety. Could have been that I had turned off the heat mats in the greenhouse at that point.
@@LazyDogFarm I gave up on mine after 2 weeks and I put them outside to see if any would come up. It got hot last week here, into the upper 90s. And now I have 6 that sprouted. So if they are in the tray crank up the heat and see what happens.
Hey I noticed when you stretched your drip tape out looks like you wore put the water to it to swell it up so when you cover it up you won’t have a kink is that what I’m fixing to run into
I'd definitely recommend turning on the water prior to covering the tape. Expanding the tape makes it much easier to bury in a straight line.
Travis. Potato bugs are eating the leaves like crazy. Mushing as many as possible but I need to spray. What would u use?
John... Azera is OMRI listed and is labeled for use on the Colorado Potato Beetle. That's the only organic spray I know of for that pest.
What Mark said about the Azera. Also, you should grow a mustard cover crop where you plant on putting potatoes next year. That will do wonders for your pest pressure. Gotta till it into the soil for it to work though.
Hey Trav, what's the easiest way to fix a drip tape line blowout that's buried under an established tomato plant? Do I just have to pull the plant and trash it to make the line repair or do you know a trick or two?
It might be easiest to cut the drip line on both sides on the plant and use two couplings to splice in a new piece of line to sit on top of or beside the plant. You could then pull soil on top of the spliced line.
@@LazyDogFarm Thanks, I will give that a try.
I grow Clemson spineless. Should I not pre fertilize them?
I wouldn't.
on soil that drains too quickly, please try to amend with zeolite, even a small patch. you should literally see the topsoil retain moisture much longer, rather than draining away.
Thanks for the tip Chris.
I need help with watering what drip tape do you use? We are using a 500 gallon tank. No pump.
I use the P1 tape from Drip Depot. But I'm pretty sure it won't work just on gravity feed alone.
I must be a vegetable as today I'm suffering. It sprinkled/rained a bit and the temp is currently 56F (5pm). I had to find a blanket to crawl under. Going to be 95F next Sunday. Does the neighbor's house across the road have a roof issue? If so, I hope they can get it fixed.
That house has been abandoned for several years now. Hurricane Michael did a number on it. Then the folks that lived in there had to move because it got moisture and mold in the house. It's needs to be demolished, but they won't for some reason. I've tried to buy that little 2 acres many times with no luck.
@@LazyDogFarm That's sad. I hope they didn't get sick prior to moving out.
@@mutantryeff That's actually how they found out. They had an infant that was sick, went to the hospital and they found mold in their lungs. Sad story.
Can you prune oakra to bush?
I would say don't prune it if you want it bushy, although you can cut the top out of it when it gets 4-5' tall and that will make it more bushy too.
I’m trying okra, errrr…okree, for the first time this year. Not sure how well it will grow in PA. Any idea what night time temperatures need to be for okra?
It might grow slow for the first little bit, but it will take off once summer arrives.
Okry . . . is that the snot-filled bean thingy?
Last year was a mess for okra here… I mean it would come on and go woody. Tough hardly worth messenger with, broke my heart I love okra
It will do that if conditions are hot and dry.
What is the gph on your emitters?
.25 GPH per 100 ft of tape, so 0.025 GPH per each emitter.
@@LazyDogFarm Thanks!
I am not an okree fan at all. I offered to grow some for my daughter, but she declined the offer. Maybe next year. I about to get the lettuce potatoes and English peas out to make room for summer squash, zucchini, cucumbers, cantaloupeand green beans. Going to be a busy week. Looking at your squash, I am way behind...
You have to try different ways to cook okree. There are so many options.
I prefer a dryer spring for my squash and cukes sake. I have trialed Clemson spineless, Burgundy and Jambalaya. I'm over the Jambalaya fiberglass shards in my arms! I went back to Clemson spineless this year. I am late transplanting too. Had covid for 3 wks in April. Just getting back to life good again.
That's a great analogy. It does feel like fiberglass shards in your arms. Good to hear your'e doing better.
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Travis, just curious but based on your 2 hour watering of the 'maters and eggplant, how much do you figure each drip emitter in the tape is putting out?
I have a above ground drip system that is on dripline (1/4" line with in line emitters) instead of tape. I'm just trying to compare your program to what I'm doing which is 15 minutes on a automated timer at 5am, 1/2gph emitters every 6". I'm slowly converting the original 6" on center dripline to individual pressure compensated drippers at the base of each of my larger plants to conserve even more water (still using 1/2gph PC emitters which for 15 minutes works out to be 2 cups of water directly at each plant). The dripline will still be used for corn, beans, and more cluster/group plantings. Of course my garden is way smaller than yours (four 3'x20' beds and a number of 17gallon wicking tubs).
The tape we use has an output of .25 gallons per hour per 100 ft. of tape. Given that the emitters are 1' apart along the tape, each emitter would have an output of 0.025 GPH. So it basically takes us 100 minutes to give .25 gallons of water to each plant on an emitter.
@@LazyDogFarm Thanks, now I understand why you water for hours where I do minutes at a time - huge difference in flows!
I would rather have it somewhat dry early in the season and come on wet after the crop gets well established. Corn growing in a dry sandy soil puts on a better root system than corn grown in a wet clay soil.
For sure!
God as my witness, he is 1000% percent correct about Jambalaya Okra... I would not, no matter how how it is, even walk past that stuff without a long sleeve heavy shirt on... it will drive you insane, it's just crazy how horrible it is... unfortunately I have a couple lbs of seed yet... so I'm still growing it. Picked my first pods today... off plants are are not even 12 inches tall. Insane variety of Okra... but you can feed your family all the Okra they want to eat off one 35ft row. Assuming that seed keeps well, I have a lifetime supply at my age.
I vividly recall being in the shower scrubbing my skin until it was raw just to try and stop it from itching and burning. lol
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Are you on a well?
Yes
That mustache reminds me of a French detective. 🤓
Inspector Clouseau?
@@markware4933 wee wee! 😜
Watch your plants. Pay attention to them. They will tell you if they need water.
Yes. Squash make great indicator plants because they're usually the first thing to start wilting when stressed.
It might be the easiest to grow, but oh my gosh that stuff is NASTY.
You haven't had it cooked right! lol
"George Bush Longhorn Okra"? When the marketing people are appealing to politics and college football to induce customers to buy, what does that suggest about the plant? Oh, wait. "Dwarf Bush". Almost the same thing, but I guess that's more descriptive of the plant.
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Hah! Did "dwarf" sound like "George?" Dang southern accent!