JimWWhite
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My Dad taught me this trick and I've always had good luck with okra. But not this year. I think my okra 'box' is just too wet and that's why it failed.
It's my understanding that the freezing of the okra seeds makes them open up faster once they're in the ground. The other thing he always told me was to wait until after June 1st and plant okra at dusk and then walk over the bed to pack it down. He said okra likes the heat and it likes to sleep tight. So that's what I do.
A few years ago when my granddaughters Halie and Olivia were here they were helping me plant the garden. I brought out the ice trays with the cubes and you could see the two seeds in each one. I had them drop them in the holes I'd poked with the end of a hoe handle and then covered them up. When they asked what they were planting I told them we were planting okra ice cream. You should have seen their faces when I told 'em that. Ewwwww!!! They went. Okra ice cream!!! Yukkk... I think that was the last really good crop I was able to make. Next year I'll do it differently and build a real box and fill it up with garden mix and plant it like everything else.
It's my understanding that the freezing of the okra seeds makes them open up faster once they're in the ground. The other thing he always told me was to wait until after June 1st and plant okra at dusk and then walk over the bed to pack it down. He said okra likes the heat and it likes to sleep tight. So that's what I do.
A few years ago when my granddaughters Halie and Olivia were here they were helping me plant the garden. I brought out the ice trays with the cubes and you could see the two seeds in each one. I had them drop them in the holes I'd poked with the end of a hoe handle and then covered them up. When they asked what they were planting I told them we were planting okra ice cream. You should have seen their faces when I told 'em that. Ewwwww!!! They went. Okra ice cream!!! Yukkk... I think that was the last really good crop I was able to make. Next year I'll do it differently and build a real box and fill it up with garden mix and plant it like everything else.