http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/ Featuring Vegetable Gardening Tips, Organic Growing Techniques, and Unique Plants for the Backyard Gardener Fri, 16 May 2008 04:31:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-59057 Kenny Point Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:43:32 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-59057 Hello Pete, are you positive that those were okra seeds that you planted? I would love to see a photo of that okra tree! :-) Hello Pete, are you positive that those were okra seeds that you planted? I would love to see a photo of that okra tree!

]]> http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-58838 Pete Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:55:18 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-58838 On planting okra, several years ago I planted a hand full of okra seeds in the southwest part of my home. Soon after that many sprouts began to grow. Then they began to fuse together turn into a tree. It is now 15-20 feet tall. It hasn't produced okra yet but it is a good shade tree. On planting okra, several years ago I planted a hand full of okra seeds in the southwest part of my home. Soon after that many sprouts began to grow. Then they began to fuse together turn into a tree. It is now 15-20 feet tall. It hasn’t produced okra yet but it is a good shade tree.

]]> http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-55546 Kenny Point Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:13:22 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-55546 Duff, that is very interesting and I have never heard of that strategy for growing and harvesting okra. It sounds easy enough and like there could very well be something about the technique that spurs additional growth and production. It reminds me a little of the way that some gardeners harvest their Brussels Sprouts. I'll have to remember to try it out on my okra plants this summer. Thanks for the tip! Duff, that is very interesting and I have never heard of that strategy for growing and harvesting okra. It sounds easy enough and like there could very well be something about the technique that spurs additional growth and production. It reminds me a little of the way that some gardeners harvest their Brussels Sprouts. I’ll have to remember to try it out on my okra plants this summer. Thanks for the tip!

]]> http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-55323 Duff Greenwood Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:06:17 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-55323 Someone just forwarded me the post about the giant okra plant in Mississippi, and I thought you would be interested in hearing ofsome of the okra plants my father grew in Southern Louisiana. He heard from an old farmer that when harvesting fruit from the okra plant, one should cut off the okra pod and the leaf just below it. Thinking his leg was being pulled, he tried it on one plant only. That plant thrived, and continued to bear okra for the entire growing season. The plant grew so tall he had to use a long pole with a nail in the end to bend the plant over so he could get to the pods! The next season, he used this technique on all the okra plants, and had some well over ten feet tall, still bearing fruit. Someone just forwarded me the post about the giant okra plant in Mississippi, and I thought you would be interested in hearing ofsome of the okra plants my father grew in Southern Louisiana. He heard from an old farmer that when harvesting fruit from the okra plant, one should cut off the okra pod and the leaf just below it. Thinking his leg was being pulled, he tried it on one plant only. That plant thrived, and continued to bear okra for the entire growing season. The plant grew so tall he had to use a long pole with a nail in the end to bend the plant over so he could get to the pods! The next season, he used this technique on all the okra plants, and had some well over ten feet tall, still bearing fruit.

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