Comments on: Monstrous Okra Sighted in Mississippi Garden 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, 03 Feb 2012 18:33:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Hanume Gowda http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-257265 Hanume Gowda Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:28:04 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-257265 I am highly interested in tall okra plant, I need okra seeds of those tall plants, Please send to following address Hanumegowda Koligere At Post Doddaballapur Taluk Bangalore Rural-561204 I am highly interested in tall okra plant, I need okra seeds of those tall plants, Please send to following address

Hanumegowda
Koligere At Post
Doddaballapur Taluk
Bangalore Rural-561204

]]> By: Matt http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-207108 Matt Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:16:46 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-207108 I planted red heirloom okra this summer from seed and they reached ~4-5 feet. There was a stowaway in the seed pack and a green tree grew. This green okra is 10 feet tall, easy. Like you I pick the pods everyday. I still have the trees and they are still producing. I have a feeling they will die in the winter but, until then I keep picking and pickling these suckers. The red okra gets harder faster so do not let them get too big. I did let some pods grow all the way so I would have seeds for next year. I love my okra trees! I planted red heirloom okra this summer from seed and they reached ~4-5 feet. There was a stowaway in the seed pack and a green tree grew. This green okra is 10 feet tall, easy. Like you I pick the pods everyday. I still have the trees and they are still producing. I have a feeling they will die in the winter but, until then I keep picking and pickling these suckers. The red okra gets harder faster so do not let them get too big. I did let some pods grow all the way so I would have seeds for next year. I love my okra trees!

]]> By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-204768 Kenny Point Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:25:22 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-204768 There are so many different varieties of okra that fit your description... I really couldn't guess which one you are growing. Only suggestion is to harvest the pods when they are smaller and before they get woody if you plan to use them in the kitchen, if you want them for seed let them get larger and dry out before you pick them. There are so many different varieties of okra that fit your description… I really couldn’t guess which one you are growing. Only suggestion is to harvest the pods when they are smaller and before they get woody if you plan to use them in the kitchen, if you want them for seed let them get larger and dry out before you pick them.

]]> By: HR http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-204574 HR Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:38:11 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-204574 I planted 2 very tiny okra plants in April...I didn't think they would to anyhting. They are over 8 feet tall & I harvest the small pods each day. When they get real big, they are tough & woody. And...they are multiplying. What 's the name for this okra? The heat has been so intense here this summer... Savannah, GA. & they have survived & are still producing each day. When the season is done, I will dry out some pods & use next year. Any other suggestions? I planted 2 very tiny okra plants in April…I didn’t think they would to anyhting. They are over 8 feet tall & I harvest the small pods each day. When they get real big, they are tough & woody. And…they are multiplying. What ‘s the name for this okra?

The heat has been so intense here this summer… Savannah, GA. & they have survived & are still producing each day.

When the season is done, I will dry out some pods & use next year.

Any other suggestions?

]]> By: chandra shekar rao http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-197579 chandra shekar rao Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:13:41 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-197579 Pl send the gaint okra seeds to following address Chandra shekar rao Room No 1022 / 2 Near yelhanka new town busstand behind LEVIS showroom Yelhanka new town Bangalore 650065 Pl send the gaint okra seeds to following address
Chandra shekar rao
Room No 1022 / 2
Near yelhanka new town busstand
behind LEVIS showroom
Yelhanka new town
Bangalore
650065

]]> By: Gwenevere N. Pace http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-194908 Gwenevere N. Pace Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:30:39 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-194908 I have grown okra the height referenced in many of the posts above over the past several years. My brother accused me of over fertilizing...I told him I am a pretty good gardner and assured him I did not and do not (he was out done at the height and the production of the okra). I usually, do not have to plant okra from year to year...just shell out some of the dry seeds in pavers along my patio, or leave some okra at the end of the season to dry and pop open and seed where they want. The next summer let them grow where they are or move them to where you want them once they get up a few inches...I have more okra than I know what to do with this year (2011) from the self-reseeding that my okra and the grandkids did the previous year. Okra in my backyard does not require any fertilization just water and I am getting a bumper crop...I do occassionally scoop my dishwater out in a pail and put it on my tomatoes and okra...loosen the soil around tomatoes ever once in a while and they grow, grow, grow...mind you I have 4 small grandkids and there are traces of milk, juice, crumbs, vegetables juices and particles that get in the water even after the cups and dishes are scraped out...so dishwater fertilizer I suppose. I have grown okra the height referenced in many of the posts above over the past several years. My brother accused me of over fertilizing…I told him I am a pretty good gardner and assured him I did not and do not (he was out done at the height and the production of the okra). I usually, do not have to plant okra from year to year…just shell out some of the dry seeds in pavers along my patio, or leave some okra at the end of the season to dry and pop open and seed where they want. The next summer let them grow where they are or move them to where you want them once they get up a few inches…I have more okra than I know what to do with this year (2011) from the self-reseeding that my okra and the grandkids did the previous year. Okra in my backyard does not require any fertilization just water and I am getting a bumper crop…I do occassionally scoop my dishwater out in a pail and put it on my tomatoes and okra…loosen the soil around tomatoes ever once in a while and they grow, grow, grow…mind you I have 4 small grandkids and there are traces of milk, juice, crumbs, vegetables juices and particles that get in the water even after the cups and dishes are scraped out…so dishwater fertilizer I suppose.

]]> By: Sunnysak http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-186125 Sunnysak Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:41:12 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-186125 Yes, I do grow long monstrous Okra in my back-yard and I am not sure what is the reason they are growing so big. this is the 3rd year ( plant is still growing..) here are some links to the picrures of the okras. The plant itself reached about 14 ft. last year. http://www.imagebam.com/image/e6663248215996 http://www.imagebam.com/image/e6f38048215997 http://www.imagebam.com/image/6f1d8548215999 Not sure mine is a record. just thought I'll share. if someone wants to talk about this.. please free feel to send me an email sunnysak at lycos com thanks Yes, I do grow long monstrous Okra in my back-yard and I am not sure what is the reason they are growing so big. this is the 3rd year ( plant is still growing..) here are some links to the picrures of the okras. The plant itself reached about 14 ft. last year.

http://www.imagebam.com/image/e6663248215996
http://www.imagebam.com/image/e6f38048215997
http://www.imagebam.com/image/6f1d8548215999

Not sure mine is a record. just thought I’ll share. if someone wants to talk about this.. please free feel to send me an email sunnysak at lycos
com
thanks

]]> By: Futile » Blog Archive » pictures of okra plant http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-167018 Futile » Blog Archive » pictures of okra plant Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:46:22 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/monstrous-okra-sighted-in-mississippi-garden/#comment-167018 [...] Monstrous Okra Sighted in Mississippi Garden — Veggie Gardening Tips Sep 18, 2007 … Terry was kind enough to share a few photos of this whopper of an okra plant and I found myself just … [...] [...] Monstrous Okra Sighted in Mississippi Garden — Veggie Gardening Tips Sep 18, 2007 … Terry was kind enough to share a few photos of this whopper of an okra plant and I found myself just … [...]

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