Beautiful pods you got, congratulations. I grew okra for the first time last year and they branched off like yours did, apparently that is common? What kind of okra did you grow?
My Mom told me that when she was a little girl her father was taking out the Okra seeds and roast them and then grind them to make a delicious type hot chocolate/coffee type hot drink.
We love okra, but it seems the soil or something is not right. The plants are very short and thin. They do produce pods but not in great numbers. What do you think?
Oh plz don't throw it away unless it's hard..I luv okra and plant about 3-4 plants and every other day I was cutting okra off… I usually wash it up, cut it up and put it in freezer bags it'll last forever. Try making okra gumbo cut it up and fry the slim out and add tomato paste and a little water, add tender chicken gizzards, or drummettes and smoke sausage and shrimp…oh don't forget a pinch of File' serve it over rice it's simply NAWLINS…
 I've heard of priming a okra plant by pulling or cutting off all bottom leaves below the flowering buds, can you make your plant start producing again by doing that?
Keep all your Okra, use the big hard ones after letting then naturally sun dry to a hard brown pod. Grind them up in a blender and use the Okra powder as a soup thickener
I plant 200' of okra (this year I will plant 600'), pick pods, put in freezer bags (not washed).  My wife will take fresh unfrozen okra pods, dip the whole pod in egg and milk mixture, roll in Italian bread crumbs, garlic, salt and pepper, then fries it up. Eat the whole pod and you will go back for more. Take 10 frozen okra pods, put in a pot of 1-2C slow boiling water. Check the tenderness with a fork, when ready, drain water add butter, salt and pepper. Eat the whole pod….no slime
Hi Novajopa31, I have problem with okra plant not producing pods. It has been growing very well flowering every other day. 2 1/2 ft. tall. Good sunshine and well fertilized. You said "split" (I think I hear it correctly) and "had not pick a single okra on this plant". Mine also split, it's between the stalk and the stem after flowering stage. At the most, they stayed on the axil for 2 days and dropped off. Looks hopeless.
How is that particular plant of yours doing now. Hope it is viable now. That would give me some encouragement of keeping it. In fact, I had a few of them. They were all problematic (not producing okra). Some of them perished due to waterlogged. Learned the lesson.
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Beautiful pods you got, congratulations. I grew okra for the first time last year and they branched off like yours did, apparently that is common? What kind of okra did you grow?
Thank you much!
My Mom told me that when she was a little girl her father was taking out the Okra seeds and roast them and then grind them to make a delicious type hot chocolate/coffee type hot drink.
We love okra, but it seems the soil or something is not right. The plants are very short and thin. They do produce pods but not in great numbers. What do you think?
Love okra, just fried some up with green tomatoes the other day. I always plant okra, it will produce all summer and part of the fall, thanks, 🙂
Oh plz don't throw it away unless it's hard..I luv okra and plant about 3-4 plants and every other day I was cutting okra off… I usually wash it up, cut it up and put it in freezer bags it'll last forever. Try making okra gumbo cut it up and fry the slim out and add tomato paste and a little water, add tender chicken gizzards, or drummettes and smoke sausage and shrimp…oh don't forget a pinch of File' serve it over rice it's simply NAWLINS…
Navajopa31 ,just a tip fry the okra down until all the slime comes out,when cooking it in soup .
take the slime and make hair cream out of it okra grows hair
 I've heard of priming a okra plant by pulling or cutting off all bottom leaves below the flowering buds, can you make your plant start producing again by doing that?
Keep all your Okra, use the big hard ones after letting then naturally sun dry to a hard brown pod. Grind them up in a blender and use the Okra powder as a soup thickener
I plant 200' of okra (this year I will plant 600'), pick pods, put in freezer bags (not washed).  My wife will take fresh unfrozen okra pods, dip the whole pod in egg and milk mixture, roll in Italian bread crumbs, garlic, salt and pepper, then fries it up. Eat the whole pod and you will go back for more. Take 10 frozen okra pods, put in a pot of 1-2C slow boiling water. Check the tenderness with a fork, when ready, drain water add butter, salt and pepper. Eat the whole pod….no slime
Hi Novajopa31, I have problem with okra plant not producing pods. It has been growing very well flowering every other day. 2 1/2 ft. tall. Good sunshine and well fertilized. You said "split" (I think I hear it correctly) and "had not pick a single okra on this plant". Mine also split, it's between the stalk and the stem after flowering stage. At the most, they stayed on the axil for 2 days and dropped off. Looks hopeless.
How is that particular plant of yours doing now. Hope it is viable now. That would give me some encouragement of keeping it. In fact, I had a few of them. They were all problematic (not producing okra). Some of them perished due to waterlogged. Learned the lesson.
I just picked my okra today, the vast majority of them were tough and hard. What can I do to prevent this from happening in the future?
don't water okra after the flower. they will grow v fast otherwise and produce less okra. okra must be picked daily for better quality and production
One of great videos I am enjoying. There is so much bullshit on youtube, and this one is NOT. Great honest informative attempt. Please keep it up Sir.
What type of okra plant is that? I have the same ones and am trying to figure out what kind it is.