This Dwarf Cowhorn Okra is a great variety if you don’t want to have to pick your okra plants every other day. The pods stay tender at longer lengths and will not get tough after just a few days. Join us as we put some of these Dwarf Cowhorn Okra transplants in the ground and fill some space in our no-till garden.
We’ll also be succession planting more squash and zucchini in our no-till garden. We’ll tell you why it’s important to remove older squash plants and plant new ones, to help with any future disease or pest issues.
GET DWARF COWHORN OKRA SEEDS HERE: https://lazydogfarm.com/products/dwarf-cowhorn-okra-seed
0:00 Intro
0:30 Available Planting Space in Our No-Till Plot
0:57 Adding Drip Tape Before Planting
1:41 Why Do We Need to Plant More Squash?
3:21 Our Favorite Zucchini Variety
4:44 Direct Seeding Squash and Zucchini
5:54 Turmeric Pre-Sprouting Update
6:35 Growing Okra Transplants for Spring
9:59 Planting Okra Transplants on Drip Tape
11:03 Why Is This Variety Perfect for Us?
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34 Comments
Okra is a four-letter word if my math is correct.
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My dwarf okra seeds will be here tomorrow. I am very excited about trying it. Thanks for the info on adding bleach to the water to soak overnite. I will be doing that.
Thank you for this. I love me some Okra! New to growing it. It’s now a favorite!
Blessings!
Thanks! Great germination tip for okree 🌱
Do you not have issues with your squash and zucchini cross-pollinating? I have had that happen and so try to separate them.
I have never liked okra and give you credit for growing and eating the slimy things.
I cooked some tomatoes and okra tonight it was yummy
From webMD: Okra is rich in vitamins A and C, as well as antioxidants that help reduce the risk of serious health conditions like cancer, diabetes, stroke, and heart disease.
Okra is also a good source of:
Magnesium
Folate
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Vitamin K
Vitamin B6
With your background in biology and your natural curiosity, I will again encourage you to try crossbreeding the Ruiz Okree with the Dwarf Cowhorn cultivar. Both are OP heirlooms and okree being self-pollinating, the project should be very do-able. Gardening fame and horticultural gratitude await your stable Lazy Dog okree cross.
Do you ever transplant squash and zucchini? Or cucumbers?
Really happy with the dwarf bush cowhorn. decent production. pods tender at surprisingly longer length. Good flavor light on the slime. Low growth habit worked well planted out in front of my taller okra varieties.
My turmeric sprouted closed up in a paper bag in the garage. Good video Travis.
If you want to sacrifice some of them onion tops to use as mulch around your squash plants it should keep the squash bugs away, at least so far it is with mine. Had the bugs,/eggs, put the onion tops in the buckets now no more squash bugs.
So I planted my okree on May 3 but it is still only about 4 inches tall. I am in 7b and wondering why it’s not taking off like the rest of my garden?
Planted my okra a week ago and got 100% germination rate!! im very excited for this growing season…. Love you videos very informative!!!!
Hey, keep doing okra. I love it. Beats bending over for f'en beans. Might try to get a 3rd variety here. We just have Clemson Spineless and Burgundy on our seed racks. Did like the fact that burgundy was more forgiving before turning to wood. Your dad just did an homage to your grandma on fried okra. I'm good with that. Though fermenting them seen novel for trying with pickles as well.
That turmeric is next on the list. Not sure if I can fit it in this year yet.
Plus what the point of Zuchinni? Can you just grow it for chickens or hogs? What is the value in it outside everyone on the planet can grow it huge? I guess if you have soy sauce, rice, and need to feed a family – at least they had rice to eat.
– Just asking.
For me, okra is one of those plants that either comes up quickly, or doesn't, without any special treatments. This year my okra came up in 4-5 days with no treatment. Germination rate in that time? No idea. I save seeds so I have far more seeds than I need. I sow thick and thin later. Direct sowing. To be honest, I think your transplants look rather tall and leggy compared to directly sown plants.
I fry up some okra every couple of days when it's in season, but I'm only cooking for me so the idea of trying to get more okra per plant seems a little over the top. That may be different for feeding an entire family.
Travis I have these weird red and black stink bug looking things input in healthy nematodes so don't want to put down diatomaceous earth??? What can I do ?
Yeah my okra looks so pitiful. Been real slow to take off but I did direct seed. Some reason I have had a hard time getting any real production with my okra.
Hey Travis, in past years I have had some issues with growing Okree in starting trays because they seem to have a long little tap root that snaps easily… if so it seemed to slow them down a bunch. But I see nice root balls there, any particular reason for that? (this year mine are growing in red solo cups with no drain hole and protected from too much water as an experiment)
Using bleach sounds harsh, I use 3% Hydrogen Peroxide and it works wonders especially for bigger seeds like zucchini.
I’ve been wondering if okra can be interplanted with watermelon. I’m putting in a few watermelon plants to run on the ground and was thinking maybe I could put in a few okra plants among the watermelons. Any thoughts?
GET DWARF COWHORN OKRA SEEDS HERE: https://lazydogfarm.com/products/dwarf-cowhorn-okra-seed
0:00 Intro
0:30 Available Planting Space in Our No-Till Plot
0:57 Adding Drip Tape Before Planting
1:41 Why Do We Need to Plant More Squash?
3:21 Our Favorite Zucchini Variety
4:44 Direct Seeding Squash and Zucchini
5:54 Turmeric Pre-Sprouting Update
6:35 Growing Okra Transplants for Spring
9:59 Planting Okra Transplants on Drip Tape
11:03 Why Is This Variety Perfect for Us?
Love your videos man. 1 question for you if you don't mind. What's the advantage of the drip lines versus running a sprinkler system. We are new to the gardening scene and trying to learn all we can here in north FL
Travis, our highs are good for okra but the lows are in the 60's. Is that ok? Zone 6b. I have Jambalaya seeds from you all and this is the first time. I live in KS and my friends love it. So I'm real excited to see how they grow. However I do plant the seeds closer than I should. Vicky
Growing up, when the okra would start putting on leaves and fruit, my grandmother (granny) would get a switch and whip it, shredding most of the leaves. Within a few days, the fruit started coming in fast.
CajunB and I already picked 4- 5 gallon buckets and they are only 14 inch tall right now.
I started okra, only second time. They all germinated.
Good info on this Dwarf Cowhorn Okree – my seeds took forever to germinate in controlled conditions but they all sprouted eventually. I’ll need to remember to soak in dilute bleach as suggested in the future.
much love
Love your videos. We are starting plots and would like to know what brand tiller you use and how you like it.
Just direct sowed some Clempsin Spineless ( sorry Travis) the other day. I dont really like okra in general but the wife and MIL love it so I gotta do what i gotta do.
Great video and awesome channel!
I like the florida weave for the pepper plants