Okra - Page 2

Dabu · #11 07-04-2008, 09:04 AM

On the overcast afternoon of July 3rd, it came time to harvest my first two okras, even though I kinda wish I woulda kept them on the plant longer. Enjoy!

June 29, 2008

July 3, 2008

<--- Okra plant, post-harvest!

I will put captions on later. For now I'm just trying to get this updated!

Dabu · #12 10-27-2008, 03:48 PM

I will actually get some pictures of the seed pods up ASAP! Successful grow!

smartsoverambition · #13 10-27-2008, 07:02 PM

mice man good 4 u my mom (she's nigerian) loves to make soup with them, just wouldn't be the same without them!

tusseltussel · #14 10-27-2008, 07:42 PM

nice okra...... i dont eat the stuff but i did grow an acre of the stuff this year and you gotta get out their every other day and pick em or they get too big. you jjust leave em on their at the end of the season let em get big and dry out they get like brown and white then save them seeds for next year. i was gettin $2.00 a pound for it all summer, not bad, lot of ppl buy it at the farmers markets

smartsoverambition · #15 10-27-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by tusseltussel

nice okra...... i dont eat the stuff but i did grow an acre of the stuff this year and you gotta get out their every other day and pick em or they get too big. you jjust leave em on their at the end of the season let em get big and dry out they get like brown and white then save them seeds for next year. i was gettin $2.00 a pound for it all summer, not bad, lot of ppl buy it at the farmers markets

wow not bad at all
why don't u want them to get too big?

tusseltussel · #16 10-27-2008, 08:18 PM

they get harder are and not as good, more slimy snot in em i think, generally you want to be able to close your hand around it and have it be no wider than your hand. when you harvest it you just go down the row grab em snap em off and put it in a pouch belt, im so glade im done for the year though, now i gotta deal with these damn turnips.