How to Prune Okra for Easier Harvesting!
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2019
- On this week's Two-Minute Tip, we show how to prune okra for easier harvesting and more manageable rows for weeding.
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Thank's, Travis! I always learn something new from you guys.
Thanks for watching Carol!
Awesome video, well-edited and very clear to understand. Thank you, Jim.
Glad you enjoyed it
I learned something today which I was scared to do it in my garden for fear of damaging the plants in my home garden. Thank you very much. Please do more videos for a budding gardeners like me.
We usually post 3 videos week. Let us know if there are any specific topics you'd like to see us cover.
Thx for the quick information
SUPER helpful video--thanks very much! I'm vision-impaired and find it difficult to even see the okra to harvest them. Pruning those lower branches will help me a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
It still amazes me how you keep that garden so weed free, I'm jealous and envious, LOL. I have a lot of work to do.
It ain't easy, but we like it that way.
Don’t water the whole garden. If your climate is dry use this to your advantage. Use drip tape or similar to direct water to your crop and away from invader species. After a rain you will need to till to kill rain induced weeds. I watered the entire garden years ago. When I switched to drip tape my weeding chores all but went away. Good luck!
Lovely video informative and learned so much
Never knew that. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for watching!
Good info Travis, I've been doing that for a couple of years now, and it just works great for a number of reasons.
Good to hear! I'm not convinced it makes the plants more productive (because those side branches do produce more okra over the life of the plant), but it sure makes it easier to work/harvest.
@@gardeningwithhoss Hey Travis, At this point in my life, what ever makes the job easier that's what I do. ......Thanks, for all ya'lls info.
Work smarter, not harder.
Thanks for sharing a informative video 👍 Okra is awesome and Delish.
Yes it is!
We should caveat that you should probably only do this if you're growing lots of okra plants. If you're only growing a few, you'd probably get more production by pruning to a small bush, about 2 leading stems per plant.
Trying growing it because of your previous video. So far so good. (Ladies)Fingers crossed 👌
Good deal! Hopefully yours will be as productive as ours have been.
Thanks Travis will try this I think I'll like it guy from South Louisiana
Definitely give it a try!
I'm. From. South Louisiana!
So cleaner than whipping the leaves off. Cool 😎
Oh yeah!
Well cool. Mine jambalaya is about 6 inches tall now. Can’t wait for some
Thank you!
Welcome!
I just cut the Okra, you learn something new everyday! Great tip! 👍
Can I ask what fertilizers you use please and thank you!
We don't use any fertilizer on our okra. It produces better without it.
@@gardeningwithhoss really, huh interesting, thank you for responding! This is my first year growing okra. Picked my first one today. This weather has been crazy this year.
Canopy is
Controlling weeds. I haven’t cut anything. And its doing fantastic.
Yes the canopy does help with weed suppression. You are correct about that.
Guarantee if if don’t single stem you will get more. I know it doesn’t look pretty, but you’ll get 4x more.
You are correct. We went back to no pruning on our fall crop and you certainly get more. It does take longer to pick however.
Same here, 70 years of planting okra, no weeds. I leave the cut leaves on the ground, it adds to the mulch
What is a canopy for weed control?
I have concludes you must run the clock in Tiger Stadium for LSU. Your 2 minute tip only took 3 minutes and 16 seconds to watch. Hoddy Toddy!
Seriously, as always, I did enjoy the video. Great tip!
Haha. So much to say and so little time to do it -- sometimes it's hard to get it all under 3 mins.
Thank you for your tip, sir.
Question. Removing the leaf below affect okra production?
It does reduce production some. But everything is a trade-off. Slightly lower production versus ease of harvesting. We plant three crops of okra per year so we have plenty and can save time harvesting with this technique.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you, Sir!
Thanks a lot for this tips please how can I get the jampalaya okra seed I leave in italy
So, this particular leaf stem you say to prune off as you harvest the okra pod next to it, is only essential and needed for the growth of that one pod. Is that correct? If so, then all of the other leaves below that are not needed either? Please respond with more than yes or no or that's correct. If these lower leaves are not needed, is it safe to remove them all at once if you have not been already removing each one when you harvest? Will it shock the plant? Do you ever prune off the top of the plants to encourage branching? During the growing season, do you feed your okra plants? If so, how often and what do you give them? Thanks so much for your videos!!
I planted Jambalaya this summer in far west Texas. I was surprised at how short the plants were when they started blooming and producing! Thought I had Bubba Dwarf okra for a bit! lol I have had some aphid issues and treated a couple of times for them. But I can't really get into the area with a garden hose and spray them off without creating a big mud hole. Some plants have stopped producing flower buds and one or two look like they might be magnesium deficient. Your thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks so much!
The Jambalaya variety will start making pods earliest of any variety we've ever tried -- and we've tried quite a few. The cropping technique in the video works well to make harvesting easier. It doesn't make the plants more productive, but does make harvesting easier.
Can you top okra like pepper plants? That always gave me higher yields thru out the season
Never tried this
It also make them grow up where you harvest better to Travis.
That's right. Don't have to bend over as far.
Do you ever find that letting the leaves lay provides cover for pests?
Not with okra. I could if it was a crop that is more prone to disease -- something like squash or tomatoes.
What's the term for that nice little clipper you have in your hand?
Those are our pruning shears: hosstools.com/product/pruning-shears/
Good video. Thought the extra stems would produce more okra and block out the sun from helping in the growth of weeds. I do like the clean look but as you can tell like everybody I hate weeds.
The extra stems will produce more okra, so it's a catch 22. Do you want easier to harvest or more okra that's harder to find?
@@gardeningwithhoss going to grow some okra so I think I will do it both ways.
Go for it!
Looks like you removed some of the branches. What height do you do this at. Do you fertilize them. What type of pesticide do you use
We remove branches as soon as they start producing okra. They get a little fertilizer just from being on the same drip system as some other crops, but we don't intentionally fertilize them or spray them.
@@gardeningwithhoss thank you
how many days did you wait before transplanting them?
Transplants usually take about 4-5 weeks before they have a nice root ball and they're ready to go in the ground.
Won't cutting that stem decrease the yield also since there will be less number of leaves providing energy to the fruit? Asking as a commercial farmer.
yes, will sacrifice only a few but not enough to be concerned about.
Do you leave the leaves & stems on the ground?
Yes. Chop and drop.
My okra has thick trunks like 3 inches thick. Never seen that before. What do I do at the end of the season? I’m soooo sick of okra now. It doesn’t pull up. Do I just leave it to die?
We just use loppers and cut ours at soil level. We put the stalks in the burn pile and plant a cover crop over the area.
can i wait 45 days before transplanting the okra plant, that would not be "late"??
That's probably too long. They're usually ready before then.
Once they start producing how many weeks of harvest??
They'll keep producing up until the first frost date, but they usually get too tall by then. Once they get about 7' tall, we chop them down and already have more planted.
and from the trasplanting to the first okra pod, how long did it take?
Depends on the variety somewhat, but usually only 20-30 days.
i live in italy, i wanna buy theese two varieties from you, what do i have to do to make it happen??
We have an international checkout feature on our site that allows us to ship anywhere in the world. Might want to check your country regulations on seed importation though. Wouldn't want it to get stopped at customs.
@@gardeningwithhoss we have no problems importing seeds in italy, people buy them from amazon without problems
What is a good fertilizer for okra plants
20 20 20
Been doing that for years.
Awesome. It's working great for us thus far.
I grew red okra about a 75 foot row but all of it seems hard even the smaller ones. Is this normal for red okra???
Usually red okra stays tender up to 6" or so.
Will pruning it make it more productive?
No. It will actually produce a little less when pruned because those side branches can produce okra. But pruning certainly makes it easier to harvest.
are those felco pruners?
These are Vaca grape clippers. I'm not a big fan of the Felco pruners. They "stick" a lot and the blade lock doesn't stay in place very well.
why dont you make raised bed?
Because we would need LOTS of raised beds! Haha
Won't you cut your production of okra Doing this?
It will, slightly. But it makes it so much faster to harvest because all the pods are at the top and you don't have to fight through the foliage to find them. If you've got plenty of room, that's quite the benefit. If you're limited on space, you might want to let them get as bushy as possible.
I thought pruning them would make it bushier. I guess I won't do it.
If you cut the top of the plant, it will make it bushier. Pruning side branches will not make it bushier generally.
@@gardeningwithhoss For basic home growing, would you recommend to top it?
It's pronounced: OKREE!!!!! (Where you from??)
Yes... But did you whoopem?
These haven't needed whoopin'. Just cutting that side branch seems to be enough to keep them in line.