PEST FREE CROP Planting OKRA Homesteading 101 gardening,

OKRA is one of the easiest crops to plant and grow. But it still failed for me last year. It was a first.
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[@prattsmark1]

Love Okra!

[@CollegeHillFarm]

We do too.

[@jvin248]

My father used to get a cotton rag damp, scatter seeds on it, roll it up, and put it in a soup where it would stay warm then check on it every day/make sure it's damp. Then he could count the number of sprouts to check how good old seed was.

[@CollegeHillFarm]

I do that with paper towels and a ziplock bag

[@johnnycash5520]

I wonder if you soak your okra seed in water for 24 hours if your machine will still plant it for you and give you that extra boost😊

[@CollegeHillFarm]

I think if I soaked it it would get stuck in the planter.

[@jvin248]

@@CollegeHillFarm Might dry the seed off a few hours on a tray before trying to plant. There's a method of "priming" seeds by soaking them before planting to get a jump on sprouting.

[@user-wr1yh2zw6l]

Time to plant? I picked my first pod today.

[@CollegeHillFarm]

I plant okra and corn around the end of May

[@user-wr1yh2zw6l]

@@CollegeHillFarm well I guess it's a little colder there. I'm in SC. What variety do you plant?

[@kaymacky]

So what kind of fertilizer do you use?

[@CollegeHillFarm]

I use granular fertilizer 10-10-10 not a certain variety. Whatever is available locally.