Growing Okra | Best Tips

Hoss goes over the best strategies and tips for being successful at growing okra in your backyard garden. What are the top 3 Major pests of okra. Okra loves hot weather and will tolerate dry weather as well. Did you know that roselle, okra, and cotton are in the same family? Let's talk how Hoss is so successful! We grew cowhorn okra this season because it's been awhile since we've grown it last. Cowhorn okra is an old heirloom variety and it does get bigger in pod length.

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0:00 start
0:13 Where Did Okra Originate?
0:30 Okra & Roselle Hibiscus - same family?
1:20 Planting Cowhorn Okra
1:53 The MOST popular okra variety
3:05 What Are Novelty Okra Varieties?
3:44 Growing Okra In Containers - Green Fingers Okra
4:30 The 3 Major Pests When Growing Okra
6:23 Root Knot Nematodes On Okra Plants
8:01 When to Harvest & How To Grade Okra
9:22 Tips On Growing Okra

[macmini]

Im growing okra for the 1st time and your videos are so helpful. Thank you so much.

[GrowWhereYouArePlanted]

I'm liking your new content--lots of garden videos, a little comedy, and frequent chats with Mama Hoss.

[billmoore]

The best video I have ever seen on okra!

[dondouglas]

great info on Okra! thank you sir! I did wait to plant Okra this year in the Willamette Valley, Oregon and now it is producing very well. I am amazed how fast the pods grow. Have to check them almost every day to get those extra fancy and fancy sizes but worth it MMM good! Thank you also to my grandma Smith who grew up in Oklahoma and introduced me to Okra when i was a kid!

[stanleygarland]

As a South Georgian, I want to thank you guys for your work in our community, the quality of your products, as well as the informative videos that you often post. Keep up the great work!

[jaha]

My central Texas front yard is home to a half-dozen okra plants, my first-ever bumper crop. I'm so happy to find this video, as I'm going to want/need lots of okra next year and look forward to trying your tips, especially growing those dwarf plants. Many thanks for teaching us a thing or two worth knowing!

[kendo]

I've been growing and seed saving Emerald Green Okra for so long I probably have my own strain by now; that's how well it does for me in Texas 9A.

[lynnallen]

my neighbor is in her 90's she told me to solar sterilize my raised beds with black plastic. the beds are open bottoms i did and the results were great. got rid of weed seeds also. i also use black plastic to heat the dirt for cold hating okra early in season.

[daniellesantos]

Greg I just love watching your clips. It’s like visiting with an old friend. So much so I just got in my Hoss winter seed order 🥰

[rodneyainsworth]

Dawn dishwashing liquid will help but you have to keep it up with spraying after a rain washes it off. Ants are a major problem.

[almostoily]

I bought a hybrid okra from Walmart. It's for containers.
I believe it's called Bubba hybrid.
I haven't grown it yet.
I have like eleven types of okra. I decided I love it and I can find a variety that will grow like a weed here and that will be the one from now on 😂
I've read you can cook the leaves like greens and the seeds can be roasted and ground for a fake coffee type drink. Haven't tried it yet.

[mikeschneider]

Thank you for these OKRA tips - I'm probably one of the few Yankees that likes it. It''s my go to thickener for Gumbo and there is nothing like a plate of fried Okra to go with liver and onions.

[ghwtzin]

I grow Clemson and a red variety. Actually they've interbred, I collect my own seeds, so I get green and red ones on same plant. The ones I really look for are the ones that are both green and red in one pod, which is happening more and more. The combination is so pretty, too.

[agapefield]

❤I grow marigolds among my Okra and have never had a root nematode problem.

[FreeAmerican-mmmy]

I did not know what caused the bumps on okra. Now I do. Thanks

[cocomochalatte]

I once read that marigolds help with nematodes...I've been planting them all over my garden ever since. I don't know for sure if it works but I will say that I've not had nematodes thus far

[DrJohn]

Okra has always been part of my garden plot and learned at a young age to wear long sleeve shirts when cutting it. Learned early too that warm soil is best but growing up and now we would soak the seed for a. couple of hours before planting to give the germination a boost. Having said all that, I learned more in this 10 minutes than I have in 40 years of gardening.

[SPUD]

The best luck I've ever had growing okra was planting it about 6 feet apart. The plants didn't grow nearly as tall and really bushed out, making it easier to pick. They also seemed to produce more.

[bobbun]

I let okra go to seed in my garden last year at the end of the season. This year I have had trouble getting my okra going in the places where I deliberately planted, but everywhere else it's proving to be quite a weed!

I find that if pods are just a little overgrown, slicing the pods thinner works fairly well to mitigate toughness. My usual preparation method is to roll in seasoned cornmeal (which will be Jimmy Red this year) and fry.

[secollectiv]

Growing okra for the first time and using Hoss jambalaya okra, he’s not kidding they produce like crazy! Also you definitely have to harvest smaller they get really tough over about 4”