a compact okra variety that's super easy to grow in containers
and produces an abundant harvest let's look at five tips for growing great
quality okra in containers or pots so the variety we will be using to grow
okra in containers is the baby bubba okra you can start
sowing seeds for okra sometime in may or June here we are
sowing them in June and we are just using a whiskey barrel
container now tip number one for growing okra
only sow your seeds when the temperatures are warm which means when
the daytime temperatures are about 70 degrees or higher
and the nighttime temperatures are 60 degrees or higher
that's the time you can start sowing okra seeds
or start them indoors four to six weeks earlier
tip number two soil we're using a mix of peat moss compost and perlite with ten
percent of worm castings added this makes a great container mix and is
amazing for growing okras at 33 days since sowing you can see that
the okra plants have grown quite well and are well established this is a time
to add a cup of organic fertilizer like garden tone or
plant tone and I'll provide links to these products
in the comments and video description below
now at 55 days since planting the plants have grown even bigger
and you can see how nicely the plants have grown
at this time you may start seeing pests around your okra plant
especially pests like aphids and white flies
and to counter these pests you can use neem oil
or spinosad these are two organic methods that you can use to
kill the pests on your okra plant and i will provide some links to these
products in the video description and comments as well
and at around this stage you can start harvesting your okras and you can see
here the okras look quite beautiful these are excellent quality okras which
grow in a very compact and bushy plant
and the okras will be produced almost every day
in the summer season or when there's a lot of heat
you can see this kind of okra being produced almost every day
so make sure that you harvest your okras in time
and if you forget to harvest your okras you may get okras that are very stringy
and not so good to eat so make sure that you keep harvesting
your okra at regular intervals and check for your okra every day
and now we come to tip number four watering
okra grows well in the summer season so make sure that you're watering at least
every day in the heat of the summer season and at least once every two days
if it's cloudy or not so hot in your area
but okra thrives in hot weather so make sure you give it enough water
so that it's hydrated and produces good quality okras
and the okra variety that you choose to grow is also very important
the baby bubba okra as you can see is a very compact plant
you can grow it very easily in a whiskey barrel container like this
and get an abundant harvest at about 72 days since planting the okra plant will
continue to grow even bigger and now you can see almost
all the okra plants are producing very good
quality okras and this okra variety will not disappoint
it will keep giving you okras right throughout the growing season
all the way into the winter season and you can see here the okras they look
quite good very tender very fresh okras and at 80
days the plant has almost fully grown and at this stage the okra production
will be at its highest and since we are growing a lot of plants
together this okra variety is amazing when you
want to grow many plants close to each other
they will not only grow well but also give you a lot of okras
the nombo giant is another variety that you can grow in containers
but you can grow a lot more of the baby bubba okras in containers
compared to other okra varieties
and you'll notice that as you enter into the harvest season
the number of okras that the plant produces is higher and higher
and it will peak at somewhere around 90 days of sowing your seeds
and you can see the okras they look absolutely amazing very fresh tender
crunchy and delicious and also at around 80 to 90 days since
sowing the plant will begin to mature you will start seeing some yellowing of
leaves and that brings us to tip number five
which is nutrients make sure you use a good quality
vegetable fertilizer or an all-purpose fertilizer to grow okras
and feed it warm tea every 15 days just by doing these two things you will
make sure that you're getting great quality okras right throughout the
growing season and if you've added fertilizer during
planting make sure you add it at every 30 to 40 days
and the okra harvest will continue right through the fall season or even into the
winter season depending on the temperatures in your
area so compared to all the other okra varieties
the baby bubba okra is designed to be a very compact plant
and produces great quality okra as you can see here
and at 100 days in sowing you can see that the plant has reached
the limit of its growth the height and it stands at about three feet or so
which means that this is a very compact okra plant
and here you can see the plant it's still growing right into
the months of September and October
and still producing a lot of okras
and it has started getting cooler these days which means the plant will now
start slowing down and start yellowing up and you can see at
113 days a lot of the foliage has turned yellow
and brown and after removing the foliage that's
dead there are very few leaves remaining on the plant
but the plant is still producing okras this plant will keep producing okras
till the end of its life which is the
beginning of the winter season and till then it will keep producing a
lot of okras that you can harvest every day in your home garden
and finally at 126 days since sowing the plant
has become dormant enough for us to remove it
now you can over winter okra plants if you have milder winters
but in our case we are going to be removing these plants and then planting
a new batch of okra next season but you can see how shallow rooted these
plants are and that's why they make great
plants for growing in containers so the baby bubba okra is one of the most
compact and bushy plants that easily grows in containers and
gives you an abundant harvest so there we have it folks that was our
episode on the five tips for growing great okras in your
garden and you can grow a lot of okras by following these
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