success with okra

[crichmond]

Hi All

I am growing okra and one flowered a couple of weeks ago which I pollinated with a brush.

Although the plant is only about 7 inch high this is the result, there are plenty of flowers on all of my plants that havent opened yet but all the plants are around 7 inch high. Wonder how long till they grow up.

The interesting thing is that although it is a red okra the colour is only on the surface as you can see from the second picture where I have rubbed it off.

[squashysu]

well done chris

i absolutely love Okra, especially in a curry, how many will you get off of each plant?

Where did you get your seeds, as not seen these around? sorry cant help with your question, but great looking ladies fingers.

SS

[JO,JO]

would love to try and grow these,the seeds they sell on ebay .but dont they grow to 6 ft tall,is there a compact okra i can grow?

[Novice Gardener]

well done chris

i absolutely love Okra, especially in a curry, how many will you get off of each plant?

Where did you get your seeds, as not seen these around? sorry cant help with your question, but great looking ladies fingers.

SS

Those are exactly my thoughts.

Well done, are you growing it in a greenhouse or out in the open?

[crichmond]

its indoors at the minute under a grow light but I will be moving them to the allotment at the end of may.

[Demeter]

I am having a go at okra - just picked up some seeds at the local garden centre on a whim. Eek I hope they don't grow 6 foot tall! Currently I have two plants just getting their first true leaves, in my mini-greenhouse. Was planning to move them outdoors (probably to our farm plot where there is more sun) when summer is properly underway.

Do you have to hand-pollinate? Is that as hard as it sounds?

[crichmond]

Came home for lunch and found another okra flower open, they really are pretty flowers on them.



Its now about 15 minutes since pollinating it by hand and the flower has already started to close.