Thread: Okra in zone 4?
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Old January 18, 2015   #10
Cole_Robbie
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Originally Posted by greenthumbomaha View Post
FYI I read to be watchful of a skin rash when handling the plants.

- Lisa
Oh yeah, it makes you itch like crazy, kinda like picking peaches. You need to wear a long-sleeve shirt.

Okra is so itchy that even the deer won't eat it, at least the deer near me. I have heard other people say their plants got eaten, but ours never have. We have a lot of deer. The okra garden is the only one we don't fence in. There are always deer tracks through it, but no deer damage.
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