Short okra !

JohnWayne · July 3, 2012

This is the second or third year my okra has only grown from 6 inches to a foot tall ! It still produces if not near the normal rate and the plants look healthy enough just way short.

Anyone have any ideas ?

Thanks

Cole_Robbie · July 3, 2012

My family does not have any okra at all this year due to the drought. For 30 years, it has done just fine without irrigation, but not this year.

Typically, though, we always seem to get those midget plants at one end of the rows. An aunt of mine insists that it is because there is a giant oak tree near that end on the north side that "sucks all the nutrients and water out of the ground with its big roots." It is slightly uphill and dryer at that end.

July 3, 2012	#1
JohnWayne Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Hickory,North Carolina Posts: 470	Short okra ! This is the second or third year my okra has only grown from 6 inches to a foot tall ! It still produces if not near the normal rate and the plants look healthy enough just way short. Anyone have any ideas ? Thanks

July 3, 2012	#2
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	My family does not have any okra at all this year due to the drought. For 30 years, it has done just fine without irrigation, but not this year. Typically, though, we always seem to get those midget plants at one end of the rows. An aunt of mine insists that it is because there is a giant oak tree near that end on the north side that "sucks all the nutrients and water out of the ground with its big roots." It is slightly uphill and dryer at that end.