It has been very hot here since I transplanted the okra about a week ago. A few more plants died from transplant shock, but not too many. I felt like I didn't have enough to take to the farmer's market so I started a few more plants from my seed from last year, and set them under a shade tree overnight before transplanting them on Friday. Something chomped off about half the plants! Ha! That's a big part of why I transplant okra. To get larger plants into the field so that they don't get eaten.
One of my biggest problems with growing okra is that they are unfamiliar to me. So I keep inadvertently chopping off plants while weeding. I'm not culling anything in the field because of slow growth. I already did that in the greenhouse. I'm now letting them fend for themselves.
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