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Old February 18, 2011   #11
b54red
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One other thing on okra is that it needs a lot of fertilizer to produce well. I give mine heavy feedings of liquid fertilizer every week or two especially once it starts setting pods. It really needs a good supply of nitrogen on a regular basis because it depletes the soil so fast. My plants generally get about 10 feet tall. If they don't get enough water and nutrients they stop producing or produce only small pithy pods. For the okra pods to get good size without getting pithy they need to grow very fast. You should have to cut them every other day and sometimes during peek production every day.
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