Only two Okra's Left
By LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (51499)
Philippines
March 6, 2017 5:20am CST
Two to three months ago I've planted over more than eight seeds of Okra. For almost two months I've tried to keep them alive as much as possible. Because the last batch of Okra's died in the pot.
I thought they're going to make it. Until Mom replanted the other two and died later and me, replanted the okra's sister in law gave me last month, which died too.
Unfortunately this time it's infestation of ants that slowly and literally killed most of my okra's. Now, while observing the survivors, they seemed to be growing some sort of pods.
But I noticed they're still too small to be bearing fruits.
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9 responses
@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
It's probably my fault too because a few weeks back i put all the rotten mangoes in their area hoping to leave my okras alone. @ShifaLk
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@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
@ShifaLk revenge when I was feeding them with mangoes.
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@ShifaLk (17817)
• India
6 Mar 17
@Letranknight2015 ohhh.... Then they're taking revenge
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
@Letranknight2015 Two is better than none.
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@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
@salonga yeah, I hope it grows strong as time goes by.
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@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
We don't have that much space when it comes to soil unlike before @salonga but I hope that they grew constantly. This time two survived.
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@averygirl72 (37716)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
Hope you be successful in your planting okra. We have grown some okra before
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@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
They were successful @averygirl72 maybe I will plant them in the pots again next time.
@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
Well, I'm probably just going to put them in the pot next time @LadyDuck
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@LadyDuck (457918)
• Switzerland
8 Mar 17
@Letranknight2015 May be I should also try to grow them in pots.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
In that case, I can say I'm a better okra gardener because our seedlings grow fast and we even tasted the fruit. Now, the fruits are ripen and waiting for some days before harvesting the seeds and planting them again.
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@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
@ilocosboy My first successful growth was bigger but it suffered infestation that it only growth only one pod.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
@Letranknight2015 we have a good variety of okra send to us by relative from US. The plant don't grow tall but have big fruiting
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@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
I put powder over there that supposed to kill ants and used detergent soap after my last laundry @jstory07. Probably that too killed my okra's because they were too close to the ants.
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@tzwrites (4835)
• Romania
6 Mar 17
@Letranknight2015 Maybe the powder damaged the okra too. Unfortunate situation
@nonersays (3329)
• United States
6 Mar 17
Okra must be tricky. Even my mother in law, who can grow most things, can't keep an okra plant alive.
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@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
It's understandable since you got four seasons over there @nonersays not sure if they can even survive snow.
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
hmmm, and that is the only plant that i can grow, even unattended. i wonder why your okra did not survive;probably because of those ants?
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@Letranknight2015 (51499)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
Yeah, the ants slowly killed them @ridingbet but there are other insects out there too.
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