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Okra and Icecubes??????
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Posted by WeedGrower Central AR (My Page) on Tue, Apr 15, 03 at 15:25
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I have heard that you can freeze Okra seeds into icecubes and plant the icecube.
Has anyone else ever heard/done this?
I tried it and, so far (3weeks), haven't seen so much as a sprout. I'm either not paitent enough, or it doesn't work.
Any thoughts? |
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RE: Okra and Icecubes??????
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| It is a little early for Okra at least here in Central OKlahoma. This isn;t one I have heard before. I am interested to hear others thoughts. |
RE: Okra and Icecubes??????
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| Okra is a hot weather crop. So, even though many types of seeds can be planted as you describe, I wouldn't do okra that way. Wait to plant your okra seeds directly in the garden only after the soil temperature has warmed up to 75 degrees. |
RE: Okra and Icecubes??????
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| I have heard of this theory and to me it don't hold water but anything is possible. I have grown okra 40 years and always direct sow in super late April or super early May. Mostly I planted clemson spinless, a variety which was introduced in the late 30's shortly after I was born. This stuff is a herloom and I consider it still one of the best okra varities now available. I am an okra freak! I love it and although I now am limited to a patio garden still grow it. I am looking into other rare varities of okra (I have a post on this) as this member of the mallow family is an exceptional plant. Lousiana Green Velvet is another nice variety, but smaller. I have used Star of David in past years and liked it. Several places have it, among Seeds of Change and at one time they offered some rather exotic okra. I am tracing those down now thru other houses (see my post on it). Good luck and have a happy (okra) garden expereience :-) |
Here is a link that might be useful: Seeds of Change
RE: Okra and Icecubes??????
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| Ok. I finally figured out where I first heard about Okra and Icecubes. Paul James "The Gardener Guy" did this on one of his shows, which was re-run this weekend, and he says that he gets 80% germination with this method. The only thing that I did different was that I didn't use warm water to make the icecubes. I didn't get 80% germination, I got 0% germination. |
RE: Okra and Icecubes??????
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| Why is the world did he use the ice cubes anyway? Okra germinates very well in warm soil. |
RE: Okra and Icecubes??????
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| What he said in the show is that okra usually has about a 50% germination rate. He says that by freezing the seed and planting the ice cube, he gets 80% germination. Now I know that some bulbs have to be refridgerated, but I have never heard this about seeds. |
RE: Okra and Icecubes??????
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| I don't put mine in ice cubes but I do put the packet in the freezer for 24 hours. I then take them out and let them warm up to room temperature before I plant them and have excellent germination. Supposedly the freezing breaks the hard shell so the seed sprouts easier. Have done this for several years. I saw it on an old garden show on tv. |
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| Well, just to update everybody. I got impatient and just planted the seeds. I was amazed to find that I had 100% germination without doing anything other than poking a hole and dropping a seed in. I now have 50 little okra plants coming up nice and neat. |
RE: Okra
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- Posted by wars PA 6 (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 7, 03 at 9:33
I have never grown okra before this year and I have a nice
full plant but no flowers yet? |
RE: Okra and Icecubes??????
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| Somebody gave me the same advice to improve the germination of swiss chard in warm weather. |
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