Okra

[Acesn8's]

Got my okra planted this morning .I love it fried with onions jalapeños and a little
corn meal , how bout y'all love it or hate it ?

 

[Clockwork]

How long does it take for your plant to yield its first crop of okra?

 

[Dawico]

Absolutely love it. Fried Okra with some mashed potatoes and gravy to dip them in are pretty hard to beat.

 

[Acesn8's]

How long does it take for your plant to yield its first crop of okra?

50 to 60 days I pick em when they get to be about 3-4 inches long any longer and they're tough .

 

[Clockwork]

How difficult is it to grow them as far as attention you have to devote to it, watering, sunlight, that kind of thing? Sounds like a great idea, I think. Fried okra is delicious.

 

[nalioth]

50 to 60 days I pick em when they get to be about 3-4 inches long any longer and they're tough .

You can use the longer ones in gumbo.

Mmmmm-mmmmmmmmmm.

 

[Acesn8's]

How difficult is it to grow them as far as attention you have to devote to it, watering, sunlight, that kind of thing? Sounds like a great idea, I think. Fried okra is delicious.

Easy full sun keep em watered ,if yer rural put up a wire fence deer love it.

 

[Clockwork]

Think it's feasible to grow indoors?

 

[Acesn8's]

Why not, I hear the goblins can grow pot indoors but that could get expensive for the benefit of growing okra indoors

 

[Clockwork]

Goblins?

:O

 

[Acesn8's]

yep

 

[robin303]

I had 7 plants one year. Way to much. They also grew up to and past 10'. They are a neat plant. In the evening they bloom the next morning the flower fall off and the okra is about 1 1/2" long and at noon they are perfect to pick and at 6pm they are already to big and tough to eat lol.

 

[matefrio]

Okra is almost like a weed when planted. The real trick is picking it a the right time and eating while fresh.

 

[Mikewood]

Goblins, jeff Cooper speak for criminal.
Okra is good!

 

[matefrio]

Odor of the plant can be unpleasant at times if I remember and it's a sun loving plant.

 

[LilIrishTemper]

Cant get enough of fried Okra.....

 

[zembonez]

I'm not a fried food fan but Okra is great pickled and it's good in gumbo! A little fried okra is ok from time to time too.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

You know I've seen arguments about gumbo w/ vs w/o okra turn real ugly. We should be careful so this thread doesn't get locked

I've had it pickled, fried, in gumbo but never the way you describe. That sounds awesome, have to try it.

 

[Skip]

Love it with tomatoes and onions.

 

[nalioth]

You know I've seen arguments about gumbo w/ vs w/o okra turn real ugly. We should be careful so this thread doesn't get locked

Obviously you're not from around here (and you're gone lacking). . .

The dish itself is called "okra gumbo".

You're thinking of that dish made by our easterly neighbors with seafood and swamp rat in it
O'course, it won't hurt any to put okra in the coonass variety of gumbo, but that ain't the gumbo we're talking about here.