{"id":450,"date":"2017-09-03T01:13:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T01:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/blog\/?p=450"},"modified":"2017-09-03T01:13:59","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T01:13:59","slug":"what-to-do-when-okra-fall-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/what-to-do-when-okra-fall-down\/","title":{"rendered":"What To Do When Okra Fall Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/TrimmedOkra.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/TrimmedOkra-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Square photo of a row of mature okra plants that have been trimmed to about 3 feet tall. The bed is between a house and a lawn. The okra leaves are large and leaning away from the house.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Caption: Trimmed Okra In The Conservatory Bed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Trim Okra When They Fall Over<\/h2>\n<h4>Spring, TX<\/h4>\n<p>When Okra grow too tall and topple over, cut them to a height that will allow them to stand tall.<\/p>\n<p>Okra can grow and grow in the summer heat down here in the Houston area.\u00a0 And usually toward the end of summer they will start to fall over because they are so tall.\u00a0 Often they are standing fine one day and then a large storm comes through (Harvey), and the wet soil loosens the roots and the rain and wind beat down and when the sun comes out the plants are lying on the ground.\u00a0 If this happens to you, do not worry.\u00a0 It was time to trim the plants anyway.\u00a0 Cut them back to four to six big leaves.\u00a0 These resilient plants will begin to put forth flowering shoots from the leaf axils.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Okra can also grow along the ground looking for sun.\u00a0 This happened to me this year when I planted too close to the crepe myrtle.\u00a0 I love the mature trees in my yard but it does mean that finding full sun can be a challenge.\u00a0 If the spot is not sunny, you will have a hard time getting the plants to thrive.\u00a0 Trimming will not make a sun seeking okra grow up into the shade.<\/p>\n<p>My conservatory bed has an altogether different and interesting phenomenon.\u00a0 In that bed on the north side of my house the shade is provided by the house so if the plants get tall enough they get into the sun.\u00a0 The sun gets high in Houston.\u00a0\u00a0 My okra plants in that bed this summer experienced a big burst in the leave size and growth rate once they were about two feet tall and getting much more direct sunlight every day.<\/p>\n<p>Overall I don\u2019t think that I planted my Okra in the best place this year.\u00a0 I think next year I am going to line the driveway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Link: I could have done a better job at \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/02\/prepare-for-okra\/\">Preparing For Okra<\/a>\u201d.\u00a0 Unfortunately I did not have a plan for harvesting while we were traveling and so a hearty crop will go uneaten.\u00a0 Seeds maybe?\u00a0 Anyhow, these are the plants that I trimmed, you can see the brick below the conservatory window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Trim Okra When They Fall Over Spring, TX When Okra grow too tall and topple over, cut them to a height that will allow them to stand tall. Okra can grow and grow in the summer heat down here in the Houston area.\u00a0 And usually toward the end of summer they will start to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plants","category-vegetables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okragardensupply.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}