The okra plant I took to the garden a week or so ago continues to look healthy. This plant was started inside on January 26 from seed I harvested last Autumn. When I started them, I put a couple of seeds in a 4" pot and also seeds in six sections of peat pot. The one plant I took outside a week ago was from the 4" pot. I repeatedly got seeds in the peat pot to sprout, but they never did much after that. I replanted seeds in the peat pots several times but they never did much.
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| Progress of okra seeds on March 20 |
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| Okra on April 5 |
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| Okra transplanted to garden on May 22 |
I wanted to have three plants again this year. With one in the garden and only one of the many I had planted in the peat pots showing any signs of progress, last week I decided to start some more inside. This time I put three seeds in a larger (4") pot. To my amazement, the seeds in the plastic pot sprouted within just a few days.
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| Okra on left on May 26 |
All of this got me to wondering if the problem could be the peat pots. Today, I transferred the one plant still alive in the peat pot to a 6" pot. I left the plant in the peat pot, but tore out the bottom of the peat pot. Considering the growth rate of the plants in the other pot, if the peat potted plant does not take off in a few days, I may cut out the remnants of the peat pot to see if the peat itself is the problem.
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| Pot on the right has the bottomless peat pot still in it |
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