Nabha ji I think the culprit is 2009. Every seed has a viability period (shelf life in another words as Yazdy ji pointed out), after which it won't germinate successfully. It is said that if you keep okra seeds for one year, they lose 80 per of their viability. That should explain seeds germinating but not managing to grow further.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:37 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friend, > Please let us know a little more as to where you have placed it. It > needs a bit of sunshine, some good lose soil and moisture. It should > not take 2 weeks to germinate. I note that you purchased the seeds in > 2009. Normally, the shelf life is 6 months. If I had to sow the seeds, > I would prepare a bed with lose topsoil, make it moist and cover the > seeds with a layer of dry leaves. Just keep it moist and it should > sprout in a few days. If you had planted in january, by April it > should be quite big. Again, possibly, it is not getting enough > sunlight. > Regards. > Yazdy. > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:12 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Na Bha <[email protected]> > > Date: 11 April 2011 15:57 > > Subject: [efloraofindia:66940] my Okra -Abelmoschus esculentus seedlings > are > > not growing > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > I had brought some Okra seeds with me in Jan. 2009. I am trying to > cultivate > > Okra. It took two weeks till i could see the seedlings. And for the last > two > > weeks I don't see any growth. > > What am I doing wrong? How can I make it grow? Does it take such a long > > time? > > TIA > > Nalini > > > > > > -- > > With regards, > > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > > alphabetically & place-wise): > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them > > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1630 members & > > 73,000 messages on 30/6/11) or Efloraofindia website: > > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of > > around 5000 species) > > > -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
