dear friend, apart from Yazdyji's inputs, i would like to add an observation that Okhra does not respond well to transplanting, seeds are broadcasted on a raised bed at a distance of about a ft
best wishes... On Jul 21, 6:07 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)
