Beginner Gardening: OKRA, Part ll, 1 by Ozark

Ozark wrote:
I got my first picking of okra today! It's just a small amount, but all 60+ plants and all 5 okra varieties have pods set on, so I think they'll be in full production very soon.

Shoe, contrary to your practice I'm giving the okra plants another haircut. It's not to increase production (though that would be good), but because they're so doggone bushy. I can't see or get in there to pick!

I put two okra rows, I think, 5' apart - and that was too close. Now the leaves have grown into each other and there's no path in between. I'm breaking off the older leaves so I can see to pick.

I don't know why my plants are so bushy this year. In the past, my okra plants have been pretty much straight stalks with a few leaves. These are looking mighty healthy, anyway - and finally starting to produce.

Here's a single okra row - you see the problem.