Beginner Gardening: Okra: Am I doing it right?, 1 by Ozark

Ozark wrote:
Okra plants are enormous, deep-rooted, and difficult to transplant. I soak my okra seeds in water for 48 hours, then plant them directly into the garden once the ground is warm. Once they come up, I even out the spacing by moving some of the small plants around until they are all about 2 feet apart in the rows. They get so big I really should put them 3 feet apart - but that's always hard to imagine when they are small seedlings.

Any transplanting to make the spacing even is done while they are still only about 2 inches tall, I take a lot of dirt with each transplant, and I'm happy when they survive (not all do) as the roots run DEEP even at that size. Sorry, but I don't think they can be grown successfully in shallow containers and as close together as you have them.