How much is the market price of okra, the king of vegetables? Can I plant it in a pot? When will you plant it? When will it be harvested? How do you plant it?

Okra, also known as Vietnamese sesame (Hunan), sheep's horn bean (Guangdong), paste and kidney-tonifying vegetables, is a common vegetable in China. It is known as the king of vegetables because it is cultivated in Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong and other provinces in China. How much is the market price of okra? Can I plant it in a pot? When will you plant it? When will it be harvested? How do you plant it?

The latest market price:

The price of fresh okra is about 5 to 10 yuan per jin, but the price varies greatly due to the quality, market and sales season of okra, among which the season has the most obvious influence on the price of okra. Generally, okra is planted in greenhouse and listed around March. At this time, the wholesale price in some places is about 10 yuan per jin, but when ordinary okra is listed in large quantities in June and July, the price will fall to the bottom. The cheapest can sell for about 2 yuan a jin.

Planting time:

It can be cultivated in spring and summer to the south of the Yangtze River, but it is mainly sown in spring. The sowing time in spring is from March to April, and it can be harvested from late May to the end of October.

Harvest time:

Okra begins to blossom and bear fruit from section 4 to 8. Under the condition of suitable temperature, the tender fruit can be harvested 2-4 days after blossom. Generally, the tender fruit can be harvested when the length of 10~15cm is about 25g. The yield of early harvest is low, too late harvest is easy to fibrosis, the quality is reduced, and it is not suitable for consumption. It is generally harvested once in 2-3 days in the early stage of harvest and once in 3-4 days in the middle and later stages. Harvest should be carried out in the morning or evening and cut off at the stalk during harvest so as not to damage the branches. Okra stems, leaves, fruits have bristles or thorns, harvest should wear gloves, otherwise the skin is stung, strange itching is unbearable.

Potted planting skills:

1. The preparation of flowerpots and the selection of placement sites.

To cultivate okra in the courtyard, flowerpots with caliber 40em and high 50cm should be used, and the wider the plant is, the more favorable it is to extend the root of the plant. Okra is particularly sensitive to light conditions, requiring long light time and sufficient light. Therefore, should choose the sunny place, strengthen ventilation, pay attention to reasonable placement of flowerpot density, so as not to shade each other, affect ventilation and light.

2. Soil selection

Choose loam or sandy loam with better soil quality.

3. Preparation of base fertilizer for basin soil

In order to make the plant grow well, the base fertilizer is very important. Before potting, the chicken manure or silkworm sand or other livestock and poultry manure can be fully compost and cooked. You can use 200x EM original dew or VT-1000 bacterial solution to spray in the manure, mix well until the water content reaches about 50%, and grasp by hand just without water droplets. The composting time is more than 15 days.

4. Preparation of pot substrate.

Mix the soil and base fertilizer in a flowerpot according to 3:1, fill it with mud, and spread a thick layer of 5~8cm soil on the upper layer. Then spray 500x of EM original solution dilution, the soil is just wet and set aside.

5. Fertilizer management

Okra plant tall, more fruit, sufficient fertilizer and water is the key to obtain high yield. Okra should be fertilized many times during the growing period in addition to applying sufficient base fertilizer. After emergence of okra seedlings, apply urea 10g per pot; apply seedling fertilizer for the second time, apply 30g compound fertilizer in each pot after seedling setting or planting; seedling height 30cm, re-apply topdressing 40g or a ladle of dung water per pot when entering the fruiting stage; in the middle and later stage of growth, apply less topdressing as appropriate, and sprinkle dilute dung water every 10 days after fruit harvest to prevent plant premature senescence.

6. Weeding and soil cultivation

After okra seedlings are unearthed or planted, it is necessary to avoid competing with weeds for fertilizer and water and weeding in time. Once every 7 to 10 days. After flowering and fruiting, the plant growth is accelerated. After each watering and topdressing, a small spoon shovel is used to evenly loosen the soil to prevent the plant from lodging. In the rainstorm and windy areas in summer, it is best to choose about 1m bamboo poles and branches to be inserted near the plant, and then tie them into a "8" shape with a rope to prevent lodging.

7. Plant adjustment

In the early stage of okra plant growth, the lateral branches should be removed in time, which is beneficial to the early fruiting of the main stem and increase the yield. If the vegetative growth is too prosperous in the early stage of growth, the method of twisting the petiole can also be adopted to twist the petiole into a curved sag to control the vegetative growth; in the middle and later stage of growth, the old leaves below the tender fruit have been harvested in time, which can improve the ventilation and light conditions, reduce nutrient consumption, and prevent the spread of diseases and insect pests; harvest fruit should be picked in time, which can promote the maturity of the fruit, facilitate the fullness of the grain and improve the seed quality.

8. Watering and watering

Okra is resistant to drought and moisture, but not to waterlogging. The excessive soil moisture during the germination period is easy to induce seedling blight. During the drought period, the plant growth is poor and the quality is poor, so the soil should be kept moist all the time. Potted okra lose water quickly, should pay attention to observation, at least once a day (preferably sooner or later can water), to prevent basin soil drought. The summer season is in the peak harvest period of okra, and the soil surface temperature is high, so it should be watered before 9 o'clock in the morning and after sunset in the afternoon to avoid root injury under high temperature.

9. Measures to promote flower and fruit setting

When okra grew l0~15cm, it began to spray the leaves with 200m300 times of EM original dew, and then sprayed once before flowering, and then sprayed once 10-15 days after each harvest, and added 0.1% potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution with EM solution (both can be mixed at the same time). After taking such measures, okra has more flowering and fruit setting, stronger fruit, more pulp, sweet and tender quality, longer harvest time and a large increase in yield.