my Okra -Abelmoschus esculentus seedlings are not growing

[Na Bha]

 

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

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please.

--

With regards,
J.M.Garg (jmg...@gmail.com)
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)

[Yazdy Palia]

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.

[Gurcharan Singh]

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/ 

--
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/

[Na Bha]

Thank you both for your advice.
Yes they are old but i was hoping that at least some will germinate.
I kept them at a warm place but certainöy they were not getting enough sunshine.
So better luck next time!
Thanks again
Nalini

[arjun]

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...

> > J.M.Garg (jmga...@gmail.com)

> >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 &

[Yazdy Palia]

Thank you Arjun Ji.
Regards.
Yazdy.

[Vijayadas D]

In Malayalam - vendakka

--

Vijayadas
Electro Saudi Services Ltd.        

Salwa Garden Village, PB -7210
Riyadh -11462 , KSA