I’ve grown Okra! The water thing is true if you grow Okra in it’s own area by itself. There’s a collective “water-burden” crops can have when you’re growing certain ones together. Okra can soak up plenty of water if you give it plenty of water; from other plants even! Certain plants that suck up water quicker/need more water will draw water from other slower plants which is why it’s good to separate your garden.
If I was in a survival situation I think I would just absolutely fill my garden with root veggies and hopefully be able to procure some more vitamin supplements because of where I live. Potatoes, tubers, jamaican yams in containers. Shit loads of walnut trees around here too. I don’t think there’s anything I can grow in the winter.
Yeah when we grew it we had a separate patch and made sure it had water, so I was astonished my neighbor grows it with so little. I was going to suggest okra for our comrade but had a hunch there was a catch, so when I read that, I didn’t say anything. Root veggies are nutrient dense, assuming soil and water conditions are good. And ofc organic fertilizer is preferable to manufactured fertilizer but we do what we can. Humans are surprisingly adaptable and resilient, but at the end of the day, we’re still humans and needs unmet for too long has real negative impacts.
I’ve grown Okra! The water thing is true if you grow Okra in it’s own area by itself. There’s a collective “water-burden” crops can have when you’re growing certain ones together. Okra can soak up plenty of water if you give it plenty of water; from other plants even! Certain plants that suck up water quicker/need more water will draw water from other slower plants which is why it’s good to separate your garden.
If I was in a survival situation I think I would just absolutely fill my garden with root veggies and hopefully be able to procure some more vitamin supplements because of where I live. Potatoes, tubers, jamaican yams in containers. Shit loads of walnut trees around here too. I don’t think there’s anything I can grow in the winter.
Yeah when we grew it we had a separate patch and made sure it had water, so I was astonished my neighbor grows it with so little. I was going to suggest okra for our comrade but had a hunch there was a catch, so when I read that, I didn’t say anything. Root veggies are nutrient dense, assuming soil and water conditions are good. And ofc organic fertilizer is preferable to manufactured fertilizer but we do what we can. Humans are surprisingly adaptable and resilient, but at the end of the day, we’re still humans and needs unmet for too long has real negative impacts.