Empressgifted:


Good evening Sir, if I plant okro during this dry season without irrigation, how often should I water it for a good harvest?

Nne, i m not getting you well. You mentioned without irrigation, and you still want to water. Can you explain better pls?

Mrdellychy:

Nne, i m not getting you well. You mentioned without irrigation, and you still want to water. Can you explain better pls?

There's no irrigation but I intend to water with hose manually and I want to know how often I should do that.

Empressgifted:


There's no irrigation but I intend to water with hose manually and I want to know how often I should do that.

Ok, both are still irrigation methods. The diff is that one is automated and the other is manual.
To your question, there is no specific irrigation regimen for crops. There are lots of things or factors you need to consider...
* Season. Even in dry season, we still have cold-dry season and hot-dry season. In cold dry, you don't water heavily like in hot-dry period.
2. Ability to read and de-code the body language of your crops. Sometimes, the expression on the faces of your crops will tell you wether to wet daily or skip one or two days.
3. For okra (WRT my variety) , the rate of watering should reduce after 4 weeks due to formation of "canopy" by the leaves/branches of the crop thereby help in minimizing soil evaporation.
4. Finally, it's not a crime to use manual irrigation, it's better than folding arms and doing nothing. If u are planting, ensure to plant your seed inside a shallow pit on your ridge/heaps as in Mr okoro.Emeka style (visit his cucumber thread for details). The pits wl help to conserve/retain water for your crops.
In conclusion, I normally tell by customers this...if you don't have insecticides and fungicides in place, don't drop seed on the ground. Our efforts shall not be in vain.

Mrdellychy:


Ok, both are still irrigation methods. The diff is that one is automated and the other is manual.
To your question, there is no specific irrigation regimen for crops. There are lots of things or factors you need to consider...
* Season. Even in dry season, we still have cold-dry season and hot-dry season. In cold dry, you don't water heavily like in hot-dry period.
2. Ability to read and de-code the body language of your crops. Sometimes, the expression on the faces of your crops will tell you wether to wet daily or skip one or two days.
3. For okra (WRT my variety) , the rate of watering should reduce after 4 weeks due to formation of "canopy" by the leaves/branches of the crop thereby help in minimizing soil evaporation.
4. Finally, it's not a crime to use manual irrigation, it's better than folding arms and doing nothing. If u are planting, ensure to plant your seed inside a shallow pit on your ridge/heaps as in Mr okoro.Emeka style (visit his cucumber thread for details). The pits wl help to conserve/retain water for your crops.
In conclusion, I normal tell by customers this...if you don't have insecticides and fungicides in place, don't drop seed on the ground. Our efforts shall not be in vain.

Thank you so much

Hmmmm, I'll likely go into okro. Pepper is peppering me