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Avoid Okra Nematode Infestation
Posted on 9/28/25 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 9/28/25 at 2:48 pm
I've grown a 20-plant okra patch in the same plot for 3 years. I've just pulled this year's plants and found the roots badly misshaped and completely covered by nodules caused by nematodes. The plants looked good all season but pods only 4" long were woody and unusually big around.
Some gardening websites recommend not planting okra in those same places again. Has anybody else suddenly had a nematode problem this year or have a more practical solution than moving the garden?
Some gardening websites recommend not planting okra in those same places again. Has anybody else suddenly had a nematode problem this year or have a more practical solution than moving the garden?
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Posted on 9/28/25 at 3:05 pm to Tree_Fall
yes you need to rotate where you plant what inside your beds. a couple years in a row in the same spot is usually ok but after that, swap everything around. it happens to tomatoes too. plant something totally unrelated in the okra spot and it will clear up
Posted on 9/28/25 at 3:22 pm to Tree_Fall
Plant Elbon Rye and let it grow over the winter.Nematodes go into the roots and stay there.Pull it up and throw it away in thespring or put it in compost pile if you have one.
Should rotate it every year anyway.
We had a bad nematode problem in our garden to the point we couldn’t grow tomatoes at all.Were ruining our potatoes also.
Old man told my wife about the Elbon Rye trick. Works.
We have 6 raised bds for a garden.I keep a chart of what we grow where and skip 2 years before planting back in the same bed.
Should rotate it every year anyway.
We had a bad nematode problem in our garden to the point we couldn’t grow tomatoes at all.Were ruining our potatoes also.
Old man told my wife about the Elbon Rye trick. Works.
We have 6 raised bds for a garden.I keep a chart of what we grow where and skip 2 years before planting back in the same bed.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 5:21 pm to cgrand
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yes you need to rotate where you plant what inside your beds. a couple years in a row in the same spot is usually ok but after that, swap everything around. it happens to tomatoes too.
How do tomato farmers avoid it.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 5:39 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Excellent question. People grow nothing but tomatoes in the same 100 acre field year after year and so great.
Posted on 9/28/25 at 5:39 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
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How do tomato farmers avoid it.
There are nematode resistant plant types.
Posted on 9/29/25 at 9:11 am to LSUA 75
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Pull it up and throw it away in thespring or put it in compost pile if you have one.
Why in the hell would you put nematodes in your compost pile???? Seems counterproductive to add a soil borne parasite to a compost pile to be used in a garden as an organic supplement.
Posted on 9/29/25 at 9:33 am to gumbo2176
nematodes are actually beneficial to the composting process and don’t survive the high heat generated in the compost pile. They help in speedy decomposition
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