I brought one green okra plant indoors to overwinter, along with stem cuttings from two red ones. The cuttings rooted in water, but then died because they were too close to the heater vent. The dirt plant wasn't looking good, but perked up when I moved it to the other side of the house into natural light and away from the heat 🔥.
In fact, after just a few days it started to bloom. At first I panicked because my AeroGarden butternut squash bloomed at the sane time, but defied squash logic by going ladies first. No pollen!
But then I remembered that okra, like tomatoes, can self pollenate, only with a little more help. So I got out a small 🖌 paintbrush and assisted.
We had only one light frost so far this "winter" in my part of Southern California, and it got a few plants, but others might just make it to spring. The edible chrysanthemum which for some reason I though was a heat loving summer plant was petulant did NOT like triple digits at all, but when we got down into the 40's and 50's it thrived. Some of the tomatoes died on the vine, but those that made it are ripening with no loss of flavor and now there are new blossoms coming fast. The weather has been strange bouncing around from the high 30's overnight back into mid 70's in the late afternoon. This is pleasing to my Air Radishes which I blogged about here.