The ideal pod size varies by variety. Some gardeners like to harvest okra on the small side just to be safe. To tell whether ...

At the start, the seed was germinated just fine. However, from the 18th day onward, the plant started drying while the leaves ...

Watch 150 days of an okra plant, often known as lady's fingers, growing from a seed till harvesting pods and seeds. We chose ...

Okra needs full sun. It will grow in ordinary garden soil but does best in fertile loam, particularly where a nitrogen-fixing crop - such as early peas - grew previously. Advertisement Advertisement ...

Okra seeds planted when the soil is still too cool will germinate poorly or not at all. This often happens to gardeners who plant okra seeds in March or early April, before the soil has warmed up ...

Grow okra this summer to enjoy some creative cuisine in your kitchen. Think cornmeal-dredged fried okra, okra muffins, okra succotash and much more. (For details on growing many other vegetables ...

Most okra varieties take about 50 days from planting to harvest. Okra plants grow to be quite tall, often over 6 feet. The edible pods will grow from the plant following pink flowers.

I try to cut mine when the pods get about 3"-5" in length. The conversation I had with Dr. Joe Masabni with Texas A&M AgriLife is going to change how I grow it next year. Growing okra (CBS 11) ...

The plant, in some regions called lady’s fingers because of the pods’ elegant shape, can be incredibly productive. From June through October, the Walker brothers harvest okra three times a week.

Okra or Abelmoschus esculentusis is in the same family as cotton, hollyhocks and hibiscus.The okra plant can be a striking ornamental specimen, and its blooms resemble hibiscus flowers. In addition… ...

Because okra will grow tall, plant it in the north side of your garden to prevent it from shading other plants. Sow seeds April through June directly into the soil, approximately half an inch to 1 ...

PHOTOS: Homegrown okra Pemberton’s Louisiana-born mother cooked okra often. He grew up eating a lot of okra, though it didn’t occur to him that he could grow his own.