I have trouble getting my okra seeds to come up in the spring. I have to plant seeds into my garden two or three times before I get a good stand. I’ve heard that you need to soak the seeds in hot ...

At the local greenhouse where I buy many of my spring bedding plants and vegetable starts, one of the most popular requests seems to be for okra. Do people like it for its tasty seed pods, or because ...

Okra gave gumbo its name. Hopefully, you grow a garden or know someone that does. Hot weather is on its way, but there’s still time to plant Southern peas, sweet potatoes, and okra. Okra is synonymous ...

Time-lapse of planting an okra from a seed to harvest-able pods. The okra seed was sowed under potting mix soil in a 10-inch ...

Planting tip: Once okra seedlings are a few inches tal,l they should be thinned to 12 inches between plants. OKRA: Native to tropical Africa, it never gets too hot for okra to thrive here. Direct ...

Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a breeze to grow in Southern gardens. The plant is native to Africa and well adapted to summer heat and dry weather. Plant it in full sun once the soil temperature has ...

Question for Dan Gill: I bought some okra transplants in large peat pots for three dollars each. The plants are about eight inches tall. There are about five plants in some of the pots, and I would ...

Writing off okra as a slimy pod is a great injustice, according to Chris Smith. The garden writer and seed saver is an okra aficionado who asserts that while the vegetable may have a unique texture, ...

Whether you are whipping up a batch of classic New Orleans-style gumbo, want to pop some okra in your air fryer, add it to a tuna roll (trust us on this), or add it to your shrimp po'boy, it's easy to ...

The plant: Although most Americans think of okra as a crop staple of the southern United States, it’s also a favorite among those living in other warm regions of the world, including Greece, Turkey, ...