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How to grow Okra in Home Gardens

  • Okra grows best in a well-drained sandy loam or loam soil that is good in organic matter
  • Select a well drained pot with drainage holes so that they would help to drain out excess water present in the soil so as to reduce the risk of root rot.
  • Fill the pot with two parts potting soil and one part sand. Mix organic fertilizer to the soil balanced ratio of 20-20-20 of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium
  • Sow the orka seeds over the potting mix and cover them with thin layer of soil
  • Water regularly and the seeds generally germinate within 2-3 weeks
  • After 30 days, sapling would have grown by 3 to 4 inches and will be ready for transplanting.
  • During Transplanting you may need to carefully slide a gardening trowel into the side of the pot and remove the saplings and plant them in individual pots
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5 responses to “How to grow Okra in Home Gardens”

  1. I only tried growing okra once many years ago, here in my short-season New England garden, and I wasn’t very successful! It’s a good thing okra is not a common ingredient in our yankee cuisine!

    1. Okra is a tasty vegetable and easy to grow at home

  2. Nice post. Thanks

  3. One of my favorite vegetables! Here in the Southern United States, it is commonly grown in home gardens….not much so up North.

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