Vegetables · Warm
Okra
Malvaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 45 cm
- USDA zones
- 6a–13
- Frost-sensitive
- yes
- Growth duration
- 14 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sun
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:raised-bed mixsandy
- Drainage (prefers)
- normalAlso okay:very free-draining
Seed & start
Pre-culture recommended
Start indoors / cold frame first, transplant into the raised bed later.
Stachi's tip
Okra is Africa's heat diva: 14-week season, needs at least 25 °C. In temperate climates only realistic against a hot south wall or under fleece. Pick the young pods every 2-3 days, otherwise they go woody. Classic ingredient for gumbo and Indian curries.
Sowing
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Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-27 Phase 7 expansion
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