A guide to what to do with okra in July for happy plants and rich harvests, including picking, watering, feeding, supporting, ...

Growing okra in your home vegetable garden can provide a wealth of pods to use in the kitchen. Indeed, the plants are so prolific that you may have more pods than you can cook. If you leave some on ...

Some companion plants help repel pests or attract pollinators, which can improve okra yield. Planting companions like radishes, cucumbers, or lettuce can create beneficial growing conditions for okra.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Among the plants beloved in the south of the United States, okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a crowd favorite. Because okra loves ...

LEICESTER, N.C. — It was a dewy morning when I joined Chris Smith, author of “The Whole Okra,” at the Utopian Seed Project’s experimental farm near Asheville, North Carolina. It wasn’t even 9 a.m. and ...

Comparatively speaking, the okra plant and the cotton plant have much in common. They both thrive in hot weather and need full sun to flourish. The shape of the leaves and blossoms are very similar.

Okra holds a special place in many African-descended communities, and a Canadian farmer with Jamaican roots is growing a very old variety ...

Once you start picking okra, you have to keep up because it grows fast. Skip a day and the pods may already be too big and tough for cooking purposes. If you pick them at just the right time, when ...

Okra is a polarizing vegetable. Some people wolf it down golden-fried, a plate at a time. Others wince and turn away at the mere thought of the slimy stuff. Either way, Houston gardeners should ...

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 ...