Vegetables
Year Introduced: 1890
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: USA
Hybridizer or Originator: Peter Henderson
Days to harvest: 70

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 6-8 feet
Plant Spread: 2 feet
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Other Beneficial Insects
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Pollinators: Bees
Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

Image
Common names
  • Okra

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Location: Bon Aqua, TN
Date: 2003
Image used courtesy of the New Hope Seed Company
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Jun 4, 2013 1:01 PM concerning plant:
    I have not grown this one in 50 years. I tried it in southwest Virginia where it struggled. Flavor is excellent, I graduated to the hybrid Blondie which is much earlier and more productive in the mountains of southwest Virginia and has similar pods.

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