If you prefer bhindi over every other vegetable, it's time to use the small space on your balcony to grow your produce. Okra ...

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 ...

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And a good thing about okra is that it’s pretty easy to grow. The hardest part is keeping up with its production. Okra is a member of the mallow family, which also includes cotton and hibiscus.

Okra is planted through broadcasting or seed propagation. A farmer should plant the seeds at a well-ploughed soil that is rich in soil nutrients. The farmer should then water the soil to provide ...

Okra plant is an herbaceous plant belonging to the Malvaceae family grown for its edible seed pods. Okra plants have short straight stems that can be hairy or hairless with heart-shaped leaves.