Basically, the more you pick, the more the plant will produce. If you don't keep an okra plant harvested, the plant will slow down its production of pods. At the peak of okra season, you should harvest pods every single day. The hotter it gets, the more often you'll need to harvest. If you take a knife to the outside of the pod and hear a crunch, that okra is already past the point of being edible.Įarly in the okra growing season, you might harvest pods every couple of days. It's important to stay on top of harvesting these pods while they're tender and young, before they mature fully and become hard like cardboard. These pods mature pretty quickly, like within just a few days. Okra plants grow tall and upright and produce beautiful white blooms that then form okra pods. While your okra seedlings need water daily, once these plants are a few inches tall, they only need a deep soak about once a week. You could also use okra plants as a vertical structure for pole beans to climb. Okra plants grow tall, so you can easily plant medium- and small-size plants around their base. Tip Number Three: Utilize the Area Around Okra The looser loamy soil in raised beds does produce a larger, more healthy okra plant, but keep in mind that okra can grow tall, making the tops of mature plants difficult to reach in raised beds. You can grow okra in the ground (these plants don't even mind being grown in clay-heavy soil) or in raised beds. Tip Number Two: Space Okra Plants About a Foot Apart Check your seed package to see whether they recommend soaking the seeds for 24 hours immediately before planting. Okra seeds are nice and big, so you can see where you're sowing them. Seeds germinate really well in warm soil. While you can buy okra transplants and move them to your garden, it's super easy (and cheaper) to direct sow okra seeds in the garden. Okra Growing Tips Tip Number One: Start from Seed
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