Among the plants beloved in the south of the United States, okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a crowd favorite. Because okra loves hot and sunny summers, it's most commonly grown in the deep south, but ...

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 ...

When the heat is on, okra thrives, but there's one key ingredient to its success — here's the foolproof way to grow it even ...

The key ingredient for gumbo and a pickled favorite, okra, is easy to grow and makes a good mid-summer crop in the Kansas garden. Plant it where spring spinach and radishes have faded, in its own well ...

Okra is one of those plants that most people have strong opinions about — they either love it or hate it. I love it. My family and I are from Arkansas, so we ate it quite a lot in the summertime. As ...

Attention, pod people: Have you harvested your okra today? Okra likes heat and grows fast, making regular harvesting important for gardeners who want to try growing their own. The seed pods should be ...

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. Okra ...

Selecting the right container is key to growing okra indoors. Choose pots that are at least 12 inches deep to allow for ...

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 thrives in the heat - both in the garden and in the kitchen. As the merciless summer sun beats down, okra plants produce pod after pod, giving home cooks pounds of produce to prepare or preserve.