Description
To enjoy more tender okra, pick pods when they are roughly three inches long.
Okra #80 is known for producing tender pods that can be harvested multiple times. It's perfect for Southern dishes like Creole and Cajun cuisine.
- Color: Green
- Fill Weight (grams): 5.3 g
- Approximate Seed Count: 70 - 85
- Flavor: Meaty with strong flavor.
- Preparation Ideas: Commonly boiled or fried; used in Cajun dishes.
- Plant Type: Vegetable
- Plant Lifecycle: Perennial
- Landscape Use: Edible Garden
- Tolerance: Drought
- Growing Season(s): Spring|Summer
- Harvest/Bloom Season(s): Summer
- Package Dimensions: 3.25 x 4.5"
Sowing Info
Sow a few seeds evenly spaced in hills, 8 inches high and 12 inches across. Young vines should have a fence, trellis, or heavy cord on which to climb. When young vines are about 8 inches, thin to 3 plants per hill. Does not transplant well.
- Planting Depth: 0.75"
- Seed Spacing: Sow two Organic Clemson Spineless #80 Okra seeds every 18" in a row. Thin to one okra plant every 18" when seedlings are 2" tall.
- Nutrient Care Instructions: Once per week, Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.
Description
To enjoy more tender okra, pick pods when they are roughly three inches long.
Okra #80 is known for producing tender pods that can be harvested multiple times. It's perfect for Southern dishes like Creole and Cajun cuisine.
- Color: Green
- Fill Weight (grams): 5.3 g
- Approximate Seed Count: 70 - 85
- Flavor: Meaty with strong flavor.
- Preparation Ideas: Commonly boiled or fried; used in Cajun dishes.
- Plant Type: Vegetable
- Plant Lifecycle: Perennial
- Landscape Use: Edible Garden
- Tolerance: Drought
- Growing Season(s): Spring|Summer
- Harvest/Bloom Season(s): Summer
- Package Dimensions: 3.25 x 4.5"
Sowing Info
Sow a few seeds evenly spaced in hills, 8 inches high and 12 inches across. Young vines should have a fence, trellis, or heavy cord on which to climb. When young vines are about 8 inches, thin to 3 plants per hill. Does not transplant well.
- Planting Depth: 0.75"
- Seed Spacing: Sow two Organic Clemson Spineless #80 Okra seeds every 18" in a row. Thin to one okra plant every 18" when seedlings are 2" tall.
- Nutrient Care Instructions: Once per week, Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.