How to grow okra in Cabramurra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Also called lady's fingers
Frost in Cabramurra rules out the cool zone's usual months for okra. Ask the growers at your garden what works locally.
Okra, sometimes called lady's fingers, belongs to the mallow family and comes from West Africa, with cotton and hibiscus among its relatives. Its edible seed pods are usually green, though some cultivars have red pods, and each one has a five-sided cross-section when cut.
When to sow in Cabramurra
Cabramurra, NSW is in the cool zone. The zone also plants in Oct to Dec, but Cabramurra's frost dates make those months risky for a frost-tender crop.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Cabramurra
Frost usually arrives in Cabramurra around early February and finishes by early December. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early January or as late as late December, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 2.5cm
- Plant spacing
- 30cm
- Row spacing
- 60cm
- Height
- 100cm
- Germination
- About 14 days
- Time to harvest
- 55 days from sowing
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial, grown as an annual in cool climates
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.