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08 Apr 10, Raji (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Okra seeds needs warm soil to germinate. Once it is established you can harvest until May. Easy recipe: wash dry cut the top off. Boil with sliced onion, split green chillies, coconut milk, curry leaves and salt. Do not put the spoon in the pan. Shake the pan instead if you want everything to mix well. after 10-15 minutes remove from stove and add lime juice. Enjoy.

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24 May 10, Anita (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Can I keep my okra plants in the vege patch for more than one season? Can they be pruned back and take a rest until next spring when they could releaf? Being related to hibiscus I thought this may be feasible. Many thanks for feedback.

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27 May 10, Jean (Australia - tropical climate)

If it's warm enough okra can be grown as a perennial and will grow year after year. You just need to pick all the pods so it doesn't give up producing. You can cut them back to about 30cm and give them a good feed every so often. They'll grow into a sort of shrub.

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28 May 10, anita (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Thank you for this information, Jean. It certainly helps. Do you know if the same can be done with Rosellas - also being related to hibiscus as you will know. cheers

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13 Jun 10, Andrea (Australia - tropical climate)

As no one else has replied, I will give it a shot. I haven't actually grown rosellas but my mother did when i was a child. It was grown as a bush like any other fruit tree as i recall , ie it was just left there to produce. It may have been pruned a little but i don't recall it looking like a pruned hedge ever.

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24 Aug 10, Ray Kumar (Australia - temperate climate)

Okra grows well but beware of Curl Grubs lost half my plants approx (2 months old) to them before i realised what was happening! Treated the soil and the remaining plants gave abundunt fruit.

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03 Sep 10, Mohan (Australia - temperate climate)

What is the right type of soil, I mean the pH for growing OKRA

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24 Apr 20, Madut Liai (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I live in Cranbourne East Victoria_ Melbourne Australia. I would like to grow up okra is our family favor food would you please help me to have a plan in my backyard. Thank you Madut Liai

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08 Oct 10, Dana (Australia - temperate climate)

I grew okra very successfully last summer and loved it. I would like to plant it again but can't find the seeds. Does anyone have a source? I tried Diggers but they don't have it listed.

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17 Oct 10, Josh (Australia - temperate climate)

Okra seeds can be ordered from "The Lost Seed" (google it as I can not post the link here unfortunately - should be the first result and it is an Australian site.) I'm planting them for the first time this year - I love okra and I hope it works successfully!

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