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15 Jan 11, mohan (Australia - temperate climate)

comment: OKRA plants require a free draining soil with pH between 6 and 6.5. potash in required to be fed in fair amounts from December onwards. Red spider mite is a troublesome pest but can be controlled by spraying fine mist of water on the leaves including the undersides. Okra plants do NOT tolerate low temperatures and frost.

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23 Feb 11, garry (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I get my seeds from Bunnings ,Nth NSW They grow quite well here

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05 Mar 11, Sam Wong (Australia - temperate climate)

OKRA seeds can be purchased in some chinese shop where the vegetable seeds are !

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12 Mar 11, Alan Langley-Jones (Australia - temperate climate)

I have grown superp crops of an excellent variety of Okra called Dwarf Green Longpod in the Melbourne area - in Ferntree Gully. This was in the early 1970's when there was a seed merchant at the Victoria Market. It was run by a Greek migrant who knew a huge amount about plants from his homeland. The shop disappeared and in Melbourne we were left with the sub-tropical variety Clemson's Spineless that is next to useless by comparison with Dwarf Green Longpod - which is still commonly used in cooler okra growing regions such as North America - including Canada. In fact there are several other varieties suitable for Melbourne that are unavailable here. We are treated as second class citizens by the horticultural industry - supplying us with essentially leftover seed from the more tropical regions of Australia - when I have contacted them I have been told that they know best.

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12 Apr 11, gai (Australia - temperate climate)

First time grower of okra. Lots of ants crawling around the plants and on the under surface of the leaves and around the okra fruit there are heaps of black and white spots.What can be done to get rid of them what ever pests they are? Thanks

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20 Apr 11, Brooke (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I had the same problem really badly when living in Cairns. They were destroying my tomatoes. Then a friend told me about dish washing liquid. Get a spray bottle and make a solution of dish washing liquid and water - then spray the plants every day until the little buggers go away. The white critters hate dish washing liquid. It's cheap, effective, kind to the environment and doesn't hurt the plant.

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21 Feb 22, Manjeet (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi, Could you kindly tell me when to plant Okra, Arbi,Pomegranet in Perth WA. Thanks

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28 Aug 12, Ants (Australia - temperate climate)

Lemon essential oil is available at a lot of chemists. Put droplets of it around your patch (not in it- around it) every two weeks or after it rains to deter aunts. Alternatively you can put out lemon peels.

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13 Apr 11, Diana-Adelaide (Australia - temperate climate)

I had the same problem. Ants are actually helping those pests to live happily on that plant. If you found some ladybirds, transfer them to your okra plant. A few week later you will see this pests gone from the aid of these ladybirds.

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26 Apr 11, Razak (Australia - temperate climate)

Our okra gets lots of sun planted in late dec. Growing massively well but no fruits after flowering. My partner insists on leaving them for next season I believe they will not produce any longer after a few months. Please help us settle this dispute!

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