Okra

55 days. A delicious heirloom from Alabama, this variety has fat, red-tinged pods that are great fried or in gumbo! One of our most popular varieties, it is unique and rare.

• 8-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 75-90 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1"
• Plant Spacing: 18"
• Frost Hardy: No
• Abelmoschus esculentus
  

Growing Tips: Soak seeds for 24 hours. Direct seed after last spring frost. Pick pods while young and tender. Loves heat and humid or dry conditions.

57 days. Lovely plants that grow 7-8 feet tall and have deep red stems. The great-tasting pods are long and thin, being quite tender even when longer than most. This heirloom has been grown by the Bowling family of Virginia since at least the 1920s.

• 8-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 75-90 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1"
• Plant Spacing: 18"
• Frost Hardy: No
• Abelmoschus esculentus
  

Growing Tips: Soak seeds for 24 hours. Direct seed after last spring frost. Pick pods while young and tender. Loves heat and humid or dry conditions.

55 days. Very tender and delicious. Beautiful deep red pods and stems contrast nicely with green leaves. Ornamental and tasty! Developed by Clemson University in South Carolina and introduced in 1983.

• 8-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 75-90 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1"
• Plant Spacing: 18"
• Frost Hardy: No
• Abelmoschus esculentus
  

Growing Tips: Soak seeds for 24 hours. Direct seed after last spring frost. Pick pods while young and tender. Loves heat and humid or dry conditions.

We are proud to offer this heirloom variety from Burma (Myanmar). Large pods are tender, spineless, and finely flavored. The plants start yielding early, and production lasts until frost.

• 8-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 75-90 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1"
• Plant Spacing: 18"
• Frost Hardy: No
• Abelmoschus esculentus
  

Growing Tips: Soak seeds for 24 hours. Direct seed after last spring frost. Pick pods while young and tender. Loves heat and humid or dry conditions.

60 days. Plant is spineless; tasty green pods, best picked small. Developed in 1939. Still a standard in many home gardens.

• 8-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 75-90 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1"
• Plant Spacing: 18"
• Frost Hardy: No
• Abelmoschus esculentus
  

Growing Tips: Soak seeds for 24 hours. Direct seed after last spring frost. Pick pods while young and tender. Loves heat and humid or dry conditions.

From the area around Carrizo Springs and Eagle Pass, Texas. Productive plants are a favorite of the local farmer who grows this variety. A great okra that is less slimy than others; big pods are tender and delicious.

• 8-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 75-90 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1"
• Plant Spacing: 18"
• Frost Hardy: No
• Abelmoschus esculentus
  

Growing Tips: Soak seeds for 24 hours. Direct seed after last spring frost. Pick pods while young and tender. Loves heat and humid or dry conditions.

Amazing production! Okra lovers rejoice! This is the most productive okra we have ever seen, with plants producing as much as 250 pods per plant in a season and 44 young, tender pods in a single day. This unbelievable heirloom was selected and perfected over decades by one dedicated farmer in Oklahoma. Dry Creek Farm owner Ron Cook received seeds of Clemson Spineless okra in 1972 from a local gardening friend who had saved her own seeds for decades. Once in his hands, Ron began to select for heavy productivity. After many years of improvement and selection, the Heavy Hitter stands to be one of the most productive okras of all time and with no compromise to flavor and texture. For those who love to grow a mess of okra, this is your variety. You can expect heavy crops of uniform pods, perfect for pickling and then savoring all season long!

• 8-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 75-90 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1"
• Plant Spacing: 18"
• Frost Hardy: No
• Abelmoschus esculentus
  

Growing Tips: Soak seeds for 24 hours. Direct seed after last spring frost. Pick pods while young and tender. Loves heat and humid or dry conditions.

Our Best Selling Okra! 60 days. Our favorite okra! Lovely pods are a deep reddish-orange and are quite colorful. This Chinese variety produces lots of flavorful 6-8-inch pods early, even in dry conditions. An exciting new variety that is unique and beautiful. One of the most tender we offer.

• 8-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 75-90 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1"
• Plant Spacing: 18"
• Frost Hardy: No
• Abelmoschus esculentus
  

Growing Tips: Soak seeds for 24 hours. Direct seed after last spring frost. Pick pods while young and tender. Loves heat and humid or dry conditions.

60-65 days. You can eat the pods of this truly impressive heirloom okra from Louisiana until they reach around 10 inches long, which is about 2 times as long as most okra varieties! Seasoned okra growers know how easy it is to miss a day of picking and find your plant covered in pods that are too tough to eat. With this variety, though, pods stay tender a little longer. The pale green pods are superbly tasty and tender. Plants are rugged and sturdy.

• 8-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 75-90 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1"
• Plant Spacing: 18"
• Frost Hardy: No
• Abelmoschus esculentus
  

Growing Tips: Soak seeds for 24 hours. Direct seed after last spring frost. Pick pods while young and tender. Loves heat and humid or dry conditions.

A mammoth heirloom okra from West Africa that produces gargantuan edible leaves and delicious pods. This outstanding okra was introduced to us by Jon Jackson, a retired U.S. Army Airborne Ranger and founder of Comfort Farms, a non-profit agriculture program focused on helping veterans to heal and learn sustainable farming practices. Jon’s mother hails from Liberia, West Africa, so on a quest to learn about his ancestral farming roots, he came across this remarkable variety of okra that is considered a productive and reliable staple in his mother’s homeland, as well as in other parts of West Africa. Jon grows the seeds for this okra on his farm in Georgia. There, the late-maturing plants grow to 15 feet tall with elephant ear-sized leaves, but the plants will express themselves differently depending on the climate in which they are grown. Other gardeners report plants averaging 6-8 feet. The pods are an unusual round shape and not entirely spineless. They are exquisite and versatile in cooked dishes, and can even be eaten raw when young. The leaves are also edible when cooked, and in their native range they are traditionally made into soup.

All images in this listing are courtesy of Jon Jackson of Comfort Farms.

• 8-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 75-90 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1"
• Plant Spacing: 18"
• Frost Hardy: No
• Abelmoschus caillei
  

Growing Tips: Soak seeds for 24 hours. Direct seed after last spring frost. Pick pods while young and tender. Loves heat and humid or dry conditions.

The famous “tree okra” of Ghana! Unique pods are tender and of a deep green color, sometimes tinged in red. This prized variety is superior to most Okra from in the Americas. An exceptionally tall and delicious variety known to be long lived in its native range in Ghana, West Africa. The name literally translates to “tall okra”, and the plants can reach up to 12 feet tall. Solomon Amuzu, of Call to Permaculture Farm in Ghana, tells us this variety can live for up to 15 or 20 years in the tropics, if well maintained! It is also used for its flavorful leaves are widely used among the Akan, Ewe, Ga and Fante people, the leaves have a wonderful spinach flavor when cooked is soups, stews and curries. Plants produce dark green pods that are rich in mucilage. You can prune this variety to keep it shorter. This historic variety can have a slight bit of variation in color and fruit shape, but is among the best we have tried in our Missouri gardens.

• 8-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 75-90 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1"
• Plant Spacing: 3'
  
• Frost Hardy: No
• Abelmoschus esculentus
  

Growing Tips: Soak seeds for 24 hours. Direct seed after last spring frost. Pick pods while young and tender. Loves heat and humid or dry conditions.

70 days. One of the most beautiful okra varieties. The super thick pods resemble the Star of David when sliced, making it a unique and eye-catching edible ornamental. This tasty heirloom is said to originally hail from Israel, and indeed it is a popular heirloom among Israeli seed companies and gardeners. The precise origins remain unknown.

• 8-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 75-90 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/2-1"
• Plant Spacing: 18"
• Frost Hardy: No
• Abelmoschus esculentus
  

Growing Tips: Soak seeds for 24 hours. Direct seed after last spring frost. Pick pods while young and tender. Loves heat and humid or dry conditions.