Okra
Fiber in okra can help you feel full and curb your appetite, which aids in weight management.
Adaptability: 18 – 35°C (mean monthly temperature)
Maturity: 45 – 55 days (AFTER SOWING)
Planting Distance: 30 cm x 75 cm
Plant Population (per ha): 44,444 hills
Seeding Rate: 3 – 5 kg/ha
Number of Seeds: 16 seeds/ gram
Method of Planting: Best direct seeded
Sowing To Germination: 4 – 6 days
pH Requirement: 5 – 6.8
Harvesting:
• Pods are ready for harvest 4–7 days after flowering.
• Harvest at intervals of 2–3 days.
Fertilizer Management
- Basal: (2 days before transplanting)
- 1st Sidedressing: (10 days after germination)
- 2nd Sidedressing: (30 days after germination)
- 3rd Sidedressing: (45 days after germination)
- Foliar Fertilizer
- chicken manure (1 kg/ m2)
- 21-0-0 (4 bags/ha)
- 46-0-0 (4 bags/ha)
- 46-0-0 (4 bags/ha)
- (weekly starting at first harvest)
- 14-14-14 (20 g/m2)
- 0-0-60 (4 bags/ha)
- 0-0-60 (4 bags/ha)
- 0-0-60 (4 bags/ha)
- 46-0-0 (10 g/m2)
