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28 Aug 12, ToonZie (Australia - temperate climate)

I live in the far south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Being born in Oklahoma and raised in the southern US, I am very excited to be growing Okra for the first time this year. Australia does indeed need to embrace this amazing veg!! By the way, the way to pronounce is "Oh krah" not "Aukra" :)

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17 Aug 12, Shankar (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi there, Where do you get the best okra seeds... I tried buying from flower power in Sydney and ebay, but I cant get a single seed to germinate.... any help would be greatly appreciated... Thanks Shankar

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29 Sep 12, Sylvester (Australia - temperate climate)

You can keep the best bean for seeds. Also I soaked the seeds in advance. They became much bigger arter the first 24 hours. Then started growing in another 24 hours.

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23 Aug 12, Sue (Australia - temperate climate)

try Green harvest they have great seed

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02 May 12, Bob (Australia - temperate climate)

I love orka I love mixing it with peppers and eggplant!I love to grill it on the BBQ! :) try it !! grill it on its side for 2 minutes each!its yummy!!!!

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12 Mar 12, Sue Averay (Australia - temperate climate)

I ran an okra trial in my Adelaide eastern suburbs garden this year. Best spot by far is on eastern fence with plenty of afternoon sun, second best on southern wall of house with morning sun from north and afternoon dappled shade. Planted out seeds in November, slow germination through our cool early summer, really took off in late January and are fruiting well. I give them fortnightly Powerfeed. No sign of disease, despite humid spells, and very tolerant of a few days without water.

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18 Mar 12, Rob (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Fantastic results for okra here in Brisbane as well! We grow them every year and eat them in a lot of cooking. No problem except for the caterpillar from the moth similar to cabbage moth - really does the plant in fast! Spray with white oil and watch for the signs of leaves being stripped - the holes are the grasshoppers!

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20 Feb 12, Brian (Australia - temperate climate)

Alternatives to Pyretherum to deal with Perth bugs. What can I make up as low cost option?

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28 Jan 12, Raelene (Australia - temperate climate)

I got okra seeds from an Asian grocery store - pretty common in Adelaide. Planted seeds trays in Oct, only 3 survived out of 50 seeds planted, stayed about 3 inches for 1 month (Adelaide had cool start to summer this year). My mum ("certified" green thumb) came visiting in Dec, she put out maybe 20 seeds direct into garden bed, almost all seeds came up with many 3 inches tall in 1 week. (She also stuck 10 corn seeds from the chook feed into another bed, all came up in 1 week). So my tip, find someone with a green thumb (if you aren't that yourself) and invite them over for a meal at specific planting times and hand them the packets of seeds!

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20 Jan 12, Wendy (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Find a permaculture group in your area and they are sure to have seeds or cutting. It is a survivasl food. 27.6% protien in the leaves.

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