Okra holds a special place in the hearts of many Louisianans. For some, it’s an essential ingredient in gumbo, and for others ...

As we approached the crops, I asked Smith, founder of the seed project, what variety of okra had been planted there. “This is just 32 different varieties,” he said. I stifled a laugh.

If your okra crop is exceptionally successful and you find that you have more than you can eat, don't forget it's easy to pickle or freeze any extra to keep all-year round.

At some point, okra made its way to Egypt, where its presence as a cultivated crop was documented in 1216 by Spanish-born botanist, pharmacist, and theologian Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Mufarrij bin ...

Okra varieties grown during one Okra Ultracross planting season. (Photos courtesy of Chris Smith) Smith acknowledges that the concept isn’t entirely new: Crop scientists use the terms “composite cross ...

Okra flowers and produces fruit from that flower all summer long, it grows higher and higher in the garden as it goes along. I've had okra plants get over 10 feet.

Truelove also grows crops and sells seeds from plants of the African Diaspora — sorghum, flowering sesame, okra, cotton, black-eyed peas, climbing gourds and luffa, to name a few.

Twin brothers Andrew and Eric Walker, owners of Farmboy Organics, a three-acre farm in Yolo County, have grown a modest plot of okra each summer since opening their farm in 2022.