Collecting Okra Seeds – How To Save Okra Seeds For Planting Later

By Teo Spengler Okra is a warm season vegetable that produces long, thin, edible pods nicknamed ladies’ fingers. If you grow okra in your garden, collecting okra seeds is a cheap and easy way to get seeds for next year’s garden. Read on to find out how to save okra seeds. Saving Okra Seeds Grow okra plants in full sun in well-drained soil. Plant okra in the spring several weeks after all danger of frost has passed. Although okra grows with minimal irrigation, watering every week will produce more okra seed pods. If you are interested in saving okra seeds from species in your garden, it is important to make sure that the plants are isolated from other okra varieties. Otherwise, your seeds might be hybrids. Okra is pollinated by insects. If an insect brings pollen from some other okra variety to your plants, the okra seed pods may contain

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