Burgundy Okra Abelmoschus esculentus seed

LATIN NAME: Abelmoschus esculentus
COMMON NAME: Okra
The okra raises its large, yellow, hibiscus-like flowers and the ribbed, green pods, and the whole plant stands in the tall, upright clumps. The tall, upright, warm-season annual plant carries the large, lobed, palm-shaped leaves and the large, yellow, hibiscus-like flowers with the dark-red or purple centres through the warm season, one of the fine, bold sights of the kitchen garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the long, ribbed, green or red, mucilaginous pods. The pods have a very long record as the fine, tender vegetables of the warm tables, and the plant is a fine, historic presence of the kitchen garden. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The okra is a historic subject of the plant science, and the ribbed pods keep showing up in the work on the warm-season vegetables. The way the long, ribbed, green or red pods form from the large, yellow, hibiscus-like flowers has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the warm-season vegetables, the mucilaginous pods and the members of the mallow family. The lobed leaves and the upright habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the okra is a regular subject of the work on the ribbed pods of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The okra is a fine, bold plant of the kitchen garden and the study collection. The long, ribbed, green or red, mucilaginous pods have a very long record as the fine, tender vegetables of the warm tables, the young pods coming to the stews, the gumbos, the curries and the fried dishes of the warm kitchens, while the large, yellow, hibiscus-like flowers with the dark-red or purple centres open through the warm season, drawing the bees. It is one of the fine choices for the kitchen garden, the warm bed and the study collection, and it has been written about in the culinary and the agricultural papers for the ribbed pods and the very long history. It is a fine, bold plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.
Give the young plants the deep, rich, moist bed and the warm, sunny spot, and the pods will come in the first season.
To grow the okra from seed, sow the large, round, dark seeds a centimetre down in the pot of rich, gritty soil, keep the pot in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings are up within a week or two and grow on fast. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground, the ribbed pods will come in the first warm season.
Abelmoschus esculentus Burgundy Okra seed
Deep-red aby pods make very attractive menu additions and older pods remain tender even at 20cm/8?length, and retain their red colour when cooked. The attractive red stems and branches, red-veined green leaves are ornamental as well as tasty! 60 days.



