How to grow Okra plants in the Terrace Gardening

• Okra grows best in a well-drained sandy loam or loam soil that is good in organic matter

• Select a well drained pot with drainage holes so that they would help to drain out excess water present in the soil so as to reduce the risk of root rot.

• Fill the pot with two parts potting soil and one part sand. Mix organic fertilizer to the soil balanced ratio of 20-20-20 of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium

• Sow the Okra seeds over the potting mix and cover them with thin layer of soil

• Water regularly and the seeds generally germinate within 2-3 weeks

• After 30 days, sapling would have grown by 3 to 4 inches and will be ready for transplanting.

• During Transplanting you may need to carefully slide a gardening trowel into the side of the pot and remove the saplings and plant them in individual pots