OKRA RED BURGUNDY - 100 FINEST SEEDS

OKRA BURGUNDY IS A VIGOROUS RED OKRA VARIETY. THE PODS GROW UP TO 6 - 8 INCHES LONG.EVEN IF LEFT TO GROW AND FULLY MATURE BURGUNDY KEEPS IT TENDER TEXTURE AND FLAVOUR. THE OKRA PODS TURN GREEN WHEN COOKED BUT THEY ARE ALSO OFTEN USED DRIED. THE OKRAS WILL MATURE IN CA 60 DAYS

SOWING INSTRUCTIONS:

SOW THE OKRA SEEDS INDOORS CA 4-6 WEEKS BEFORE THE LAST EXPECTED FROST. SOW TWO SEEDS PER POT IN MOIST SEED COMPOST CA 0.5 INCHES DEEP.  ONCE SEEDLINGS EMERGE DISCARD THE WEAKEST SEEDLING. ONCE DANGER OF FROST HAS PASSED, HARDEN TEH OKRA SEEDS OFF AND PLANT OUTSIDE.

ALTERNATIVELY YOU CAN SOW THE OKRA SEEDS DIRECTLY OUTSIDE AFTER DANGER OF FROST HAS PASSED. SOW THE SEEDS IN ROWS CA 0.5 INCHES DEEP AND THIN OUT TO CA 20 INCHES.

THE OKRA PLANTS WILL NEED A SUNNY GROWING POSITION. THEY WILL MATURE IN ABOUT 60 DAYS. HARVEST THE PODS BEFORE THEY REACH FULL MATURITY  WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG AND  TENDER. REGULAR HARVESTING ALSO ENCOURGES  MORE GROWTH