Among the plants beloved in the south of the United States, okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is a crowd favorite. Because okra loves hot and sunny summers, it's most commonly grown in the deep south, but ...

Question for Dan Gill: I bought some okra transplants in large peat pots for three dollars each. The plants are about eight inches tall. There are about five plants in some of the pots, and I would ...

Okra, often called lady's finger, is a crop beloved across the southern United States. But you don't need to live there to grow it in your garden. In fact, okra can thrive in zones 4 to 11 in the ...

This summer’s garden has been a disappointment. The cucumber plants showed early promise, long green tendrils snaking up carefully set stakes, pushing out all sorts of blossoms, but produced very ...

COLUMBIA, Miss. (WDAM) - Whether you enjoy okra fried, boiled or pickled, the plant has become a Southern staple in many households. One gardener in Columbia is watching one particular okra plant ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The sky is the limit, or so it seems. A towering okra plant in West Mobile knows no bounds. Still growing strong, up some three feet in just the last month. Standing tall in ...

A Mobile couple could soon set a world record and it’s because of their enormous okra plant. According to an interview with Fox10 News, Terry and Candace Stevens first started growing okra in March.