Description
AAS WINNER DETAILS
Winner Type: National
Class: Okra
Variety Name: Cajun Delight F1
Genus: Abelmoschus
Species: esculentus
Year: 1997
Common Name: Okra
Type: Vegetables
Breeder: Petoseed/Seminis Vegetable Seeds
Close Market Comparison: Clemson Spineless, Annie Oakley
PLANT NEEDS
Duration Type: Annual
Light Needs: Full sun
Water Needs: Normal
Season Type: Warm season
Staking Required: No
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Foliage Color: Green
Plant Habit: Bushy
Plant Height: 3-4 inches
Fruit Color (Harvest): Dark Green
Fruit Shape: 5-sided, long and tapering
Fruit Size: 3-4 inches
Fruit Weight: .25-.50 ounces
Fruit Flavor Description: Flavorful, tender and spineless
IN THE GARDEN
Garden Spacing: 6-8 inches
Days To Harvest (Sowing Seed): 4-8 weeks
Days To Harvest (Transplant): 50 days
Plant Spread: 24 inches
HOW TO GROW
Sow seed directly into warm soil. Space hills 6-8 inches apart. Sow 2-3 seeds per hill and thin to 1 plant per hill.
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