Best time to plant okra in Tennant Creek
Abelmoschus esculentus
Also called lady's fingers
Sow okra in Tennant Creek in Sep to Dec.
Okra, sometimes called lady's fingers, belongs to the mallow family and comes from West Africa, with cotton and hibiscus among its relatives. Its edible seed pods are usually green, though some cultivars have red pods, and each one has a five-sided cross-section when cut.
When to sow in Tennant Creek
Tennant Creek, NT is in the arid zone. Its months for okra apply here without a frost adjustment.
Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Tennant Creek
Tennant Creek frosts in fewer than 1 year in 10, so frost doesn't hold back any planting here.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 2.5cm
- Plant spacing
- 30cm
- Row spacing
- 60cm
- Height
- 100cm
- Germination
- About 14 days
- Time to harvest
- 55 days from sowing
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial, grown as an annual in cool climates
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.