Okra, commonly known lady's finger or Bhindi in India, is a seasonal plant which belongs to the melon family and has beautiful flowers. The vegetable can be cooked and consumed in different ways. It ...

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 ...

Okra is one of those plants that most people have strong opinions about — they either love it or hate it. I love it. My family and I are from Arkansas, so we ate it quite a lot in the summertime. As ...

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 ...

As most of us are either planting or have already planted our warm-season vegetables, if you haven’t used all your space up yet and would like an easy plant to grow that is a big producer, give okra a ...

Alfred University students EQ AlQtam and Preston Guynup at the American Society of Plant Biologists conference Two Alfred University students studying with Assistant Professor of Biology Cat Clarke ...