SV8999 OKRA

SV8999

♦ Plant Type : Vigorous, erect

♦ Fruit Colour : Dark Green

♦ Fruit Length : 10 to 12 cm

♦ Fruit Lusture : Good

♦ Easy to Picking : Very Good

♦ Presence of Hairs : Very Few

♦ Days to first pick : 50 to 52 days

Tips for Growing Okra

Soil : Well drained sandy loams and clay loam soil is ideal for the crop.
Sowing time : As per regional practices and timings
Spacing : Row to row : 60 cm. Plant to Plant : 30 cm.
Seed rate : 2.0 – 2.5 Kg /acre.
Preparation of Main field : 1. Deep ploughing and harrowing. 2. Apply 10 tones of well
decomposed FYM followed by harrowing to mix in the soil. 3. Form ridges and furrows 4.
Apply basal dose of fertilizers in furrows and cover the fertilizer. 5. Irrigate the field one day
prior to sowing. 6. Dibble one seed per hill, immediately give one light irrigation for quick
and better establishment.

Chemical Fertilizer : Fertilizer requirement varies with soil fertility

● Basal dose : 30:40: 40 NPK Kg/acre
● First top dressing 20 – 25 days after sowing : 20:00: 40 NPK kg / acre
● Second top dressing 20 – 25 days after first top dressing : 25: 00 :00 NPK Kg/acre

Sowing Season