Growing Okra at Home - Home Gardening 

Brinjal grows best in a well-drained sandy loam or loam soil that is good in organic matter

Select a well drained pot with drainage holes so that they would help to drain out excess water present in the soil so as to reduce the risk of root rot.

Fill the pot with two parts potting soil and one part sand. Mix organic fertilizer to the soil balanced ratio of 20-20-20 of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium

Sow the brinjal seeds over the potting mix and cover them with thin layer of soil

Water regularly and the seeds generally germinate within 2-3 weeks

After 30 days, sapling would have grown by 3 to 4 inches and will be ready for transplanting.

During Transplanting you may need to carefully slide a gardening trowel into the side of the pot and remove the saplings and plant them in individual pots

Weeds should be eliminated when the okra plants are young.

Then mulch the okra plants to reduce the weed growth and the retain more moisture in the soil.

Water the Okra plants every morning thoroughly during summer. During winter plants can be watered every alternative days.

Okra are prone to be damaged by Aphids, stinkbugs, beetles and worms if the plants are not monitored and not maintained properly. 

Organic neem based pesticides can be applied every 15 days to keeps the pest away.

Home made pesticide liquid (5 ml) made of ginger, garlic and chilly can be applied in 1 ltr of water is also effective.

Okra grows well if the soil is well fertilized.

After 30 days of planting okra, enrich your soil using organic fertilizer like cattle compost, or balanced 10-10-10 fertilizer with primary nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium

Before applying the compost, remove some of the soil around the plants and apply the compost and cover them with the soil and irrigate them

Liquid fertilizer like Panchagavya and Fish emulsion can be applied to increase the immunity and promote plant growth. Mix the 30 ml of the liquid fertilizer with water in a sprayer and spray the diluted mix over the okra plants.

Epsom salts can also be provided to aid flowering as they are rich in magnesium

About 50 days after planting, Okra plants will start flowering and pods will start to appear at the base of the plant and then keep producing upward

First harvest can be done after 60 days of planting.

Harvest the okra when it’s about 4 to 5 inches long. 

Use sharp knife or scissors to harvest okra when they are  are still tender and easy to cut.

Okra can be picked every second day, so that they don't get too hard. 

Be sure to remove and compost any mature pods you might have missed earlier.