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Sign up freeAbelmoschus esculentus
vegetable
Bees
Bumblebees🐝 Needs pollinatorsTropical vegetable requiring a long warm season. Soak seeds overnight before sowing. Harvest pods at 5–8 cm — leave longer and they become tough and fibrous.
🐛 Prone to: Aphids, Whitefly, Spider mites, Stink bugs.
Attract Hoverflies, Lacewings, Ladybirds, Parasitic wasps, Predatory mites, Minute pirate bugs to keep them in check — plant African Marigold, Angelica and Anise nearby.
Rich, well-draining, warm — needs heat
Physalis philadelphica
vegetableThrives in the same full sun, moderate water conditions as Okra
