Jambalaya okra is the go-to okra if you’re growing okra for your first time. It’s considered to be the most productive okra plant. Period. It’s a hybrid, and it’s a prolific producer. These plants can start producing pods when the plants are just a foot or two tall, and they’ll keep on producing until they reach a height of 5 or 6 feet. You can direct-seed them or start seedlings early and transplant them.

Characteristics:

• Hybrid variety
• Most productive variety
• Compact plants
• Meaty pods
• Heavy yield; pick multiple times per week when pods are 3 to 4 inches long
• Good for succession planting
• Good pickled, fried, or boiled
• Days to maturity: 50

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