I'll be sowing mine on the 25th based on the Farmer's almanac suggestion for best planting days. That's also when I will sow my corn, butter beans, and okra. The soil here is still too cool for germination.

Mmqchdygg, they fall into the same categroy as cukes, squash, etc., so I would wait until mid-May or so, to start those. I'm growing them for the first time this year, even bought a decorative trellis for them, since they are going in the perennial flower bed.

Oh, and Token, I WS okra 10 days ago, and it's already up. Of course, now I have to babysit it until the last frost, but I would think in your zone, you could WS it now without too much worry.

Bonnie

shoot. What are my chances of digging them back out of a container at this point if I did them over the weekend? Crapola.

Bonnie, the almanac says to wait, so I am waiting. Planting by the almanac, I've gotten blooms on my tomatoes already. I think there's something to it.

mary, you only have to worry about them if it frosts. I would leave them at this point and protect them from freezing/frost.

LOL- the things we WSers do on impulse! I took them out of their container last night; some had the appearance of starting to germinate; others were still whole.

I guess I'll put them BACK in tonight (they're going to be all confused now!), and get another container started later just-in-case.

I direct-sowed mine in late May last year. Most of them did fine that way, although a few of the sprouts got munched by something (cutworms maybe?) as they were emerging.

Yup...beans are beans and warm soil is what they need :)

Bonnie, your Okra may be up but it's going to sit around for a long time not doing too much.
Okra needs REALLY warm temps and the warmer the better; best growth is around 95F. I'll be waiting this year, as I've been in a hurry and planting them too early (May 11-15th)...the results have been stumped growth and sickly unproductive plants. Nutrients were not the issue...too cool soil and air temps were. It's supposed to be best planted 3-4 weeks past the last frost date. Night time temps need to be above 50F. This is one crop (besides peppers) that I'm going to give a little more patience with so to stop wasting good garden space! Cool soil and air temps are a major cause for Okra not growing properly. Wish I wouldn't have been so stubborn LOL!

Vera