Pusa Sawani Okra Seeds | Lady's Finger Heirloom

🌱 Pusa Sawani Lady’s Finger Okra Seeds

Heirloom Garden Vegetable Seeds

Botanical Name: Abelmoschus esculentus
Family: Malvaceae
Common Name: Okra, Lady’s Finger

🌿 Product Description

A classic heirloom okra variety known for its vigorous growth, early harvest, and long tender pods.

Pusa Sawani is a warm-climate favourite—perfect for Australian backyards, market gardens, and community spaces. It produces reliable crops through the heat and thrives in full sun.

Great for fresh eating, curries, stir-fries, and preserving.

🌱 Key Features

• Heirloom, open-pollinated variety
• Fast growing and productive
• Long, tender green pods
• Excellent heat tolerance
• Ideal for home gardens and small-scale growers

☀️ When to Sow

Okra is a warm-season crop and thrives in heat.

• Best planted in spring to summer
• Can be grown most of the year in warmer climates like QLD
• Avoid frost—okra is very cold sensitive

🌿 How to Grow Okra

🌱 Planting

• Sow seeds 10mm deep
• Space plants 60cm apart
• Rows 100cm apart
• Can be direct sown or started in trays

Germination:

• 12–14 days
• Ideal soil temp: 23–33°C

🌞 Position & Soil

• Full sun (minimum 6+ hours daily)
• Well-drained soil rich in organic matter
• Improve soil with compost or aged manure before planting

💧 Watering

• Water when soil is dry ~5cm below surface
• Deep watering is best
• Avoid wetting leaves (helps prevent fungal issues)

🌿 Feeding

• If soil is healthy, little feeding is needed
• For extra growth:
  • Apply slow-release fertiliser at planting
  • Use liquid fertiliser during flowering/fruiting

✂️ Harvest

• Ready in 55–65 days
• Pick pods at 8–10cm long for best flavour
• Harvest regularly to keep plants producing

💡 Tip: If pods get too big, they become tough and woody—pick often!

🌿 Growing Tips

• Thrives in heat—perfect for tropical and subtropical gardens
• Pick daily in peak season for continuous harvest
• Great companion plant in polyculture systems

📦 What You’ll Receive

• Pack of approx. 10 seeds
• Fresh, viable, heirloom seed

🌏 Why We Love It

Okra is one of the easiest summer crops to grow—tough, productive, and generous. Perfect for beginners and seasoned growers alike.

Shipping

All items are posted on a Monday via Express Post with Australia Post. If Monday is a public holiday, they will be sent the following Tuesday or Monday depending on the destination. We aim to deliver healthy and happy seeds 🌱

• Please note: NO SHIPPING TO WA, NT, TAS