Days To Maturity
50
Mature Height
5 IN
Mature Width
24 IN
Sun / Shade
Full Sun
Jambalaya Okra Seeds
Jambalaya Okra Seeds
Extra early and so heavy bearing
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Description / Jambalaya Okra Seeds
Days to Maturity: 50 from direct sow; 28 from transplant
At last, an okra that has it all! Jambalaya is super quick, very productive, and delicious. This compact plant is just the right size for a home garden. Compact plants set masses of evenly sized, dark green fruit for top quality eating. In short, it's the okra you've been waiting for!
These tender-meaty pods are 4 to 5 inches long, nicely tapered, and very evenly sized. (Great for canning or pickling them whole; they line up beautifully and always fit in the jar without looking squashed!) Dark green and glossy, they appear among small foliage on neat little plants, usually within about 7 weeks of sowing the seed in spring. What could be easier?
Jambalaya is a good okra for use in soups, stews (including the New Orleans delicacy for which it is named), and casseroles. Fry it whole or sliced for a new taste sensation. It loves heat, doesn't mind humidity, and doesn't need perfect soil to grow and bear its very best.
Okra is a warm-weather crop, needing both the soil and the nights to be warm before beginning its vigorous growth. Plants begin bearing when about a foot tall, and will continue until frost if kept picked. For best flavor, harvest the fruit at 4 to 6 inches.
Product Details
| SKU | 52564-PK-P1 |
|---|---|
| Genus | Abelmoschus |
| Species | esculentus |
| Variety | Jambalaya |
| Product Classification | Seeds, Vegetables |
| Sun / Shade | Full Sun |
| Foliage Color | Dark Green |
| Habit | Compact |
| Days To Maturity | 50.00 |
| Harvest Season | Early Fall, Early Summer, Late Summer, Mid Summer |
| Resistance | Disease Resistant, Pest Resistant |
| Characteristics | Direct Sow, Edible |
| Uses | Containers, Cuisine, Outdoor |
| State Shipping Restrictions | CA |
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Extraordinarily Poor Germination 0 people found this helpfulPurchased these okra seeds, and while I have had reasonable success with Jambalya seeds with other sellers, these had about a 5 - 7% germination rate. Most of that 5 - 7% subsequently died off. I would recommend Jambalya okra, or for that matter any okra, but not from this company.
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Disappointed 0 people found this helpfulWas disappointed by this variety. I've always grown my tried and true clemson spineless but decided to try the Jambalaya because it was promised to be compact and a heavy producer. I decided I use could a compact okra so I could save space to grow other food and if it promises to be a heavy producer then it's a win win. I planted 6 plants in my garden. Compact it is but a heavy producer - it is not. So not only was that part disappointing but what's worse, this variety NEEDS to be harvested when small because even a half inch more growth will cause the pods to turn hard and inedible. Needless to say, I will be switching back to clemson spineless next year.
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Poor germination 0 people found this helpfulPurchased some of these, planted them and only 10% of them sprouted. Buyer beware.
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Results from first test plot of all 6 varieties from Park Seed 5 people found this helpfulThis is my third year growing okra, but the first year I have tested all these varieties (in order of best productivity to worst at the 70 day mark) : Candlestick, Bulldog, Clemson Spineless, Jambalaya, Silver Queen, and Star of David. ***Jambalaya has been my 4th best producer of the six, but has not been a bad producer. It seems to have better insect resistance than some of the others, similar to Bulldog in my experience. The pods are a nice dark green and the plants are the shortest of all 6 varieties I tried. I am planting this variety and Bulldog again next summer.*** I do not claim to be a master gardener, and these are only my results and methods. I planted 10 of each variety, 3 feet apart in rows that are 8 feet apart so that I could mow in between rows. I used a chicken manure based, organic fertilizer mixed with bagged topsoil and my native clay and humped up the rows under weed barrier with a drip system to get them started. I have not fertilized further. I have only used neem oil and BT for insecticides and I hand pick caterpillars, stink bugs and grasshoppers as often as I can. I haven't had major deer problems, though the deer have ready access to the entire plot. I use scissors to cut of the pods as close to the trunk as possible. I also cut off bottom leaves which have yellowed from bug damage and pull the wilted flowers off the emerging pods since they are a gooey mess – I think that’s from the extreme humidity here and that seems to help the pods mature a little quicker, but that’s just something I’ve been trying for the first time this year. I will review each of the 6 varieties. The second paragraph will be specific to the variety, the rest will just be the same ol' mumbo gumbo you just read ;) I sure do love gumbo, which is the whole reason I did this at all.
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