Staggered sowing of okra so picking and cash flow continue through the season rather than one peak.
How to do succession planting of okra (bhindi) for continuous harvest and steady income?
IImran Khan9mo ago · 316 views
6 Answers
🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓9mo ago
Succession planting means sowing small okra blocks every 15 to 20 days instead of the whole field at once, so you always have plants at peak picking and avoid a single glut that crashes your price. A practical plan in the plains is to start summer sowing from February to March and continue staggered sowings into the kharif window, keeping 3 to 4 overlapping batches. Okra starts bearing in roughly 45 to 55 days and a healthy plant keeps yielding for several weeks if you pick tender pods every 2 to 3 days. Pull out a batch once pod quality and yield fall and bring the next block into bearing. Match exact sowing dates and variety to your local season with your KVK or block horticulture officer.
SSunil Verma9mo ago
I sow bhindi in three lots about 20 days apart. The mandi rate keeps changing so having pods ready at different times protects me when one batch hits a low price.
MMd Arif9mo ago
In Bihar I do staggered bhindi sowing in four small lots and it really evens out the cash flow. The early summer lot needs more watering but it catches the high early price.
RRamashankar Yadav8mo ago
A caution from my side: do not stretch one batch too long hoping for more pods. Old plants get jassid and yellow vein heavy, so I pull a batch on time and the fresh block keeps quality and rate up.
AAnand Mishra8mo ago
Picking every two to three days is what keeps the plant bearing for me. The week I let pods grow too long the plant slowed right down, so I tell my labour to pick tender and pick often.
PPhoolchand Maurya8mo ago
I keep a simple diary of sowing dates for each block so I know when to start the next lot. Without writing it down the staggered plan slipped and I ended up with one big glut anyway one year.