{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "record_type": "plant",
  "slug": "okra",
  "common_name": "Okra (lady's fingers)",
  "botanical_name": "Abelmoschus esculentus",
  "family": "Malvaceae",
  "summary": "Okra is a tender, upright fruiting crop that needs sustained warmth and full sun, making protected growing the most reliable approach in cool climates.",
  "categories": [
    "fruiting vegetable",
    "warm-season crop",
    "greenhouse crop"
  ],
  "growth_habits": [
    "upright",
    "bushy"
  ],
  "lifecycle": "Tender perennial usually grown as an annual",
  "difficulty": "Challenging",
  "requirements": {
    "light": {
      "minimum_direct_sun_hours": 6,
      "preferred_direct_sun_hours": 8
    },
    "soil_ph": {
      "minimum": 5.8,
      "maximum": 6.8
    },
    "container": {
      "minimum_volume_litres": 20,
      "minimum_diameter_cm": 30,
      "plants_per_container": 1
    },
    "spacing": {
      "minimum_cm": 30,
      "maximum_cm": 90
    },
    "planting_out": {
      "minimum_reliable_temperature_c": 15,
      "frost_tolerant": false,
      "note": "Plant out only after frost risk has passed and the soil or container compost is reliably warm."
    },
    "harvest": {
      "typical_uk_months": [
        "July",
        "October"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "rhs-growing-okra",
      "publisher": "Royal Horticultural Society",
      "url": "https://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/okra/grow-your-own",
      "supports": [
        "sowing",
        "planting",
        "containers",
        "spacing",
        "care",
        "support",
        "harvest",
        "problems"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "rhs-okra-profile",
      "publisher": "Royal Horticultural Society",
      "url": "https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/71839/abelmoschus-esculentus/details",
      "supports": [
        "botanical_name",
        "family",
        "growth_habit",
        "lifecycle",
        "light",
        "soil",
        "planting_temperature"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "uga-home-garden-okra",
      "publisher": "University of Georgia Cooperative Extension",
      "url": "https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/publications/C941/home-garden-okra/",
      "supports": [
        "soil_ph",
        "warmth",
        "sowing",
        "spacing",
        "feeding",
        "watering",
        "harvest",
        "storage",
        "problems"
      ]
    }
  ]
}