Okra · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
When to plant okra in São Paulo
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In São Paulo, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in São Paulo
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Okra through the year
Against the frost risk in São Paulo
Why these dates
Sow or plant out three weeks after the last frost, once soil is at 18C. Soaking the hard seed overnight noticeably improves germination.
Killed at 0C and checked below 15C, at which point the plant stops setting pods and sulks until warmth returns.
Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Okra are timed from 4 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 3 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for São Paulo.
Nearby
Okra in places close by
Also in São Paulo
Other vegetables to time
Growing okra in São Paulo
How much frost will okra tolerate?
Killed at 0C and checked below 15C, at which point the plant stops setting pods and sulks until warmth returns.