Okra has official spacing and an official day count. The wet-zone windows are Yala and Maha months. The same official note says the crop can be grown throughout the year, and that sentence is not used to fill every month.
Okra
- Days on the crop record: 50–100 days.
- In-row spacing: 60 cm.
- Between-row spacing: 90 cm.
Unverified — based on HORDI Crop - Okra, Department of Agriculture Sri Lanka, accessed 2026-10-20: https://doa.gov.lk/hordi-crop-okra/; confirm for your microclimate.
Count plants for a bed in the seed calculator. No container size is stored for okra, so the container planner will not invent a pot.
Yala and Maha windows
Official planting windows
Okra · Low Country Wet Zone
April–May · yala · direct sow
Climatic section: Yala, early April to early May. The opening sentence also says okra can be grown throughout the year. That sentence is not used to fill every month. The page excludes the up-country wet zone and does not name Colombo.
Official sourceUnverified — based on HORDI Crop - Okra, Department of Agriculture Sri Lanka, accessed 2026-10-20: https://doa.gov.lk/hordi-crop-okra/; confirm for your microclimate.
Okra · Low Country Wet Zone
September–October · maha · direct sow
Climatic section: Maha, early September to early October. Direct seeding. Harvest can continue over 50-100 days after planting.
Official sourceUnverified — based on HORDI Crop - Okra, Department of Agriculture Sri Lanka, accessed 2026-10-20: https://doa.gov.lk/hordi-crop-okra/; confirm for your microclimate.
No farmer field planting window is stored for this section.
Harvest timing and market months
The official day count is the harvest timing stored on the crop. The market rows are farmer field notes about high and low months. They do not quote a price. Open Grow for profit to see which sowing months keep that day count inside a high-price window.
From farmer field experience
Based on hands-on growing experience from Sri Lankan farmers. Not yet verified against official sources.
Okra · high · October–December · Low-country vegetables
The gap between Yala and Maha.
No price is stored for this window.
Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.
Open Okra in Grow for profitOkra · high · April–May · Low-country vegetables
The gap between Yala and Maha.
No price is stored for this window.
Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.
Open Okra in Grow for profitOkra · low · January–March · Low-country vegetables
The gap between Yala and Maha.
No price is stored for this window.
Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.
Open Okra in Grow for profitOkra · low · July–August · Low-country vegetables
The gap between Yala and Maha.
No price is stored for this window.
Farmer field notenoted Oct 2026Unverified — based on Farmer field experience, noted 2026-10-23; confirm for your microclimate.
Open Okra in Grow for profit