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    Growing Okra in your vegetable garden: Also called Gombo, Bamja, Quiabo, Ketmia, Quingambo
    Growing Okra in your vegetable garden: Also called Gombo, Bamja, Quiabo, Ketmia, Quingambo
    Growing Okra in your vegetable garden: Also called Gombo, Bamja, Quiabo, Ketmia, Quingambo
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    Growing Okra in your vegetable garden: Also called Gombo, Bamja, Quiabo, Ketmia, Quingambo

    By Bruno Del Medico, Illustratrice Elisabetta Del Medico and Elisabetta Del Medico

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    48 pages. Illustrated.
    What is Okri. Its origin and its habitat. The varieties of Okri. The cultivation techniques. Pests and diseases. Its harvest, use, preservation. Its medicinal properties and its use in the kitchen.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBruno Del Medico
    Release dateJun 10, 2014
    ISBN9788898268955
    Growing Okra in your vegetable garden: Also called Gombo, Bamja, Quiabo, Ketmia, Quingambo
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    Bruno Del Medico

    1946. Programmatore informatico attualmente in pensione, opera come divulgatore e blogger in diversi settori tecnici. Alla nascita dell’Home computing ha pubblicato articoli e studi su diverse riviste del settore (Informatica oggi, CQ Elettronica, Fare Computer, Bit, Radio Elettronica e altre). Negli ultimi anni si è impegnato nella divulgazione delle nuove scoperte della fisica quantistica, secondo la visione orientata alla metafisica di molti notissimi scienziati del settore come David Bohm e Henry Stapp. In questo ambito ha pubblicato tre volumi: “Entanglement e sincronicità”, “Succede anche a te?” e recentemente “Tutti i colori dell’entanglement”. Gestisce il sito www.entanglement.it, ed è presente su Facebook con la pagina di successo “Cenacolo Jung-Pauli”, che conta oltre 10.000 iscritti e vuole essere luogo di dibattito dedicato all’incontro tra scienza e psiche.

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      Growing Okra in your vegetable garden - Bruno Del Medico

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      The Okra, what is?

      The Okra, also known by many other names, is a plant that produces edible pods, cultivated in almost all regions of the globe. In Western Europe is beginning to spread in these years, probably carried by immigrants who are making wide use in their places of origin. Currently the main crops are in Mexico, Turkey, and Asia, and in many countries of Eastern Europe up to Albania, where it takes the name of Bamja. In Italy were tempted of industrial crops in Sicily, Sardinia and in Lazio, but there are growing for the most at the amateur level, in domestic gardens, supported by the natural curiosity of the growers.

      The Okra belongs to the family of the Malvaceae, and it is a related to the hibiscus: its scientific name, in fact, is Hibiscus esculentus or ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS. The genus Hibiscus belong at least 200 species of herbaceous plants (annual or perennial or shrub. Depending on the species, these plants grow in Africa (from which comes the general) and in Asia, but also in Europe and America, in the areas to more temperate climate. Can reach a height that varies from 1.50 to 4-5 meters, depending on the variety; those cultivated are mostly annual.

      Has dark green leaves, brilliant and produces flowers yellow-sulfur at the center with a purple spot, very decorative even if little durable: as in hibiscus grown in gardens for decorative purposes, the flowers open in the morning and close already the afternoon, to wither the evening of the same day.

      The characteristic shape of the fruits of the Okra.

      Origin of Okra

      The Okra is native to the African continent, probably of the Ethiopian region; the Egyptians already from the

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