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Gombo Okra
De la patience By the end of July, a few leaves
Patrick P., 30/07/2018
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Le Gombo ou Okra est un légume exotique exigeant en chaleur. Il produit des capsules allongées qui sont consommées crues ou cuites et fait partie des ingrédients de nombreuses recettes africaines et créoles. C’est un légume digeste et peu calorique.
Le Gombo, également appelé Okra, mais aussi Cabo ou encore Calou, est une plante potagère annuelle originaire d’Afrique qui est cultivée aujourd’hui sur presque tous les continents. Il se cuisine en ragout, en soupe ou Mafé, une sauce onctueuse à base de pâte d’arachide qui sert à agrémenter viande et poisson en cuisine africaine.
L’Okra appartient à la famille des Malvacées, comme l’Ibiscus, et dispose d’un port buissonnant érigée et peut atteindre, si elle est cultivée dans de bonne conditions, 2 mètres de haut. Il faut savoir que c’est une plante tropicale, franchement frileuse et exigeante en chaleur. Sa culture à l’extérieur est donc à réserver aux climats particulièrement doux, aux terres riches et bien drainés… et aux jardiniers un peu aguerris. En dehors des régions méditerranéennes, l’idéal est de la cultiver sous serre, idéalement chauffée, car elle ne se développe que si les températures sont supérieures à 16°.
Récolte : la récole s’effectue de juillet à octobre, régulièrement car les fruits, qui se développent très rapidement (4 à 5 jours après la floraison) peuvent devenir fibreux.
Conservation : le Gombo se conserve jours au réfrigérateur ou être séché après avoir préalablement été découpé en fines tranches.
Le petit truc du jardinier : Afin de limiter les arrosages, nous vous conseillons, à partir de fin mai, de pailler le sol avec de fines couches successives de tontes, si possible mélangées avec des feuilles mortes. Cette protection, qui permet au sol de rester humide, limite également le désherbage.
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Le semis du Gombo s’effectue sous nos climats, en fin d’hiver ou début de printemps, sous abri, à une température qui se situe entre 21 et 32°. La germination intervient généralement sous 14 jours.
Vous sèmerez à partir de fin février, au chaud à la maison, en godet garnis d’un bon terreau pour semis et idéalement dans un propagateur chauffant ou au-dessus d’un radiateur. Les graines sont à enfouir à une profondeur d’un centimètre. Placez vos pots en pleine lumière et arrosez en pluie très fine. Il convient de maintenir le substrat humide mais non détrempé.
La plantation définitive est possible une fois que tout risque de gel est dépassé. Avant l’installer vos plants à l’extérieur, il convient de les « endurcir » en les exposant progressivement, pendant une dizaine de jours, aux conditions extérieures.
Lors de la plantation, les plants seront espacés de 50 cm en tous sens.
Culture :
Le Gombo se plaît au soleil, en situation chaude et en terre fertile et bien drainée. Il nécessite des arrosages réguliers. Si un apport de compost est nécessaire, il sera effectué de préférence à l’automne, sous la forme de de compost très mûr, par griffage sur une profondeur de 5 cm, après avoir, comme pour toute culture potagère, bien décompacté le sol.
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
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