As others have said, okra hates cold and loves heat. It came from Africa. It will grow and produce in very poor soil. My family has been growing it for thirty years. We have to pick it every day in the late summer to keep the pods from getting too big. But as soon as the fall nights turn cool, it quits producing.
I would think that black plastic mulch over raised ridges/beds would be best in a northern zone, preferably running east/west to get the most sun hitting the plastic.
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