When to plant Okra in New York

In spring, from Apr 10 – June 15 in Floral Park to June 1 – 20 in Oneonta.

In fall, June 1 – Aug 1.

USDA's earliest safe spring and latest safe fall planting dates, matched to each place's average frost dates.

Okra planting dates by place in New York
PlaceSpringFall
AirmontMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
AlbanyMay 10 – June 1June 1 – July 15
AmsterdamMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 15
AuburnMay 10 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
BabylonApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
BataviaMay 10 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
BeaconApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 10
BinghamtonMay 10 – June 1June 1 – July 15
BuffaloMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
CanandaiguaMay 10 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
Chestnut RidgeMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
CohoesMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
CorningJune 1 – 20June 1 – July 1
CortlandMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 15
DepewMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
Dobbs FerryMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
DunkirkMay 10 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
East RockawayApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
ElmiraMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 15
EndicottMay 10 – June 1June 1 – July 15
Floral ParkApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
FreeportApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
FultonMay 10 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
Garden CityApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
GenevaMay 10 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
Glen CoveApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
Glens FallsJune 1 – 20June 1 – July 1
GloversvilleMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 1
Great NeckApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Sept 10
HarrisonApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 10
HaverstrawMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
HempsteadApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
IthacaMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 1
JamestownMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 15
Johnson CityMay 10 – June 1June 1 – July 15
KenmoreMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 15
KingstonMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 1
Kiryas JoelApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 10
LackawannaMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
Lake GroveApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 10
LancasterMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
LindenhurstApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
LockportMay 10 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
Long BeachApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
LynbrookApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
MamaroneckMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
Massapequa ParkApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
MiddletownMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
MineolaApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
Mount KiscoMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
Mount VernonApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Sept 10
New Hyde ParkApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
New RochelleMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
New YorkApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Sept 10
NewburghMay 10 – June 1June 1 – July 15
Niagara FallsMay 10 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
North TonawandaMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 15
OleanMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 15
OneidaMay 10 – June 1June 1 – July 15
OneontaJune 1 – 20June 1 – July 1
OssiningMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
OswegoMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
PatchogueApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
PeekskillMay 10 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
PlattsburghMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 1
Port ChesterApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 10
PoughkeepsieMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
RochesterMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
Rockville CentreApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
RomeMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 15
RyeApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 10
Saratoga SpringsMay 10 – June 1June 1 – July 15
ScarsdaleMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
SchenectadyMay 10 – June 1June 1 – July 15
Sleepy HollowMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
Spring ValleyMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
SuffernMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
SyracuseMay 10 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
TarrytownMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
TonawandaMay 20 – June 10June 1 – July 15
TroyMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
UticaMay 10 – June 1June 1 – July 15
Valley StreamApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
WatertownMay 10 – June 1June 1 – July 15
WatervlietMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10
West HaverstrawMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 1
WestburyApr 10 – June 15June 1 – Aug 20
White PlainsApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 10
WoodburyApr 20 – June 15June 1 – Aug 10
YonkersMay 1 – June 1June 1 – Aug 10

Planting dates: USDA Home and Garden Bulletin No. 9 (1967), tables 4 and 5. Frost dates: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020. “—” means the place's frost date is outside the table. The full USDA table for okra.