Okra and More Egg Plant

I ordered Okra and "Japanese-type" egg plant from Seeds from India. India Seeds calls okra "komal" and the egg plant "shyamala" which are cylindrical in shape rather than the familiar egg shaped. They are more convenient to cook and don't get pithy as quick when large enough to harvest like the egg-shaped ones sometimes do. I hope they taste as good. I planted the okra seeds in the garden where I pulled up some of the collards that had gone to seed. I planted the egg plant seeds in a plastic tray, thinking it might be easier to transplant them where I wanted them--not necessarily in a row to themselves in the garden--instead of worrying about thinning them, etc.