Sowing months
Mar–Apr, Jun–Aug
Sunlight
Five hours of sun
Water
Waterlogged is ideal
Mature size
Trailing 1–2 m
First harvest
Cut from week five
Family
Convolvulaceae
Where it grows
balcony, ground, terrace
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon, summer
Care
Grow it in a tub of wet soil with 5 cm standing water on top.
Grows on water or wet mud and crops every fortnight through the monsoon.
Growing it
Grow it in a tub of wet soil with 5 cm standing water on top.
What it is for
Kalmi saag and thoran; the most productive monsoon green there is.