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दो सौ साठ भारतीय पौधे, उसी तरह दर्ज किए गए जैसे लोग असल में बागवानी करते हैं — जगह के हिसाब से, मौसम के हिसाब से, और आप पौधे से क्या चाहते हैं उसके हिसाब से।
Use the filters on the plant archive to narrow by goal, growing space and season. Every record carries a Hindi name, a botanical name, a care note and the months in which to sow.
26 plants match your filters Answer three questions on the home page — your region, your space and your goal — and we will name two plants to sow this month.Filters3 on
अंजीरअंजीरFicus caricaTwo crops a year in the west, and content in a large container.
अनारअनारPunica granatumHandsome, thorny and productive on poor dry soil; good in a big pot.
शहतूतशहतूतMorus albaFruit in March, silkworm leaves all summer, and shade in between.
सूरजमुखीसूरजमुखीHelianthus annuusA fortnight of spectacle and then a head of seed the birds will take.
लहसुनलहसुनAllium sativumPlant single cloves in October and lift whole bulbs in March.
प्याज़प्याज़Allium cepaGrown from sets or seedlings; needs depth, sun and patience.
ज्वारज्वारSorghum bicolorJowar — drought-hardy grain and fodder in one, on almost no inputs.
फ्रेंच बीनफ्रेंच बीनPhaseolus vulgarisBush beans for winter troughs; pole kinds for a balcony net.
सेमसेमLablab purpureusThe winter sem of the plains, purple-flowered and heavy-cropping on a fence.
चनाचनाCicer arietinumA winter pulse that also gives the sour green leaf of the north.
सरसोंसरसोंBrassica junceaPeppery leaves in five weeks, and yellow flowers for the bees after.
बथुआबथुआChenopodium albumThe winter weed worth sowing — mineral-rich leaves through the cold months.
मूलीमूलीRaphanus sativusA deep trough and forty days is all it asks. Thin ruthlessly for straight roots.
गाजरगाजरDaucus carotaNeeds depth more than width — a 30 cm trough of loose soil beats a wide bed.
चुकंदरचुकंदरBeta vulgarisRoots below, usable leaves above, and it tolerates a container better than carrot.
शलजमशलजमBrassica rapaQuick winter roots for the plains, and greens while you wait.
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