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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.
14 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.Filters2 on
गन्नागन्नाSaccharum officinarumA few canes in a corner give juice, gur and a green screen by October.
पेंटासपेंटासPentas lanceolataFlat clusters of small stars that butterflies can actually land on.सदाबहारसदाबहारCatharanthus roseusFlowers every day of the year and asks for nothing. Indigenous to the deccan.हरा प्याज़हरा प्याज़Allium fistulosumRegrows from the root end of a shop-bought bunch — the cheapest crop there is.
गेंदागेंदाTagetes erectaCompanion-planting workhorse: keeps nematodes down and feeds bees all season.सेमसेमLablab purpureusThe winter sem of the plains, purple-flowered and heavy-cropping on a fence.पालकपालकSpinacia oleraceaCut-and-come-again greens ready in six weeks from a shallow trough.सरसोंसरसोंBrassica junceaPeppery leaves in five weeks, and yellow flowers for the bees after.मूलीमूलीRaphanus sativusA deep trough and forty days is all it asks. Thin ruthlessly for straight roots.टमाटरटमाटरSolanum lycopersicumOne good plant in a 40 cm pot out-yields four crowded ones. Stake it early.बैंगनबैंगनSolanum melongenaA long-season crop that rewards a big pot and steady feeding.धनियाधनियाCoriandrum sativumBolts in heat, thrives in the cool months. Sow every fortnight for a steady supply.
पुदीनापुदीनाMentha spicataGrows from a cutting in a glass of water. Keep it in its own pot — it will…
तुलसीतुलसीOcimum tenuiflorumThe household holy basil — thrives in a pot, keeps pests down and brings pollinators to a balcony.
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