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23 plants can be sown in April in East India. Narrow it further by space, goal or region — or step through the months below.
Humid through the year with an early monsoon; fungal problems beat drought here.
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चौलाईचौलाईAmaranthus tricolorThe monsoon green that grows itself — heat-proof, rain-proof, ready in a month.
ब्राह्मीब्राह्मीBacopa monnieriA creeping marsh herb happy in a wide bowl of wet soil — the one plant you cannot…
चम्पाचम्पाPlumeria rubraGrows from a bare cutting pushed into dry soil; scents a whole terrace.लाल मुर्गालाल मुर्गाCelosia argenteaVelvet crested heads that hold colour for weeks, in sun or half shade.खीराखीराCucumis sativusFast, thirsty and best trained up a net where air can move around it.संचारीसंचारीDendrobium nobileCane orchid of the eastern hills, flowering along last year’s bare canes.
सहजनसहजनMoringa oleiferaThe fastest useful tree there is — 3 m in a year, edible leaves and pods.जिमीकंदजिमीकंदAmorphophallus paeoniifoliusOne corm fills a large pot and returns a much bigger one in a year.द्रौपदी मालाद्रौपदी मालाRhynchostylis retusaThe kopou phul of Assam — hanging foxtail sprays, and the flower of Bihu.अजोलाअजोलाAzolla pinnataA floating fern that fixes nitrogen — fertiliser and fodder that grows itself.पटसनपटसनCorchorus olitoriusBengal’s fibre crop, and its young leaves are a monsoon green.गंधतृणगंधतृणCymbopogon citratusA clump of scented grass that mosquitoes avoid and tea drinkers cannot do without.कमलकमलNelumbo nuciferaThe national flower — a big tub, full sun and patience is all it takes.मखानामखानाEuryale feroxBihar’s pond crop — prickly floating leaves and the popped seed of fasting food.भिंडीभिंडीAbelmoschus esculentusSummer staple for a sunny terrace; pick every second day or pods turn woody.पपीतापपीताCarica papayaFruit inside a year from seed — the fastest fruit a household can grow.