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Home Gardening
Home Gardening
Gardening
Nevil Alphonso
Assistant Director of Agriculture
Home Gardening
What, Why & How
?
A Home Garden
should be a feature
of every house,
whether you live in
a village, city , or
you own a house or
a flat.
also includes
growing of
flowers & other
ornamental
plants to create
a scenic, cool &
refreshing
surrounding.
Transplanting.
e.g. Chilly, brinjal, knol-khol,
tomato, onion,etc.
Beware of ants.
Ants either carry
away the seeds or
damage the seeds.
Chloropyriphos (1 ml
/ lit.) drench the soil.
Sprinkling of
turmeric powder
around the plants &
on leaves keeps the
ants away.
Seedling tray is a
plastic tray,
usually of size 53
x 27 cms having
98 cells.
(d) Transplanting
Transplant
immediately.
Make a hole of
desired depth, to fit
the root system.
Place the seedling
in the hole & gently
press the soil
Growing vegetables
in main field
Transplanting / sowing
(Contd)
Transplanting / sowing
(Contd)
Manuring
Winter / Rabi
vegetables (October
to February)
Chilies, onion,
amaranthus, knol-khol,
radish, tomato, etc.
Summer Vegetables
(March to May)
Bhendi, chilles,
watermelon, cucumber,
all gourds, tomato,
amaranthus, cluster
beans, etc.
Flowers
Flowers
Summer: Sown in Dec-Jan.
Blooming in March-May.
e.g.. Balsam, Marigold,
Celosia, Zinnia, Sunflower,
cockscomb, gaillardia, etc.
Monsoon: Sown in AprilMay. Blooming in rainy
season. e.g. Balsam,
Cosmea, Salvia, Marigold,
Gaillardia, Antirrhinum, etc.
Vegetables in pots
If you live in flats /
appartments ..
cultivate vegetables
& flowers in pots.
Window / balcony /
terrace gardening.
e.g. chillies, brinjal,
radish,tomato,leafy
vegetables, etc.
Pests
House Plants
Turn plants
regularly to keep
them symmetrical
and sturdy.
Provide stakes
where necessary.
Apply pesticides to
control pests.
Planting in a pot
Planting in a pot
(Contd..)
Repotting
Creative pots
Growing
Any ?
Lawn
Maintenance of lawn
Pit filling
Mix Compost /
dry cow dung / leaf
mould / river silt /
bone meal / neem
cake etc. in the top
soil and fill the pit.
Planting material
Handling
Before removing
the polybag press
on all sides with
both hands.
Planting
Planting
Planting
Planting
Staking
Mulching
Mulch the area
around the graft
with lot of green
leaves immediately
after planting.
Mulching helps to
conserve rain water,
to control weeds &
add organic matter
to the soil.
Pruning
Pruning
Deblossoming
Multiplication of Plants
Cuttings
Multiplication of Plants
Air layering
House Plants