DIY home garden

Having a kitchen garden is always an advantage for people living alone, senior citizens who find it difficult to leave their home due to health problems. They can grow some plants in their garden and get fresh vegetables for eating. One of the easiest plant to grow in India remains the Indian borage, coleus, Pan ova (in Marathi) and ajwain patta (in Hindi) , Latin name : coleus aromaticus. The plant has succulent leaves which can be used for a wide range of preparations.
Most indian plants require regular watering and are not suitable for a person who will be travelling often. The indian borage is an exception to the trend and the plant will survive even if it is not watered for a fortnight.
The succulent leaves of the indian borage can be used for making chutney and a variety of other preparations
Leaves and plants of Indian borage are available on request, please send requirement to nkinf@hotmail.com . Bulk supplies also considered

Looking for buyers of jackfruits on a tree. Buyer should make arrangement to pluck the jackfruit in panaji, goa . Kindly send your best offer to nkinf@hotmail.com

Stock photos of Jaraamla,nelanelli, bhuamlika or Phyllanthus amarus are available for gardening, plant related websites at the lowest rate
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Jaraamla,nelanelli, bhuamlika or Phyllanthus amarus plants are available in panaji, goa for anyone interested. These plants are some of the easiest plants to grow in the garden, and will multiply rapidly. Most of the other plants for growing in a garden (except different beans) require a lot of care, like chilli plants, tomato plants, most flower plants, in most cases, the seeds will not germinate at all.
For tomato plants, the germination rate for the seeds remain low, the jara amla plant will automatically multiply once a single plant grows in the kitchen garden

For a kitchen garden , a gardener with limited skills and time should consider planting different kinds of pulses and bean seeds. Most other types of seeds do not germinate quickly and the plants do not survive for a long period of time. For example tomato seeds will germinate and grow only during specific times of the year, when the weather is not too warm.

In contrast most of the pulses will germinate fairly quickly and the germination rates of the seeds remain high. Within a month, these plants will flower and beans will be growing in the kitchen garden, which can be used for cooking or replanting. However the seeds are usually smaller the commercially available seeds indicating that some fertilizers are being added.

Compared to other countries a large part of the fresh agro produce, vegetables like brinjals, tomatoes, onions, cucumber, fruits like bananas, papayas, oranges, chikoos, seafood like fish, crabs are wasted due to poor food processing systems and lack of storage facilities which require refrigeration. Firms and individuals providing information, technology, expertise, supplying equipment on how to preserve and can food can send their details for a free listing at canning and preserving. Specifically interested in suppliers of aloe vera processing equipment

Looking for low cost suppliers of different kinds of quality flower seeds for home gardening. More details of the flower seeds required are posted online. Dealers and distributors may also contact with their offers.

It appears that tomato plants flourish when temperature are fairly low. During the first few weeks of 2016, the temperatures in panaji, goa were less than 25 deg C and the tomato plants were blooming, with many yellow flowers.
Now the weather has changed in panaji, goa and the temperatures have increased. No new flowers have been observed on the tomato plant in the last week.
However there is a white fungus/mold like growth on the tomato plant

The tomato plants were grown from seeds a few months ago and took some time to bear flowers
One tomato plant had many flowers, four tomatoes, while another small tomato plant had one tomato. The tomatoes will grow big to their maximum size fairly quickly in a few weeks and are light green in colour.
However they will take a long time to ripen when allowed to remain on the plant taking another two weeks to become red in color.
Ideal for senior citizens, older people who find it difficult to cross roads for daily shopping.

Compared to mumbai, it is far more difficult to purchase plants in Goa as there are almost no shops selling plant supplies in the locality and they are also far more expensive.
So for an experiment a tulsi plant was carried from mumbai to goa in the container it was supplied with. Plastic packaging was used to cover the plant. Due to human rights abuses in Panaji, Goa causing great pain the container was not retrieved immediately .
After nearly 22 hours, the plant was retrieved and it does not seem to be affected by the journey or transportation. So it appears that plants can be transported over a long distance without affecting them. During the next trip more plants will be transported from Mumbai