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• 2. Who will be using your yard?
• Garden Planner for Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers
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• 32 Beautiful Indoor House Plants That Are Also Easy To Maintain

Banana, acid lime, papaya, West Indian cherry, guava, rose apple etc. Spacing m. Yield Yield varies with varieties and spacing adopted.

2. Who will be using your yard?

Cultural practices Watering Plants in pots and containers need a lot of care and attention. It is essential to water the plants judiciously depending upon the season, kind of crop, size of the plant and size of the container. Plants need extra water during summer season and hence the plants should preferably be irrigated twice a day.

Too much watering will also lead to problems; hence we should strike a intelligent balance. The thumb rule for irrigation is that the top soil should be scratch about one inch and seen, if the lower soil is damp, there is no need of immediate irrigation. Due to evaporation, the top soil generally dries even though the soil may have enough moisture to sustain the plant.

In general, watering can be done as and when required. Staking Depending on the growth stage of plants, they need staking i. Plants like lab lab, ribbed gourd, bottle gourd and snake gourd needs staking or it has to be trained in pandal system for proper support. In addition to the above, plants like tomato, brinjal and chilli also need staking on 60th day of planting.

Fertilizer application For maximum growth and yield of crops can be achieved not only through organic manures and can be improved better by the application of inorganic fertilizers. Top dressing with nitrogenous fertilizers improves plant growth and yield of vegetables. This can be done by applying urea or DAP or ammonium sulphate in small quantities. In general, g of urea may be applied in moist soil once in a week or 10 days starting from 3 weeks after sowing or 2 weeks after transplanting. Care must me taken that vermicompost should not mix with any inorganic fertilizers.

Hence the application of vermicompost and inorganic fertilizers should not be practiced simultaneously. Heavy doses of fertilizer are very harmful. Immediately after fertilizer application, the plant should be watered. Weed Control : Hand hoeing and weeding helps in aeration in the root zone and help the plant grow healthy. Weeds should be removed gently in leafy vegetable crops like amaranthus, fenugreek, spinach, coriander etc. Pest and disease management. Harvesting Vegetables harvested at the peak of maturity and used promptly, are always superior in nutritional content, freshness, flavour and appearance.

Leafy vegetables should be picked up frequently when tender. Root vegetables should be pulled out while tender otherwise they become pithy. Tomato is picked at ripe stage, brinjal and okra are picked after they attains full size but still tender. Rare vegetables like leek, fennel, and soya are not available in market always. Thus these can be advantageously raised in containers.

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Curry leaf, Checkurmanis and gooseberry can also be grown in medium to big sized containers in a roof garden. Post harvest operations. Digging of soil : As soon as the season is over i. Application of organic manures : After 15 days, add organic manures and mix the soil thoroughly and refill the pots or polythene covers. Choose alternate crops : In order to maintain proper recycling of nutrients, crop rotation can be adopted.

Hence choose alternate crops for the next season. Ornamental trees Bauhinia purpurea, Plumeria alba and Callistemon lanceolatus.

Climbers : Allamanda cathartica, Asparagus densiflorus, Bougainvillea sp, Clitorea ternatea, Ipomoea palmate, Quisqualis indica. Can grow well in poor sandy soil and suited for open sunny situation. Site clearing Uprooting of tree roots, stumps and concretes. Back filling with soil mix Red soil: Sand: Compost — ratio.

Laying of irrigation lines — main and laterals. Soil compaction Final leveling with gentle slope for drainage. Red soil: Sand: Compost — ratio Methods of lawn making. Quarterly fertilizer input ratio for turf grass. Low Maintenance Residential turfs. Maintenance of lawn grass a Mowing. The rate of decomposition can be enhanced by sprinkling water daily. The kitchen waste can be dumped daily or as per the availability. Few earthworms may also be added for faster decompostion.

The compost is ready for use within two and half months to three months. The well composed material will be dark brown in colour. Avoid non vegetarian items as it may create a fowl smell. The best location for compost preparation is shady to semi-shady locations. Physical and psychic utility Owing to the seat bound office jobs, there is hardly and physical activity in our lives.

This lack of exercise has lead to a number of health hazards. Roof garden system of vegetable cultivation provides an alternative to people living in all kinds of dwellings — individual houses, flats, or apartments. A family can tend the garden as a team. This can be a healthy family time to interact and talk, while doing a useful activity from the point of health and economy.

This physical exercise helps us to forget the tensions of office and our minds can freshen up. With the passage of time, the traditional joint family system is breaking up in India and most of the families are fragmenting into nuclear families on account of struggle for money and job strains. In families where grand parents are a part, the older generation feels left out. With a roof garden at home, even the old people can participate and feel one of the group and work rather than feeling left out. Thus having a garden is not only a physical or monitory need but a psychological too. Source 1.

JPG Year round supply of fresh fruits and vegetables Reduces expenditure on purchase of fruits and vegetables Effective utilization of space available at the roof top Supply of toxic free fruits and vegetables To grow our own favourite vegetables Rare and unavailable vegetables can be grown in roof garden Apart from the above, working in a roof garden will relieve stress and strains.

Wash the container thoroughly and make drainage holes at the bottom Mix soil, compost and sand with the help of hand hoe and shovel.

Fill the containers loosely with a gentle tap. The soil should settle, bearing one inch head space at the top for irrigation. For the transplanted vegetables, where nursery has to be raised, shallow pans and troughs can be filled with the fine mixture of soil, sand and compost and the seeds should be sown.

The container should be irrigated immediately after sowing. A layer of dry grass or straw is spread on top of the soil till the seedlings emerge, and thereafter it is removed. Most of the seedlings are ready for transplanting with one month of sowing.

Recently, protrays are employed for raising vegetable seedlings. The watering and other operations are similarly to the above method.