Please share indian vegetable gardening tips and ideas in this thread.
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Please share indian vegetable gardening tips and ideas in this thread.
First of all, where do u stay?
Because Vegetable Gardening depends a lot on the area(soil) you stay.
Aathirai,
If you need Indian vegetable seeds, check out this web-site. http://www.evergreenseeds.com/evergr...ableseeds.html. Happy gardening!
Suja
try seedsofindia.com or pm our friend Ms. Idiappam
any online website for buying indian jasmine plants??
Hi friends,
i am planning to plant a "tulsi" (basil) in a pot. i am living in Minneapolis. where shall i buy a basil plant and of which species.
thanx in advance.
Deepali
I have found these in Home Depot. I had two to three of them when we were in Houston. It grows very well in hot weather. It used to flower very well.
Check in your local Home Depot. I don't remember what the name was though.
CI.
Types of Thulasi
Basils - there are a number of species - consisting of more than 50 varieties amoung them! Family - LabiataeQuote:
Originally Posted by deepali128
Tulsi (or Thulasi) - Holy basil ... Ocimum sanctum
--- The black (Krishna thulasi or karunthulasi) and the green (rama thulasi or venthulasi) varieties
Thiruneetru pachai or Siva Thulasi (in Tamil) .... Sweet basil ... Ocimum basilicum .... the common popular one, purple stemed and blooms, with a strong medicinal scent ...
Other varieties of O. Basilicum - the green variety used in western cooking.
Lemon Basil (sometimes called O. grattissimum)- leaves having lemon smell... elumicham thulasi in Tamil.
Karpoora thulasi (with the smell of camphor) and few others having different scent are classified as varieties of O. Basilicum.
Others
kanchang kOrai - Ocimum album
mul thulasi - Ocimum hispida
saaNaaki - Ocimum polystachyum
nila thulasi - Ocimum prostratum
suNai thulas - Ocimum villosum
sen thulasi - Ocimum violacecum
thanx idappam :D
Great thread! did any one try growing bittergourd, podalankai and peerkangai? i tried pavakkai but the seedling died within few days inside the house.
Kz