The use of available land around the house to grow vegetables that meet the daily needs is called a kitchen garden. Most of the vegetables currently on the market are likely to contain chemical fertilizers, pesticide residues, or sewage water salts. Eating such contaminated vegetables has adverse effects on the health of the body in the long run so we should grow vegetables at home.
Important points for growing vegetables in the backyard:
- Selection for planting of vegetable crops according to weather, season, and area.
- It is especially important to have adequate sunlight during the day instead of in the yard.
- For vegetable crops, it is advisable to select Kharif, Ravi, and summer crops according to the yard space.
- Crops like eggplant, chili, tomato, cauliflower, cauliflower, the onion should be cultivated and planted in beds.
- For crops like Tindola Parval, make a pavilion in the corner of the yard and plant and cultivate it in one or two beds.
- To plant and cultivate vine vegetable crops on trees, terraces, or fencing as required.
- Crops like Alvi, Coriander, Fenugreek, Mint, Spinach, Ginger should be grown in a shady place.
- Arrange the kaya in such a way that the rabi season crop can be sown after completion of the Kharif season crop.
Raising:
Usually, small-seeded vegetables like eggplant, chili, tomato, cauliflower, cauliflower, and onion are grown and transplanted in beds. For which a decent superior assortment of vegetable seed should be gotten first. By choosing the right place in the kitchen garden for horticulture, make the required size cushion beds, put compost in these beds, and mix it in the soil. Then 8 to 10 cm. At a distance of 3 to 4 cm. Dig deep lines sow the seeds of the vegetables in them and cover them with soil.
In addition, Dharu can be grown in plastic cups or small plastic bags of tea available in the market or by bringing various vegetable Dharu plants which are found in many places.
Soil preparation:
The land is very important for growing vegetables. If the soil around the house is not good, bring good fertile soil from outside (free from weeds and weed seeds) and fill it to a depth of one to one and a half feet. Dig the soil 20 to 30 cm with a spade. Dig deeper and apply organic manure (well-drained manure, castor oil, and vermicompost) to level it out. If you do not want to buy organic fertilizers from outside, you can irrigate the beds with green flax seeds. Doing so maximizes the mass and organic matter of the feces. Then, at that point, following half a month, the harvest can be planted.
If there is no space in the yard and you are living in a flat, you can enjoy the vegetables of Anganwadi by growing vegetable plants in the terrace garden/pot or tray. For which gallery space or open space above the ceiling where direct sunlight is available can be used. Crops like eggplant, chili, tomato, milk, gula, cucumber can be grown in large pots and vegetable crops like fenugreek, coriander, spinach can be taken successfully in shallow pots. If there is a need for more information and guidance in this regard, contact an agronomist. Fill the pot with a mixture of half-good soil + manure or vermicompost or castor oil or neem flower.
Seed grooming:
If the seed rate for growing vegetables is increased, then the plants become thinner, taller, and weaker and the chances of seedlings growing are increased. In Dharuwadi, small plants are severely damaged by weevils, red ants, worms, and sucking insects. To control seed-borne diseases, before sowing the seeds, apply parasitic drugs like Thyrum or Carbendazim 1 kg. Apply 3 gm of seed at the time of sowing and apply biological fungicides such as Trichoderma Trichoderma hayanam to control the disease of Sukara and Kohwara as well as in the soil.
Crop protection:
Pest control in kitchen garden:
In the case of homegrown vegetable crops, pest infestation is initially found on certain parts of the plant (sting, bud, flower, fruit). Therefore, in the beginning, such infestaed parts should be dismantled and disposed of properly. Different stages of the pest can be destroyed. Do not over-irrigate. Weed infestation can be prevented by extensive use of organic fertilizers (manure, meal, vermicompost, pressed, etc.) and organic fertilizers (biofertilizers). Neem meal and poultry manure (Poultry Manure) protect the crop against worms.
Leaf extracts of some native plants (Neem, Karanj, Mahudo, Arduso, Matsyagandhati, Pili Karen, Datura, Mint, Sitaphali, Bougainvillea) provide protection against pests by spraying in vegetable crops. Of all these plants, neem has been shown to be the most important for pest control. Fresh neem leaves (10%) and neem powder (5% extract) have been found to be effective in reducing population. The use of such herbicides prevents the insects from laying eggs and the insects that cannot eat the sprinkled part die slowly.
In addition, pheromone traps, yellow mildew plantings, and streaky traps can be used to control pests without drugs. However, if there is a need to spray pesticides, get information from an expert and use it instead of using it haphazardly.
