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Hasmukh Leua ¹, A. S. Patel ¹

Affiliations
1 College of Horticulture, S.D.A.U., Jagudan, Dist. Mehsana (Gujarat), IN

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Potting: Potting refer to transferring of plants from seedbed and planting them in pots containing soil mixture.
Select a well-burnt pot giving metallic sound. Place a large crock to a 3-5 cm sized depending upon the size of pot. This forms the drainage layer. Finally, the crocks are covered with a 1.25 to 2.5 cm. layer of coarse sand or dried leaves about 6 cm. thick to prevent washing away of fine soil to the drainage hole or clogging it. Then fill the pot firmly with soil mixture leaving a 1.5 cm. of space is left on the top for holding water. The pot filled as above can be used for sowing seeds, potting of plants or planting cuttings.

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Utsav V. Patel ¹, Hasmukh Leua ¹, R. D. Prajapati ²

Affiliations
1 College of Horticulture, S.D. Agricultural University, Jagudan, Mehsana (Gujarat), IN
2 Department of Horticulture, Patan (Gujarat), IN

Abstract

What is a terrace garden? It is a garden that cultivates vegetables, fruits or flowers on the terrace, balconies or roof of buildings, also called as a roof garden. The kitchen garden, a standard in every Indian household, has shifted to the roof due to constraints of space, and called a terrace garden.

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K. Z. Vaghela ¹, Hasmukh Leua ¹, A. D. Rathva ¹, N. R. Solanki ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, S. D. Agricultural University, Jagudan (Gujarat), IN

Abstract

Kitchen garden or nutrition garden or home garden is primarily intended for continuous supply of fresh vegetables for family use. A number of vegetables are grown in available land for getting a variety of vegetables. Family members domost ofworks.Area of garden, lay out, crops selected etc. depend on availability and nature of land. In rural area, landwill not be a limiting factor and scientifically laid out garden can be established. In urban areas, land is a limiting factor and very often crops are raised in limited available area or in terraces of buildings. Cultivation of crops in pots or in cement bags is also feasible in cities.

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