Kitchen Garden
Grow fruit, vegetables and herbs at home in Pakistan and India: sowing, propagation, care and harvest.
124 posts in this series
How to Grow Pineapple (Ananas) at Home From the Top in a Pot
How to grow pineapple at home from a shop crown: rooting steps, pot and soil, zones, winter care, the apple in a…
How to Grow Shatavari at Home (Satawar): Pots, Roots, Patience
How to grow shatavari at home: division vs seed, a deep sandy pot, light and water by zone, spines and berries, and…
How to Grow Muskmelon at Home (Kharbooza) in Pots and Beds
How to grow muskmelon at home: sowing months by city, pot size, hand pollination, watering, pests and the full slip sign that…
How to Grow Plum (Aloo Bukhara) at Home: Chill Hours and Pots
How to grow plum at home: chill hours by city, low chill varieties, bare root planting, pot size, thinning, pruning time and…
Grow Green Beans (Sem Phali) in Pots: Sowing, Care, Picking
How to grow green beans at home in pots: dwarf vs climbing, two sowing windows, flower drop fixes, pests and when to…
Grow Tamarind (Imli) at Home: Seed, Graft or Air Layer?
How to grow tamarind at home: grafted vs seed, pot size, mix, watering by season, pests, and honest years to first pods…
Grow Bathua (Chenopodium) in Pots: Sow, Pinch and Harvest
How to grow bathua at home in pots: winter sowing, pinching for repeat pickings, oxalate cautions, and stopping it from seeding everywhere.
Grow Mosambi (Sweet Lime) at Home: Grafted Plant, Pot Care
How to grow mosambi at home in pots: why grafted beats seed, pot and mix, frost and summer watering, pests, and when…
How to Choose a Healthy Plant at a Nursery: 10 Quick Checks
How to choose a healthy plant at a nursery in two minutes: roots, leaf undersides, graft, weeds and origin, plus what suits…
Grow Tinda (Apple Gourd) in Pots: Sowing, Care, Harvest
How to grow tinda at home: sowing months for each zone, pot size, hand pollination, summer watering, pests and when to pick…
How to Grow Custard Apple (Sharifa) at Home: Seed, Graft, Pots
How to grow custard apple at home: seed vs grafted plant, years to fruit, pot size, planting months by zone and the…
Grow Arvi (Taro) in Pots: Corm Planting, Care and Harvest
How to grow arvi at home from shop corms: pot size, wet rich mix, shade, feeding, pests, toxicity warnings and when to…
How to Grow Ber (Jujube) at Home: Budding, Pots and Pruning
How to grow ber at home in Pakistan and North India: why budded plants win, raising rootstock, pot size, pruning after harvest…
Grow Turnip (Shaljam) in Pots: Sowing, Thinning, Harvest
How to grow turnip at home in pots: winter sowing months by zone, spacing, even watering, pests, and pulling shaljam before it…
How to Grow Mulberry (Shahtoot) at Home From Winter Cuttings
How to grow mulberry at home from hardwood cuttings: which toot to plant, pot size, months by zone, pruning without bleeding and…
Grow Cabbage (Band Gobi) in Pots: Sowing, Care and Harvest
How to grow cabbage at home in pots: sowing months by zone, transplanting, feeding, caterpillar control, and when a band gobi head…
How to Grow Loquat (Lokat) at Home: Grafted vs Seed, Pot Care
How to grow loquat at home: why seedlings take 6 to 8 years, veneer grafting, pot and soil, frost and heat by…
Grow Broccoli in Pots: Timing, Care, Heads and Side Shoots
How to grow broccoli at home in pots: when to sow in the plains, transplanting, watering, pests, and picking heads before they…
How to Grow Beetroot at Home in Pots (Chukandar): 60 Days
How to grow beetroot at home in a 20 cm deep pot: winter sowing months, thinning seed clusters, even watering, and pulling…
Air Layering Method, Grafting or Cuttings: Match the Plant
Air layering method, grafting or cuttings? A plant by plant table for Karachi, Multan, Lahore and Islamabad, with steps, best months and…
How to Grow Cauliflower at Home (Gobi): Avoid Button Heads
How to grow cauliflower at home: match early, mid or late types to the month, transplant young seedlings, feed well, tie leaves…
Grafted vs Seedling Plant: What to Buy at a Fruit Nursery
Grafted vs seedling plant: years to fruit for mango, jamun and kinnow, how to spot a real graft at a nursery, and…
Fast Fruiting Plants in Pots: Honest Months to First Harvest
Fast fruiting plants in pots ranked by real time to first fruit, from strawberry and falsa to grafted chikoo, with verdicts for…
How to Grow Mango at Home (Aam): Graft, Seed, Pot and Care
How to grow mango at home: why grafted beats guthli, planting months for each city, pot size, winter watering for flowers, hoppers…
How to Grow Banana at Home (Kela): Suckers, Pots and Care
How to grow banana at home from a sword sucker: planting months, drum size, watering in 45C heat, potash feeding and the…
How to Grow Amla at Home: Budded Plant, Pot Size, First Fruit
How to grow amla at home: why a budded plant beats seed, pot size, planting months for the plains, frost care, and…
How to Grow Potato at Home in Grow Bags (Aloo): Plant to Dig
How to grow potato at home in a grow bag: chitting, the October sowing window, earthing up, green tuber safety and when…
How to Grow Pumpkin at Home (Kaddu): Why Flowers Don’t Fruit
How to grow pumpkin at home: sowing months by city, container size, hand pollination so baby kaddu stop dropping, fruit fly bags…
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