Vegetables सब्ज़ियाँ
Complete growing encyclopedias for 25 Indian vegetables — from tomato to turmeric. Sowing guide, care, pest control, harvest and Indian recipes.
25 Indian vegetables की complete growing encyclopedia — tomato से turmeric तक। Sowing guide, care, pest control, harvest और Indian recipes।
25 Edibles
Tomato / Tamatar
टमाटर
Solanum lycopersicum
Tomato / Tamatar — India's most grown kitchen vegetable. Cooked tomato has 3x more lycopene than raw. 3 sowing seasons. Sucker removal key for indeterminate types.
🌱 Kharif: Jul-Aug | Rabi: Oct-Nov | Spring: Jan-Feb
⏱️ 60-80 days from transplant
Potato / Aloo
आलू
Solanum tuberosum
Potato / Aloo — world's most versatile vegetable. Hilling critical for yield. Green potato = toxic (solanine). Cooled boiled potato has lower GI. Grow-bag method for home.
🌱 Oct-Nov (plains) | Feb-Mar (hills)
⏱️ 70-90 days early | 100-120 days main crop
Onion / Pyaz
प्याज / कांदा
Allium cepa
Onion / Pyaz — India's most price-volatile vegetable. Short-day varieties only for India. Neck fall = harvest signal. Curing essential for 6-month storage. Don't store with potato.
🌱 Rabi: Oct-Nov (main) | Kharif: May-June
⏱️ 100-150 days from transplant
Chilli / Mirch
मिर्च
Capsicum annuum / C. frutescens / C. chinense
Chilli / Mirch — India's largest produced spice. Perennial — ratoon for 3-5 years! More sun = more heat. Green has 270% RDA Vitamin C. Bhut Jolokia to Kashmiri — all covered.
🌱 Jan-Feb (summer) | May-June (kharif) | Sept-Oct (rabi)
⏱️ 60-90 days green | 90-120 days red/ripe
Brinjal / Baingan
बैंगन
Solanum melongena
Brinjal / Baingan — India's own native vegetable (4000+ years). Shoot & fruit borer = #1 pest. Eat with skin — nasunin brain antioxidant. Ratoon for 2-3 seasons.
🌱 Year-round South India | Jan-Feb + May-Jun North India
⏱️ 70-90 days from transplant — continuous harvest
Okra / Bhindi
भिंडी
Abelmoschus esculentus
Okra / Bhindi — harvest at exactly 5-7 cm (one extra day = woody). India's largest okra producer. Mucilage manages blood sugar. YVMV-resistant varieties only.
🌱 Feb-June (summer) | June-July (monsoon)
⏱️ 50-65 days from sowing
Spinach / Palak
पालक
Spinacia oleracea
Spinach / Palak — cut and come again every 3 weeks. Vitamin K 402% RDA. Iron absorption needs Vitamin C (add lemon). Bolts above 25°C. Succession sow every 2 weeks.
🌱 Oct-Feb (plains) | Year-round in hills
⏱️ 30-45 days — cut and come again
Coriander / Dhaniya
धनिया
Coriandrum sativum
Coriander / Dhaniya — split seeds before sowing (2x germination). Succession plant every 2 weeks. Heavy metal detox science. Shade extends season. Add fresh only at end of cooking.
🌱 Oct-March (cool season) — direct sow only
⏱️ 25-35 days leaves | 90-100 days seeds
Fenugreek / Methi
मेथी
Trigonella foenum-graecum
Methi / Fenugreek — clinically proven blood sugar management. Nitrogen-fixing improves soil. Kasuri methi home drying guide. Hair growth paste. Avoid large doses in pregnancy.
🌱 Oct-Feb (cool season) — direct sow only
⏱️ 20-30 days leaves | 120-150 days seeds
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