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Vegetables, fruits and herbs — complete growing guides, nutrition, harvest time and Indian kitchen uses

🌿 All Edibles (111) 🥬 Vegetables 🍎 Fruits 🌿 Herbs & Medicinal 🌾 Crops & Grains

Tomato Tamatar Growing India — Complete Encyclopedia Kitchen Garden

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

Tomato Tamatar Lycopene

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Mango / Aam

आम

Mangifera indica

Mango / Aam — India's national fruit (4000+ years). Always buy GRAFTED (3-5 yr fruit vs 8-10 yr seedling). 1000+ varieties. Alternate bearing fix. 100-300 year tree life!

🌱 June-July (monsoon) or Feb-March | Grafted plant only ⏱️ Grafted: 3-5 years | Tree life: 100-300 years!

Mango Aam National Fruit

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Mint / Pudina

पुदीना

Mentha spicata (spearmint) | M. arvensis (corn mint — India menthol)

Mint / Pudina — grow FREE from market bundle in water (roots in 5 days!). ALWAYS container — invasive runner. India = world's largest menthol producer. Pinch flowers always.

🌱 Year-round from cuttings | ALWAYS in containers — invasive runner! ⏱️ 30-45 days from cutting | Continuous perennial harvest

Mint Pudina Free Market Propagation

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Wheat / Gehun

गेहूँ

Triticum aestivum (bread wheat) | T. durum (durum — pasta/suji)

Wheat / Gehun — Rabi crop. Every week delay after Nov 25 = 30-35 kg/ha yield loss! 6 critical irrigation stages. Yellow rust biggest threat. MSP Rs.2,275/qt. Green Revolution hero crop.

🌱 Rabi — Oct 25 to Nov 25 (every week delay = 30-35 kg/ha yield loss!) ⏱️ 120-150 days | March-April | Golden yellow + hard grain

Wheat Gehun Rabi Crop

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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

Potato Aloo Hilling

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Banana / Kela

केला

Musa acuminata / M. balbisiana / hybrids

Banana / Kela — not a tree (world's largest herb!). India largest producer. Ratoon crops 5-10 years. Flower + stem + fruit + leaf ALL edible. Raw banana = prebiotic resistant starch.

🌱 From suckers — March-June best | Perennial ratoon cropping ⏱️ 12-18 months from sucker | 5-10 years via ratoon management

Banana Kela World Largest Herb

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Basil / Sweet Basil

बेसिल / तुलसी-सा मीठा

Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil) — NOT tulsi (O. tenuiflorum)

Basil / Sweet Basil — NOT tulsi (different plant!). NEVER refrigerate (blackens). Sabja seeds = India's original chia seeds (falooda!). Pinch flowers always. Annual — resow every 6 weeks.

🌱 March-September | Annual — succession sow every 6-8 weeks ⏱️ 4-6 weeks from seed | Pinching essential for bushy growth

Basil Sweet Basil Not Tulsi

🌍 Tropical Asia including India — 3,000+ years. Multiple native species India. View Guide →

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Rice / Chawal / Dhan

चावल / धान

Oryza sativa (Asian rice — almost all India) | O. glaberrima (African — minor)

Rice / Dhan — world's largest water user crop. SRI method: 20-50% more yield + 30-40% less water. Punjab groundwater crisis from rice irrigation. Basmati: Rs.4,000-8,000/qt vs MSP Rs.2,300.

🌱 Kharif — nursery May-June, transplanting June-July | Boro (Rabi): Nov-Dec ⏱️ 100-160 days | October-November Kharif | 80% golden grains = harvest

Rice Chawal Dhan

🌍 China/India — 7,000+ years. India = world's largest rice EXPORTER. View Guide →

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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

Onion Pyaz Short Day

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