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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

Parsley Growing India — Vitamin K Apigenin Cool Season Herb Encyclopedia

Petroselinum crispum (curly) | P. crispum var. neapolitanum (flat-leaf/Italian)

Parsley — EAT THE GARNISH (1367% Vitamin K + apigenin #1 source!). Pre-soak seeds 24 hrs (germination doubles!). Oct-Feb only. Warfarin users: consistent intake. Tabbouleh = parsley salad.

🌱 September-October | PRE-SOAK seeds 24 hours (germination 40% → 80%!) ⏱️ First: 6-8 weeks | Oct-Feb season | Outer leaves first always

Parsley Eat The Garnish 1367% Vitamin K

🌍 Central Mediterranean (Sardinia) — 2,000+ years cultivation View Guide →

🌾 Crops & Grains ⭐ Featured 🌱 Medium

Groundnut / Moongfali / Peanut

मूंगफली / मुंगफली

Arachis hypogaea — Spanish (bunch) | Virginia (runner) | Valencia

Groundnut — GYPSUM at pegging stage mandatory (pods absorb Ca directly from soil — unique!). Flowers above, fruits UNDERGROUND (geocarpic). Aflatoxin: dry to 9% in 4 days. Niacin 94% RDA highest food.

🌱 Kharif June-July (main) | Rabi Oct-Nov South India | Summer Feb-March irrigated ⏱️ 90-130 days | Pull test 70% dark inner surface | Dry to 9% FAST (Aflatoxin prevention!)

Groundnut Moongfali Gypsum Pegging Mandatory

🌍 South America — India cultivation 500+ years. India = world's 2nd largest. Gujarat 40%+. View Guide →

Radish / Mooli — India's fastest vegetable (25-30 days!). Leaves have 6x more Vitamin C than root — don't throw them. Perfect gap filler between crops. Harvest on time or pithy.

🌱 Oct-Feb (cool season) | Pusa Chetki for summer ⏱️ 25-30 days — India's FASTEST vegetable!

Radish Mooli Fastest Vegetable

🌍 Southeast Asia — China. 3,000+ years in India. View Guide →

🍎 Fruits 🌱 Medium

Sitafal / Custard Apple

सीताफल / शरीफा

Annona squamosa

Sitafal / Custard Apple — "nature's ice cream". Seeds TOXIC — annonacin causes blindness (keep from children's eyes!). Hand pollinate for fruit set. Summer dormancy = NOT dead.

🌱 June-July or March-April | Grafted or fresh seed | Summer dormancy normal ⏱️ Grafted: 3-4 years | Aug-Nov season | VERY short storage (1-2 days ripe)

Sitafal Custard Apple Seeds Toxic Warning

🌍 Tropical Americas and Caribbean — Portuguese 16th century to India View Guide →

🌿 Herbs & Medicinal 🌱 Easy

Dill / Sowa / Shepu

सोया / सोवा / शेपू / सुवा

Anethum graveolens

Dill / Sowa — India's OWN ancient herb (Shatapushpa)! Market sowa = free planting seeds. Gripe water origin. KEEP AWAY from fennel (cross-pollinate). Direct sow only (taproot). Self-seeds forever.

🌱 October-November DIRECT SOW (hates transplanting — taproot!) | Self-seeds! ⏱️ Leaves: 4-6 weeks | Seeds: 3-4 months | Keep AWAY from fennel!

Dill Sowa India Native Herb

🌍 Indian subcontinent — native! Ayurvedic "Shatapushpa." India = major exporter. View Guide →

🌾 Crops & Grains ⭐ Featured 🌱 Easy

Mustard / Sarson / Rai

सरसों / राई / तोरिया

Brassica juncea (Indian mustard) | B. napus (rapeseed) | B. rapa (toria)

Mustard / Sarson — Sulphur most missed input (15-25% yield loss without it!). Oct 1-25 STRICTLY (80-100 kg/ha/week delay loss). Rajasthan rain-fed with 300mm! Highest Omega-3 common cooking oil.

🌱 Rabi Oct 1-25 STRICTLY (every week delay = 80-100 kg/ha loss!) | Sulphur = most missed input ⏱️ 75-145 days by type | Feb-March | Pods shatter — harvest morning! | MSP Rs.5,650/qt

Mustard Sarson Sulphur Most Missed Input

🌍 Central Asia — India cultivation 5,000+ years. India = world's 3rd largest producer. View Guide →

🥬 Vegetables 🌱 Hard

Cauliflower / Phool Gobhi

फूल गोभी

Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Cauliflower / Phool Gobhi — India's most challenging vegetable (15-22°C strict). Blanch leaves over curd. Boron spray 3x (hollow stem prevention). Caterpillar = BT spray.

🌱 Aug-Sep nursery | Oct-Nov transplant | Dec-Feb harvest ⏱️ 65-100 days from transplant

Cauliflower Phool Gobhi Blanching

🌍 Mediterranean — evolved from wild coastal cabbage. 2,500+ years. View Guide →

🍎 Fruits 🌱 Easy

Chiku / Sapodilla

चीकू

Manilkara zapota (syn. Achras sapota)

Chiku / Sapodilla — original chewing gum tree (chicle latex)! India world's largest producer. 40-60 year low-maintenance tree. NEVER eat unripe. Baramasi variety = year-round fruit.

🌱 June-July or Feb-March | Grafted essential | Tree life: 40-60 years ⏱️ Grafted: 4-5 years | Sept-March | 100-500 fruits/mature tree yearly

Chiku Sapodilla Original Chewing Gum

🌍 Mexico and Central America — chicle = original chewing gum! View Guide →

🌿 Herbs & Medicinal ⭐ Featured 🌱 Easy

Tulsi / Holy Basil

तुलसी / होली बेसिल

Ocimum tenuiflorum (syn. O. sanctum) — NOT sweet basil (O. basilicum)

Tulsi — India's sacred living deity. NOT sweet basil (completely different!). Ancient puja care rules = sound horticulture. Chew 10-12 raw leaves morning. Krishna tulsi = most medicinal. Cortisol proven.

🌱 March-June from seed | Year-round from cuttings | Perennial South India ⏱️ First: 6-8 weeks | Continuous | Pinch flowers (except puja manjari)

Tulsi Holy Basil Not Sweet Basil

🌍 Indian subcontinent — native. 3,000+ years Vedic and Ayurvedic texts. View Guide →

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