CHERRY TOMAATO ON MY TERRACE

The hybrid seeds of Cherry tomato (Extra Prolific Cherry)sown  in the month of November 2011 have grown well.

Plants  are now about 3’-4’  high.  Some plants are flowering and some are ladden with beautiful  fruits.

 

With proper care, growth of plants is good and they  have very long trusses, each having  upto 16 berries.

This is called Fish Bone Arrangement.

 

 

one plant has about  10- 12 trusses. I expect about 1/2 Kg of  tomato from each plant. Tomatoes have  started to ripe.

one berry has turned red and few are in the way to ripe. I expect to harvest good number of tomatoes next week.

WINTER SEASON

Gardening has always been a passion for me. In beginning, I started with purchasing  potted flower plants and by passage of time I was able to grow  plants from seeds.
I started growing vegetables in earthen pots  about one year back in my terrace garden. As the days passed, I realised that growing plants gave me a feeling of satisfaction and I started observing plants, taking careof them and loving them . Last year, I tried to grow cherry tomato, ginger, turmeric, fenugreek (methi) and coriander (dhania) and I got success and harvested about 2 Kgs of cherry tomato, 1Kg of turmeric and other items in small quantity.
I realised that I dont know the right way of growing them specially organically except adding dried leaves and cow dung to the soil. An article relating to "Organic Terrace Gardening" motivated me to know more about organic farming on terrace in big cities with space constraints. I collected required informaion by sufingon net.

During this winter season, I have sown the seeds of cherry tomato, radish, capsicum , brocoli . I have also planted mint  and lemon grass. tomatoes are growing rapidly and they shall ready for harvesting within a fortnight.

YOUR OWN ORGANIC KITCHEN GARDEN

GROW YOUR KITCHEN GARDEN


Grow your own kitchen garden with limited space in big cities. Cultivation of pesticide free vegetables and flowers in your  garden is easy and cost effective but  needs a lot of patience. Growing and owning a kitchen garden is actually achievable.


START SIMPLE
You do not need to buy fancy /earthen pots.You can use plastic bottles, buckets, tub etc. to grow  vegetables. You can start by growing basic vegetables like basil (tulsi) , mint (pudina) , lemon grass, chili, coriander (dhania) , fenugreek (methi).You can  also grow turmeric (haldi) , ginger ,cabbage , capsicum , radish , onion , tomato once you are well versed with basic plants.