Grow trees on the terrace

 You can also grow trees on the terrace

Many readers have raised their doubts after reading an experiential article entitled ‘A Green Forest on the Terrace’ about having a terrace garden. Most of them wanted to set up a terrace garden and asked for instructions. We need patience as well as raw materials to set up a garden on the terrace or around the house. The rose will not bloom on the day we plant it. As for the seeds, it is better to cultivate traditional seeds. Many had asked where they were available. Seeds can be obtained from farmers who grow naturally. There are Facebook and WhatsApp groups that distribute traditional seeds. You can also get in touch with them. You can also access companies operating in Chennai without a business purpose.

Quality seeds are available at traditional seed festivals and vegetable markets. Dyed hybrid seeds can be detected by their luster. The traditional seeds are not the ones that are shiny and dark in color in an elegant form. If this type of seed is cultivated, the yield will be. But the seeds obtained from them do not germinate. So, it is better to get seeds from trusted people.

Transplanting is good

Some plants yield only once. Mung bean and native aubergine can bear fruit for up to one and a half years. In this type of plant, the plant must be fertilized on the day of fruiting to offset the loss. Some plants stunt once they are harvested. So, when the harvest is over, take them out and plant other plants. Beans, such as bitter guard, only ripen for one season. Do not change the potting soil except to change the plants after drying. The reason is that the soil becomes fertile when compost is applied. Some people will take that fertile soil and fill it with new soil, which is wrong.

“Plants should be planted properly. If large plants like aubergine and betel are planted in a pot, small plants like coriander and mint should be planted under them. One seedling and two seedlings should be grown in the same pot or alternately. That means once you grow him beans you can grow the tubers in that pot again. Flower pots should be placed next to the vegetable plants. Bees come to pick honey from the flowers. They also sit on adjacent plants.

Those who want to set up a terrace garden should take 60 percent coconut coir waste (coco pith), 20 percent salmon, 10 percent compost (dry cow dung), and 10 percent vermicompost/household waste manure in a tank. 100 ml. Panchakavyam, 100 ml. Mix the nectar solution in ten liters of water and pour it into the soil mixture in the pot and mix well to prepare a fertile crop soil for plant growth. In this soil, we can plant the seed we want.

Grow to help fertilize

Once the plant begins to grow, it needs to be given the nutrients it needs. Some people just pour water and wonder why the plant is not flowering and fruiting yet. Will the crop grow only if micronutrients are available? Sheep manure, cow dung, earthworm manure, fruit manure, fish manure, leaf manure, organic manure, and ash manure should be applied to the plants. Vegetable waste can also be used as fertilizer for plants. Some people pour manure and vegetable waste directly into the plant. Doing so will cause the plant to overheat. Therefore, vegetable waste should be composted and then applied to the plants.

The available bin can be used as compost for vegetable waste. Otherwise, the vegetable waste, dry matter, etc. should be alternately poured into the oral tank in one layer and the dry soil in one layer on top of it. Within ten days it will be mucky and compostable. If there is no soil, the paper can be cut into small pieces. Doing so will not cause rot. Since the bottom is compostable first, you can pour it upside down in another pot in ten days and apply the compost on top. Onions and lemons should not be put directly on the plants for any reason. You can mix jaggery with yogurt and pour it on the plants without pouring it down. You can also pour coconut water on the plants.

Natural insect repellent

It is important to protect the plants from pests. Using only natural fertilizers will keep pests at bay. Take any five types of leaves of neem, tulsi, noci, Noni, Milkweeds, Leucas Aspera, and Datura metel and soak them in dilute cow urine for ten days. The solution can then be mixed with water at the rate of ten percent and sprayed on the plants. Spray under the leaf. The reason is that most insects stay under the leaf. You can hit this once a week. For immediate insect repellent, take equal amounts of ginger, garlic, and green chilies and grind them to a paste. It can also be dissolved in water at the rate of ten percent and sprayed on the plants. neem oil You can also mix water with yum and rose oil and spray.

“After peeling the Ponnangkanni and Karaisalanganni spinach, you can grind the existing stem well and pour the solution on the plants. Gray insect repellent is also effective. If you put neem, noci, and steel leaves in the dryer and smoke them, insects will not enter the house. You can take a tablespoon of the ash from it and dissolve it in water and spray it on the plants, ”says 

Terrace flowers, not just vegetable plants; You can also grow trees. Large pots can be used to grow drumsticks, bananas, sapodillas, guavas, papayas, zucchini, and pomegranates. Someone I know has picked up to 50kg of papaya nut on the terrace. The reason is proper maintenance. Terrace greenery is possible with adequate watering, fertilizing, micronutrients, pest control, and proper maintenance of dry leaves and areas.

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