FRUITS:
A month of frosts and chilly weather. Great care has to be taken for
the protection of young saplings of fruit trees like litchi, mango,
papaya, chikoo, custard apple etc. by covering them with a thick thatch
of hay and their basins should be watered.
Pruning
of peach, plum, pear trees and grape vine should be done. After pruning
the plants should be sprayed with rogor/metasystox and metacid as
applicable to protect them from hibernating insects.
Cuttings
of deciduous fruit plants (plants which shed their leaves in winter)
should be placed in prepared small beds in sunny place and kept moist
with frequent watering.
GRAPES: Both plants and cutting sown.
MANGO: The treatment for mealy-bug should be undertaken. The lower trunk of the trees should be sprayed with CPP (1:20) or Phorate and then covered with a PVC film and tied firmly at the top and the bottom.
This
PVC films width should be 3 to 4 feet and should be buried at-least 6
to 7 inches in the earth. Spray Devicol or Nuvan as soon as you notice
any mealy-bug activity. Cut all branches or twigs which are touching the
building.
VEGETABLES:
Seedlings of Spring Onions should be transplanted in well prepared beds
in rows 6-9 inches apart at a distance of 4-6 inches from plant to
plant and irrigation withheld for one week at-least for better root
formation.
Seedlings
of Chilies, Capsicum and Tomatoes sown in October should be
transplanted. Spring Potatoes should be sown in well manure beds.
Cut pieces of large size potatoes bearing 1 to 2 buds should be used.
Winter
vegetables like Radish, Turnip, Carrot, Beat Root, Dwarf Beans, Peas,
Spinach, Soya, Salad etc. should be done to maintain supplies till
April.
Apply manure to all fruit trees, ornamental plants and the winter annuals already planted.
FLOWERS
ROSES: If roses are pruned in September the flush of flowers will last
till end December. Thereafter, two maintenance feeds of 25 gm of
fertiliser (rose mixture) should be applied one each in the first week
of January.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS:
After the plants have flowered in October to December/January, the
branches of the plants should be cut down to 6 to 9 inches. These plants
are called Stools (Mother Plants) and should be allowed to rest for
about two months till mid February, when suckers start emerging from the
mother plants.
INDOOR PLANTS: These plants must be exposed to the sun and manure applied.
SHRUBS: Plant cuttings of various shrubs like Chandni, Bougainvillea and Rat Ki Rani etc.
HEDGES:
Old damaged hedges should be repaired by planting cuttings of these
hedge plants in gaps 6 inches apart crosswise and watered regularly.
LAWNS:
Sprinkle water on the grass early in the morning as this prevents the
dew or frost to damage the grass. In the third week of January apply
Urea or CAN and flood the same immediately. During the last week of
January mow the lawn.
FOOD PRESERVATION: Sarson, Amla, Guva, Turnip, Cauliflower, Carrot, Kenew, Gulgul, Orange, Mausaumi and Peas are available at the cheaper rates and in abundance. These can all be preserved now.
FEBRUARY
FRUITS:
Young seedlings of Litchi, Mango, Chikoo, Papaya etc should be kept
covered with rough thatches keeping south west side open to allow sun
and air to protect them from frost and cold winds.
On
frosty nights light irrigation may be given to the young fruit
saplings. Manure should be applied to all fruit trees according to the
age and size of the plants followed by watering.
All fruit plants specially those of Peach, Plum, Pear and all Citrus fruit trees should be planted in the previously dug pits before flowering sets in.
In case of evergreen plants protect them from frost by covering with a thatch.
GRAPES:
Grape vines should be pruned by cutting back last year's shoots,
leaving 2-3 buds for new growth of fruit bearing shoots. Soil around the
roots of the vine should be dug 9-10 inches deep and left exposed to
weather for a week or more and all fibrous hair-like roots should be
removed, after which compost mixed with CAN should be applied and
covered with the soil, followed by light irrigation.
VEGETABLES:
Seedlings of Chilies, Capsicum, Tomato and Brinjals sown in October
should be transplanted in beds if not done in January. Well manure beds
should be made for sowing early crop of summer vegetables like Khira,
Kerala, Chapan Kadu, Loki, and Kakri etc. at the end of the month for
early supply of these vegetables.
Hoeing should be done to the crop of Potato and Spring Onions.
FLOWERS
ROSES: Same as in January.
SUMMER
SEASON FLOWERS: Seeds of early summer flowering annuals may be sown in
the last week of this month to raise seedlings of Portulaca, Amaranthus,
Coleus, Kochia, Celosia, Zinnia, Gamphorena, Gallardia, Golden-rod etc. Bulbs of Football Lilly, Caladium, and Amaryllis may be planted.
FOLIAGE
PLANTS: There is little growth in foliage plants. Watering should be
done with a gap of 7-8 days and excess watering should be avoided.
Varieties of foliage plants like Crotons, Money Plant, and Philodendron
should be protected from frost and cold winds.
INDOOR
PLANTS: Transplanting can be done from the last week of February.
Liquid manure may be given to all the plants including palms. S
HRUBS:
Cuttings of ornamental shrubs, Bougainvillea, Climbers and Hedge Plants
may be planted if not done already, without any delay in well manure
beds and kept moist with frequent light irrigation.
HEDGES:
Old damaged hedges should be renovated by planting cuttings of these
very hedges in the gaps 6 inches apart cross-wise and irrigated
frequently.
LAWNS:
Since the nights are still cool, give another dose of Urea or CAN to
the lawn preferably in the first week of this month. Keep on mowing the
lawn as soon as it is thick and tall enough. Patchy lawns should be
renovated by digging them up and manure added before planting fresh
runners in the last week of the month and frequently watered.
FOOD PRESERVATION: Sarson, Alma, Guava, Turnip, Carrot, Cauliflower, Kinnow, Orange, Gulgul, Mausamui, Peas, Lemon, China Orange are available and can be all preserved.
MARCH
FRUITS:
With the change of weather all thatch covers over the young plants must
be removed. Land around them should be dug up after adding manure and
irrigated after making deep basins.
Lime
washing of lower 3 feet of the main trunks of the Litchi and Mango
trees should be done to protect them from sunburn, attack of insects and
fungal pests.
Mango
trees on flowering should be sprayed with Malathion to control the
mango hopper pests. Peach and almond tress should be sprayed with
metasystox/roger and Nicotine Sulphate or Malathion as soon as the fruit
have set and are of pea grain size.
VEGETABLES
Small beds and shallow pits should be made and manure added in the soil
for sowing seeds of summer vegetables like Bhindi, Beans, Khera, Louki,
Pumpkins etc. Bhindi, Chilies, Capsicum, tomato, brinjal and beans may
be sown in flat beds and the rest in shallow pits.
Ginger,
Haldi, Arbi and Zimikind, should be covered with thick layer of dry
leaves about 6 inches deep to protect the tubers from heat and to
preserve moisture air in the soil.
Spring
Onions and Garlic beds should be hoed after spreading manure and
irrigated immediately. first week of March or it is planted in rich soil
in 9 inch to 10 inch pot or in a well-manure bed at a distance of 18
inches.
LAWN:
Give sterameal to grass, 1 kg sterameal for a lawn of 12x12 feet size.
Again be on the lookout for weeds. Digging bare patches, adding manure
and planting fresh runners of the grass should be undertaken to renovate
the patchy lawn. These should be kept wet by frequent watering.
INDOOR PLANTS: Manure and put them in shady place. Give liquid manure in the first week of March.
FOOD PRESERVATION Cauliflower, Tomato, Turnip, Carrot, Peas, Oranges, Papaya, Ginger and Lemon are all available and can be preserved.
GENERAL
Planting of new trees, climbers, shrubs and hedges may be completed in
the first fortnight. Seeds of the hedges and trees can be sown now. Seed
collection of flowering annuals may be done. Care should be taken that
seeds are properly dried and labeled. Seeds of the summer glowering
annuals should be sown in the nursery during the second fortnight of the
month
APRIL
FRUITS: All litchis, mango and other fruit trees should be provided with deep basins for irrigation during the hot summers.
These
basins should be filled with dry leaves after leaving a mound of soil
around the trunk of the trees. Lime washing of the trunk up-to three
feet from the ground should be applied to all the fruit trees to protect
them from sunburn and attack of insects and fungal pests.
Mango
trees in flowers should be sprayed with Malathion to control mango
hopper pests. Seeds from selected papaya fruits should be sown
FLOWERS
ROSES: No change. Portulaca, Amaranthus, Coleus, Kochia, Celosia,
Zinnia, Gamphorena, Gallardia, Golden-rod etc. Bulbs of Football Lilly,
Caladium, and Amartllis may be planted.
CHRYASANTHEMUMS:
A small sucker is planted in 3 inch pot in the in small 4 inch pots
after rubbing them with dry ashes to remove the mucilage to induce
quicker germination.
Seedlings would be ready for transplantation in August-September and will start fruiting in the coming winter.
VEGETABLES: Clear the winter vegetable beds and prepare them for the next season.
Seedling of Chilies, Capsicum, Brinjal and tomato should be transplanted in small manageable beds if not already done.
Ginger
and Haldi should be sown on ridges 2-3 inches depend covered with 9-8
inches deep layer of dry leaves to protect them from the heat and
preserve moisture in the soil.
Seeds
of all summer vegetables like Bhindi, Beans, Khera, Louki, Torai should
be sown in small manageable plots with adequate and assured water
supply.
Spring crop of Onions should be hoed after irrigation and green stems trampled down with feet to induce larger bulbs.
FLOWERS:
Winter season flowers which have stopped flowering should be cleaned
and the beds should be prepared for summer season. Seedlings of summer
flowers like Portulaca, Amaranthus, Dahlia, Sunflower etc. should be
transplanted. This is the best time for flowering Cannas.
Seed collection of the late winter flowers can be done.
Damaged areas in the Shrubs can be filled up.
CHRYASANTHEMUMS: The plants should be transplanted from the 3 inch pots to the 4 inch pots.
FOLIAGE
PLANTS: In the foliage plants the growth will be resumed. Therefore,
these should be kept in the shade to avoid direct sun. Propagation by
seed, division, and cutting can be done in the first fortnight.
LAWNS: Give another dose of sterameal with neemkhali. For a lawn 12x12 feet one kg each should be applied.
SEED COLLECTION: Continue seed collection as in March.
INDOOR PLANTS Save them from direct sun.
FOOD PRESERVATION China Orange, Mangoes, Jackfruit and Pumpkins are available and can be preserved.
MAY
FRUITS:
Deep basins dug around Litchi and Mango trees should be watered and
covered with dry leaves to make mulch. Lime washing applied to the lower
part of the trunk up-to 3 feet to avoid splitting of the trunk bark by
sunburn and safeguard them against insect and fungal attack.
VEGETABLES:
Transplanting of seedlings of Chilies, Capsicum, Brinjals, Tomatoes,
Ginger, Turmeric, Arvi and Zimikund should be planted and covered with
4-6 inches of thick layer of dry leaves to conserve moisture and protect
them from the heat.
Land should be prepared for sowing Soya Bean in June and manure applied to the soil.
Prepare
land for sowing rainy season vegetables like Pusa Sawni Bhindi, Karela,
Louki, Cowpeas, Beans and Chachinda etc. Early summer vegetables like
Karela, Khira, Louki and Torai etc. should be trained on wooden
supports.
Garlic
sown in October should be dug out, tied with strings and hung. Spring
Onion crop should be irrigated, hoed and trampled upon by feet to retard
excessive leafy growth and to induce large and firm bulbs on onions.
FLOWERS
SUMMER FLOWERING ANNUALS: Transplanting of Portulaca, Amaranthus,
Coleus, Kochia, Gompherena and Sunflower etc. should be done early.
Seeds of Balsam, Zinnia, Petunia, and Carnation etc. may be sown in
flower pots to raise seedlings of these rainy season flowers.
CHRYASANTHEMUMS:
The plants should be transplanted from the 4 inch pots to the 5 inch
pots. Suckers planted in beds or 9-10 inch pots, should be now about 6-8
inch tall, their top 1 inch should be cut off with a pair of scissors.
BULBS: Tuberose, Lilly and Cannas bulbs should be planted now.
LAWNS:
Regular watering is must. In case you wish to have a new lawn, than
start digging the lawn up to one foot deep during the last week of the
month.
INDOOR PLANTS Save them from direct sun. Mulching with grass or dry leaves or moss-grass can be done to retain moisture.
JUNE
FRUITS:
Pits of 3 X 3 feet should be dug for planting fruit trees of Litchi,
Mango, and Citrus etc. next month. These pits should be filled up with
farmyard manure mixed with top 9" of the soil from these very pits.
VEGETABLES: Land should be prepared for sowing seeds of Soya Beans with the advent pre-monsoon showers.
Planting of Ginger, Haldi, Arvi etc. should be completed without any further delay if not done already.
Seeds of rainy season vegetables should be sown taking advantage of the pre-monsoon showers.
Maize is also planted during this month. Supports should be provided to the creepers already growing in your garden.
Transplanting of seedlings of Chilies, Capsicum, Brinjals etc. should be done if not done so far.
FLOWERS: Seedlings of rainy flowers should be planted as the seedlings are ready.
CHRYASANTHEMUMS: 5 inch pots plants should be now potted in 6 inch pots. Cut the tip ends again.
PREPERATION
OF SOIL MIXTURE FOR POTS: Prepare mixture of 2 parts garden soil, 2
parts well rotten cow dung manure and 1 part sand. Take 10 pots of above
soil mixture; add ten teaspoons of slaked lime/marble powder and ten
teaspoons of charcoal granules.
Mix
well and fill your pots, after covering properly the bottom hole of the
pot with crocks i.e. broken pieces of pots. This will ensure good
drainage and prevent water logging.
Now
to each pot add one level teaspoon of Agromin and one tablespoon of
Single Superphosphate. Mix well and water and turn the soil. The pots
are now ready to receive the plants in July/August.
LAWNS:
The soil which was dug up in the last week of May should be turned
inside and outside 2-3 times so that the roots of weeds and any other
ant-holes etc. are exposed to the sun and destroyed by the heat.
Keep
the earth exposed for about two to three weeks. Then sprinkle some sand
on the topsoil along with some slaked lime. Let the earth dry out and
then level the ground for planting of the grass.
FOOD PRESERVATION: Mangoes, Peaches, Bael, Litchi, Phalsa, Plum, Cherry, Karonda, Jackfruit and Petha are available and can be preserved.
JULY
FRUITS:
Top priority should be to drain off the rainwater during the rainy
season to avoid water logging. Dry leaves ad turfs of Litchi trees after
plucking of the fruit should be filled in the basins around the trees
and covered with a thick layer of earth (2-3 feet). For planting of
Litchi, Mango, Guava, Citrus and other fruit saplings, the previously
dug pits should be utilised and after planting raised basins should be
made.
VEGETABLES:
Sowing of rainy season vegetables like Bhindi, Kerala, Khira, Louki,
Prtha, Pumpkins, Cowpea, Soya, Lobia and Asparagus bean should be sown
if not already done.
Ginger,
Haldi, Arvi etc. should be earthed up as soon as the young shoots come
up and are 6-8 inches high. Hoeing, weeding and general cleaning of
vegetable beds should be done at regular intervals.
FLOWERS:
Rainy season flowers like Zinnia, Balsam, Coleus, Kochia, Dahlia,
Sunflower, etc. should be transplanted immediately. Cutting of hedge
plants, ornamental bushes and creepers may be planted after the rains
set in fully.
CHRYASANTHEMUMS:
In the first week of July 4 inch long tip cuttings should be taken from
the top branches of stock plants and planted in previously sterlised
sand.
LAWNS: New lawns may be laid out after digging and leveling and runners of the grass of your choice should be planted closely.
SUCCULENTS AND CACTUS: Keep them away from the rains.
FOOD PRESERVATION: Mangoes, Peaches, Bael, Litchi, Phalsa, Plum, Cherry, Karonda, Jackfruit and Beat are available and can be preserved.
AUGUST
FRUITS:
Top priority should be to drain off the rainwater during the rainy
season to avoid water logging. Sapling of Litchi, Mango, Guava, Citrus
and other fruit saplings, should in their permanent sites in the
previously dug pits and filled with manures and top soil from the pits.
A little Phorate should be added to eradicate attack of white ants and other pests.
VEGETABLES:
Ginger, Haldi, Arvi etc. should be earthed up after removing weeds
growing in these. Sweet potato are grown from sprouts produced from the
tubers and from cuttings and should be planted on high ridges.
Celery is sown in July/August. It is highly nutritive.
FLOWERS:
Early sowing of flower seeds like Salvia, Aster, Phlox, Petunia and
Marigold can be done. Early variety of Gladiola may be put in beds.
Hoeing, weeding and general cleaning can be done of all the flower beds regularly.
CHRYASANTHEMUMS:
Each rooted cutting can be potted straight into 9 inches pots in the
first week of August. Keep the pot in full shade for 7 days and then in
partial shade for another 7 days. Thereafter keep it in a sunny
location. Protect these from heavy rains.
SUPPLEMENTARY
FEEDING: Dissolve two teaspoons each of Urea and Potash in 10 Liters of
water. Add two cups of this to each Pot. Thereafter water the plant.
This application should be continued till end of September, once in 15
days.
PEST
PROTECTION: Spray either of the following mixture till the flowers
bloom every fortnight. WATER 10 Liters and 10 Liters METACID OR 10 ml
NUVAN OR 10 ml METASYSTOX OR 10 Liters DIMECRON.
SPECIAL
POINTS FOR SMALL FLOWERED PLANTS: When the plant is 5-6 inches tall
pinch the top 1/2 inch to encourage branches. When the branches are
about 3 inch long again pinch. Continue the process till end of
September to obtain a large head of flowers. A cage of three to four
split bamboo canes should be provided till the middle of August.
POINTS
FOR LARGE FLOWERED PLANTS: These types are grown to take 1-4 flowers
per plant. By middle of August, provide 2-3 feet long split bamboo
stakes as it grows. In the beginning of September lateral branches will
appear in leaf axils, remove them as soon as hand able by turning to one
side. It is easy because the branch is brittle in the beginning. At the
end of each branch, 3 flower buds will appear. Keep the healthy one and
remove the others when easy to handle.
INDOOR PLANTS: Put out all the indoor plants in the rain (water logging should be avoided).
HEDGES:
Cutting of hedge plants, climbers and other ornamental plant should be
planted, also seeds of quick growing hedges like Jainter, Aliar or Inga
Dulcis, may be sown for making hedges.
LAWNS: New lawns may be laid out after digging and leveling and runners of the grass of your choice should be planted closely.
FOOD PRESERVATION: Jamun, Plum, Karonda, Apple, Mangoes, Lemon, Grapes and Peaches are available.
SEPTEMBER
FRUITS:
Sapling of Litchi, Mango, Guava, Citrus and other fruit saplings,
should be planted in their permanent sites immediately if not done so.
Basins
around the Litchi and Mango trees, filled up earlier, should be made by
digging in the decayed leaves etc. and a mixture of chemical manure
(NPK) should be added in the still lightly moist soil and mixed
properly. All the dead, dry, damaged or out of place and diseased
branches of all the fruit trees should be removed and to give proper
shape and ventilation and sunlight to them.
VEGETABLES: Land should be prepared after adding manure for sowing whole tubers of potatoes for early winter crop.
Ginger,
Haldi, Arvi etc. should be earthed up after removing weeds growing in
these. Seeds of early dwarf Peas, French Beans, Radish, Turnip, Beet
Root, Methi, Palak, Dhania and bulbs of Onion and Garlic segments may be
sown towards the end of the month for early supply of these.
Seedlings
of Cauliflower, Cabbage, Tomato, Brinjals and Lettuce should be
transplanted for early supply. Celery is sown in July/August. It is
highly nutritive.
Sprouting
Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Parsley and Leak should be sown by end
September. These vegetables are a rich source of Vitamin A, B1, B2 and
C.
FLOWERS:
Aster, Antirrhinum, Carnation, Phlox, Dahlia, Gerbera, Holy Hock,
Larkspur, Linaria, Lupines, Marigold, Pansy, Poppy, Salvia, Stock, Sweet
Peas, Cosmos, Sweet William and Verbena should be sown in small beds
for raising their seedlings.
CHRYASANTHEMUMS: Same as in August.
ROSES: It has been observed that in Northern India,
new growth begins by middle of September. At that time sap begins to
rise. Therefore, the right time for pruning is third week of September.
PRUNING HINTS: The following steps should be the guiding factor for a good prune:
1. Remove all dead and dry stems and dry portion of partly healthy stems.
2. Cut off weak thin twigs.
3. Cut of branches growing inwards, i.e. towards the centre of the bush. The center will open up.
4. Select five to six healthy canes for retention and remove all the others.
5.
Shorten the remaining canes to 15-18 inches above the scion. While
pruning the canes, the cut should be made 1/2 inch above the outward
looking eye.
6.
After pruning, the practice of drenching all branches and cut ends with
spray of mixture of a contact and systemic insecticide in the following
proportion should be undertaken:
To
10 Liters WATER add 10 Liters METACID OR 10 ml NUVAN, OR 10 ml
METASYSTOX OR10 Liters DIMECRON. The effect lasts for 2-3 weeks after
spraying.
After
the pruning an application of cow-dung 50 gm, NPK mixture 2 heaped
tablespoons and Agromin 1 heaped tablespoon should be given to each
plant.
HEDGES: Cutting of hedge plants, climbers and other ornamental plant should be immediately planted, if not done so.
LAWNS: New lawns may be laid out immediately without any further delay. Weeding should be carried out effectively.
FOOD PRESERVATION: Jamun, Plum, Karonda, Apple, Mangoes, Lemon, Grapes and Peaches are available.
OCTOBER
FRUITS:
Manure mixture of NPK in the ratio of 1:2:1 should be applied and dug
in the basins when the soil is moist. Basins around Litchi and Mango
trees should be remade and manure should be applied in adequate
quantity. All dead, dry and out of place branches of Litchi, Mango and
Guava trees should be removed to allow full sunshine and air to give
proper shape to these.
VEGETABLES: After cleaning up the garden of all weeds and grasses, land should be dug and exposed to the sun for 2-3 days.
Manure
applied to the beds for sowing winter vegetables viz. Peas, Beans,
Radish, Turnip, Beet Root, Methi, Palak, Dhania, Brinjals, Cabbage,
Cauliflowers, Knol Kole, and Lettuce etc.
Bulbs
of Onion and Garlic Cloves should be planted preferably on well manure
ridges. Seedlings of Cauliflower, Cabbage, Knoll Kola, Brinjala, and
Tomato should be transplanted in well manure beds or ridges.
Seeds of Chilies, Capsicum and Tomato may also be sown to be transplanted in January for fruiting in April.
Ginger
and Turmeric ridges should be earthed up heavily after removing weeds
etc. Whole potato tubers 1/2 inch diameter approximately should be
planted preferably on well manure ridges.
FLOWERS:
Transplant all the ready seedlings. For late flowering sow Aster,
Antirrhinum, Carnation, Phlox, Dahlia, Gerbera, Holy Hock, Larkspur,
Linaria, Lupines, Marigold, Pansy, Poppy, Salvia, Stock, Sweet Peas,
Cosmos, Sweet William and Verbena.
Seeds
of Sweet Peas should be sown in well manure and deeply dug trenches or
beds and young seedlings on sprouting may be covered with wire netting
or thorny bushes to protect them from damage by birds.
Put in the Hedges and the Evergreen Dahlia Cuttings. Multi coloured Gladiolus, Narcissus and Iris bulbs can be sow.
ROSES: Roses dug out of ground with earth ball should be planted after mid October.
LAWNS: Give Urea or CAN to grass and immediately flood it.
NOVEMBER
FRUITS:
Young fruit saplings of Litchi, Mango, Papaya, Chikoo etc should be
protected from frost and cold by covering these with rough thatches
keeping the south-west side open to allow air and sunshine.
Pruning of Peach, Plum and Pear trees should be done as soon as all their leaves shed.
Manure should be applied to all the fruit trees after making wide basins.
A mixture of NPK in the ratio of 1:2:1 should be applied as per the age chart followed by watering.
After pruning, these trees should be sprayed with Malathion to protect them from the hibernating of pests.
VEGETABLES:
Winter vegetables viz. Peas, Beans, Radish, Turnip, Beet Root, Methi,
Palak, Dhania, Brinjals, Cabbage, Cauliflowers, Knoll Kole, and Lettuce
etc. should be sown in small beds at intervals of 15 days to ensure
uninterrupted supply of these.
Transplanting of seedlings sown earlier can be done. Bulbs of Onion and Garlic Cloves should be planted without further delay.
Seeds
of Onion should be sown in small raised beds in the nursery to raise
seedlings of main spring crop of dry bulbs. Ginger and Turmeric may be
dug out after their leaves have dried up.
These
should then be washed and dried up for storing in a well aired store.
Seedling of late Cauliflower, Cabbage, Knoll Kole and Lettuce should be
transplanted on well-manure ridges or flat beds.
FLOWERS: Seedling can be transplanted. Narcissus and Gladiolus bulbs can be grown in this month.
Transplant
all the ready seedlings. For late flowering sow Aster, Antirrhinum,
Carnation, Phlox, Dahlia, Gerbera, Holy Hock, Larkspur, Linaria,
Lupines, Marigold, Pansy, Poppy, Salvia, Stock, Sweet Peas, Cosmos,
Sweet William and Verbena.
Sweet
Peas and plants already planted should be given support after pinching
their upper parts to induce side shoots and prevent their growing too
tall.
ROSES:
Roses dug out of ground with earth ball should be planted from the
first week of November to end January. While planting a rose the bud
should be kept 3-4 inches above the ground level and the un-sprouted
side of the bud should be kept pointed towards the east/south.
Roses
do well in any type of garden soil, sandy or clay, but not chalky
provided it is well drained. There should not be any water logging in
rose beds.
An
ideal pit for planting roses should be 1.5 feet in diameter and 1.5
feet deep. The soil dug out of the pit for planting roses should be
mixed with a tasla of well rotten cow-dung manure and 250 gm of bone
meal.
About
50 Gm of 10 % Phorate should also be added to the soil. After mixing,
the pit should be filled with the mixture and the remaining soil should
be piled up on the pit.
Then
after making a circular ridge the pit should be watered. The depression
caused by sinking of soil should be filled up. If this is done 2-3
times, it will ensure that the soil will not sink any more. The pit is
then ready to receive the plant.
Planting Distance:
H.T. AND F.B. ROSES 3 - 3.5 feet
Miniature and Polyantha roses 2.5 feet Climbers and shrub roses 6 feet
Container grow roses can be planted anytime of the year. Even then, the 2 very hot months of May and June should be avoided.
LAWNS: Give stearmeal to your lawn.
FOOD PRESERVATION: Cauliflower, Tomato, Turnip, Carrots, Sarson, Amla, Gauva, Ginger and Apple are available.
DECEMBER
FRUITS: This is the hibernating month and the trees should not be disturbed.
VEGETABLES: Seeds of Onion, Lettuce and Tomato should be transplanted.
FLOWERS CHRYASANTHEMUMS: Cut off the stem after flowering and set aside the plants. Protect them from water logging and frost.
INDOOR PLANTS: No manure and transplanting required.
LAWNS: Give Urea mixed with Neem Cake and water it.
FOOD PRESERVATION: Peas, Oranges, Mosumai, Sarson, Amla, Gauva and Ginger are available.
FRUITS: This is the hibernating month and the trees should not be disturbed.
VEGETABLES: Seeds of Onion, Lettuce and Tomato should be transplanted.
FLOWERS CHRYASANTHEMUMS: Cut off the stem after flowering and set aside the plants. Protect them from water logging and frost.
INDOOR PLANTS: No manure and transplanting required.
LAWNS: Give Urea mixed with Neem Cake and water it.
FOOD PRESERVATION: Peas, Oranges, Mosumai, Sarson, Amla, Gauva and Ginger are available.
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I'd like to know who the author of the planting guide is. Have some questions for him/her ! Very good guide!
I'd like to know who the author of the planting guide is. Have some questions for him/her ! Very good guide!
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