I agree with you, Prof. Singh ji.
Indeed, the plants need your love and care to grow. But as you say, you
havn't that much success, after your mother. And I am sure, you care for
the plants with equal love.
I am trying to grow pumpkin and carrots and Mangold (/Beta vulgaris/
subsp. /vulgaris/ var. /vulgaris/). This year is exceptionally dry and
so we have lots and lots of ants taking care of aphids. I am fighting
against them, but I don't want to use poison so it is difficult. Aphids
I have seen this year for the first time even on digitalis purpurea and
poppies. The second enemy is snails. Because this year is dry I give
water to the plants, and I feel the snails smell somehow, which plants I
just watered. A few hours later I see snails enjoying the meals.
My mother used to say, let everyone have their share.
I shall send fotos of pumpkin and carrots in the next days. Pumpkin has
the first flower, I saw it today.
Regards
Nalini
Am 05.06.2011 17:04, schrieb Gurcharan Singh:
Not necessarily Nabha ji
We have a balcony just 6' x 6' and my mother who was very fond of
vegetables would grow cucumber in one pot and melon in another, and
soon the whole balcony would be full of these two climbers, and we
would have good number of fruits to eat. The plants need your love and
care to grow. She was so well versed with vegetables that she could
tell different types of Brassica just when plant had only one or two
small leaves or even just from cotyledonary leaves. We have tried
several times after her but never got that success with production of
fruits and vegetables.
--
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/>
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:12 PM, Na Bha <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Great, astonishing, Mani ji.
If I remember what all I have seen "from your balcony", I feel
your balcony must be 10 times bigger than my garden. How do you do
it? Just tell me the secret. Send us please a foto of your green
fingers too!
Nalini
Am 05.06.2011 15:11, schrieb mani nair:
Dear friends,
Sending photos of musk melon growing in our balcony garden.
Regards,
Mani.
