My Terrace Garden

Progress of Plants in the Terrace Garden ......

Updated - March 2014







Updated - Feb 2014






Updated on 26-12-2013










Updated on 02-12-2013

First Radish leaves harvest

First Radish harvest

Spinach harvest

Coriander leaves harvest

New arrival Chrysanthemum

New arrival Chrysanthemum


 Updated on 26-11-2013

Plants growth after the cyclone...

Chow Chow (Bangalore Kathrikai)

First Tomato Fruit

Chili flowers everywhere

Radish taking shape


Updated on 22-11-2013

The last seven days were bad days for me.  My experiment of spraying neem extract, mixed with two chillis & small ginger piece to weed out the pest underneath the leaves, resulted killing of my only two cucumber plants which was bearing tender cucumbers.  Also I lost bottle gourd & cluster bean plants.

My cucumber plants at the verge of death


Tomato Plant growth

With in one & half months got maggot compost using Compost Tumblers

Updated on 16-11-2013
Spinach Wheat Flour dough for making Parantha

Palak Parantha stuffed with vegetables and curd goes with Parantha well. Note that Spinach harvested from my Terrace Garden.

 Updated on 15-11-2013

Despite on going heavy wind speed for last two-three days due to cyclonic formation in BoB, the plants are growing satisfactorily at my Terrace Garden.  Some of the latest photos are updated here.


First male bottle gourd flower

 
First Spinach harvest(Type of Pasalaikeerai)

First Cucumber (Vellarikkai) female flower

First tender Bottle Gourd (Suraikkai)

Expecting little more fast growth of Cauliflower (Poo Ghosu)

Radishes (Mullangi) grow satisfactorily

Fenugreek (Vendhayam) & Coriander (Kothamalli)

Brinjal Plant (Kathrikkai)

Cow Bean Plant (Karamani)

Carrot Plants 10 days growth (see 6th dated)

 Updated on 06-11-2013

I could salvage some plants from this on going rainy season.

Radish Plant (Mulangi Sedi)

Carrot seedling 

First Flower of Cucumber (Vellarikkai) Plant



French Beans

Beetroot Plant (Senkiyangu Sedi)

Spinach (type of Pasalakkeerai)

Knol Khol

Tomato Plant growing fast

Chili Plant growing fast

Ridge gourd (Peerkangai)

Guava Fruit from my garden

Drumstick Plant (Murungakai) in my garden

First Bitter Gourd (Pavakai)

First Cucumber Flower
Vazhaipoo


Updated on 02-11-2013


Cauliflower (Poogose)

Bottle Gourd Plant (Suraikai) growing fast and there were so many white flowers for last few days

Broad Beans (Avaraikai) growing fast but not flowers till today. Normally it takes time.

Tender Ridge Gourd (Vari Peerkangai) noticed in the second plant

Cabbage Plant (Muttaigose)

Lady's Finger (Vendaikai)

Tomato Plant (Thakkali Sedi)

Veg Cluster Beans (Kothavarangai)

Tender French Beans


Updated on 25-10-2013

Khol Khol (Knol Khol) Plant

Rose flower

Spinach Plant (type of Pasalakkeerai)

 Updated on 24-10-2013


Radish Plant (Mullangi Sedi)

Beetroot Plant (Senkizhangu Sedi)

Tomato Plant (Thakkali Sedi)

Chilli Plant (Milagai Sedi)

Ridge Gourd (Vari Peerkangai) is growing fast

Mudakkathan Keerai  Botanical Name: Cardiospermum halicababum
English Name: Indravalli (It is good for bone joint problems.  Paste of this leaves is mixed with dosai batter before making Dosai.
Rice and black gram batter mixed with paste of Mudakaththan leaves

Batter looks green after mixing Mudakathan Keerai paste

Mudakathan Keerai Dosai (Pan Cake)

Broad Beans (Avaraikai) Plant is growing fast

Updated on 02-10-2013

Rose Plant(Roja Sedi)

Yellow Chrysanthemum (Manjal Samanthi)

White Chrysanthemum (Vellai Samanthi)

Cow Beans (Karamani)

Lady's Finger (Vendaikai)

Beans

Type of Spinach (Kothu Pasalai)

Ridge Gourd (Vari Peerkangkai)

Ridge Gourd (Vari Peerkangkai)

Broad Beans(Avaraikai)

Centre - Bitter Gourd(Pagarkai)
Side - Bottle Gourd (Suraikai)



50 comments:

  1. Unknown7 March 2014 at 18:38

    CONGRATS,I am pleased to see your roof-top garden and the out- put yield and your experience with roof-gardening.I am to start my roof-garden with the DO IT YOUR-SELF KIT.Hope I could share your knowledge.Thank you

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    1. Unknown21 March 2016 at 02:00

      I am living in NCR... I have just started my roof-gardening with sow guard seeds. Can you help me ?

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  2. P Murali9 March 2014 at 07:05

    Thanks Mr. Ramasamy. Please join with "Chennai Terrace Gardeners" in Facebook and post your garden photos & experiences there, which will encourage many new comers to start Terrace Garden so that we all together can make Chennai as Vegetable Garden City of India

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  3. Unknown11 March 2014 at 23:14

    Dear Mr Murali,
    I am very happy to see your blog. I too started gardening recently after getting my "Do it yourself kit" from horticulture dept. last week only i prepared the soil. This sunday i am planning to start growing by vegetable garden with amarathus and palak and also i will sow seeds for tomoato and chilli. By seeing your terrace garden, i am feeling even i'll be able to grow my own garden. Your site has increased my confidance level. Thank you

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    1. P Murali11 March 2014 at 23:35

      Thanks for viewing the blog. The blog has been started to promote Chennai as Vegetable Garden City of India. Please join with "Chennai Terrace Gardeners: forum in Facebook and get your doubts cleared on Terrace Gardening. Wish you Happy Gardening.

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  4. Unknown23 March 2014 at 07:01

    Hello Mr. Murali. I am experimenting on bottle gourd, bitter gourd, ridge gourd, pumpkin, cucumber, kakri and lady finger on my potted garden on the terrace. Mostly I am using standard 10-12 inch plastic containers. Am using one pot per plant, except for lady-finger which I am planting 3 plants per container of 8-10 inch size. I have also made a trellis using wires, coconut threads and sticks. How do u rate my chances of success in these containers of 10-12 inch size? I recently cultivated cauliflowers in these pots as well, but the cauliflower size I got was less than half-a-kilo. The cabbage is still growing, but yet very small. Tomatoes have grown aplenty in 8 inch pots, but my experiment with turnips didn't succeed as size reached was just about an inch in diameter each.....I planted the turnips in late December though. Would look for ur comments on all the above points.

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    1. P Murali29 March 2014 at 11:53

      Mr.? Sorry for my late reply. I was away on my vacation for a week.

      You have not mentioned the place where you reside. Secondly what type of medium you use to grow the plants. Thirdly do you have shade net on your terrace? All these factors are to be considered to get an idea where the problem is. Kindly provide the details.

      Also you can post your garden experiences and doubts with photographs in "Chennai Terrace Gardeners" forum in facebook where experienced Terrace Gardeners will slo give their opinions. Pl send friends request in https://www.facebook.com/chennai.terracegarden

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    2. Unknown8 April 2014 at 09:07

      Murali, I am residing in New Delhi where summer temperatures are upwards of 40-42 degrees. As I have mentioned in my last post, I am largely using plastic containers, although I do have a few earthen as well as cemented pots. I have filled all these containers with mud of good quality which was brought to my place by the local gardener from a place where digging work for multi-storey construction was going on. However, I have not mixed any fertilizer with the mud while filling up my pots and planting the seeds/saplings in them, and have only put a handful of "cow-dung" fertilizer after the saplings have grown a bit. I have already stored DAP and UREA and have used them in my winter crop, but it seems to have damaged the potted plants then as, on the advise of the local nursery, I had deposited a tea-spoon of UREA-DAP mix on each 10-12 inch pot earlier, which was too much perhaps. And yes, I do have a shaded net cover for my potted plants as the sunshine is too much nowadays, our flat being east -west facing. I will be adding u shortly in facebook, from where u can see the pictures of my garden which I have uploaded there. Thank u much.

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  5. P Murali8 April 2014 at 19:41

    Pl post your photos with specific queries in "Chennai Terrace Gardeners" forum in facebook where you will be replied by experienced gardeners. Please send send friends request and post there

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  6. P Murali8 April 2014 at 19:44

    Also please note I discourage use of fertilizers and promoting organic method of gardening.

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  7. Anonymous8 May 2014 at 03:38

    Namaskaram, Is it necessary to have the net covered on the growing plants? can you also help in making a home made fertilizer for the plants?
    Thanks, Pavitra

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    1. P Murali20 May 2014 at 21:56

      In terrace due to weather proofing, heat reflects back. Shade nets help in reducing direct sun light. 50% shade net is enough. But don't put it permanently. Use it peak summer months. Rest of the months not required for most of the plants grown in South India.

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  8. ATP26 May 2014 at 00:38

    Hi Murali
    Need a quick help to find the Botanical name for a flowering plant. I just know the name of the flower. Flower name: Sowghandhi.
    I am trying plant some of the unique flowering plants in my garden.

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    1. P Murali30 May 2014 at 09:19

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botanical_name

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  9. Nanda12 October 2014 at 21:17

    Hi Murali,

    Your blog was the inspiration & driving force for me to start the terrace gardening. And came to know about the do it yourself kit from this blog & i just started growing plants in my terrace gardening 3 weeks back (do it yourself kit). Have planted tomato, Chilli & Brinjal. They are coming out good. I parallely had grown greens (sirukeerai, coriander & palak). I found the coriander seeds have not germinated in one container & when looked in the evening i can see more number of ants. Similar case with palak. In sirukeerai plant i see the leaves are half eaten. i'm new to gardening. Can you suggest what should be done to avoid it. Yesterday i tried spraying neem oil mixed with water. Yet to see the results. I have kept containers in 2 location, one in direct sunlight from morning till evening & another on the side path way of building under neem tree. Direct sunlight would be here for an hour or so. I thought to mention about the location as i see ants only in the container placed in walk ways & not in the other area. While i see some worms on half eaten leaves on the other location. Now planning to move all the 30 containers to terrace. Need your advice!!

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    1. P Murali18 November 2014 at 03:29

      Purchase coriander seeds from seed shop only. Don't use the seeds purchased from grocery shop.

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  10. All Home Stylish 201515 November 2014 at 03:20

    nice gardening activity and documentation

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  11. Rama Vijayaraghavan6 March 2015 at 23:56

    Informative Blog

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  12. Anonymous5 May 2015 at 06:38

    Superb Terrace Garden. Well done Murali.

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  13. Unknown4 June 2015 at 07:48

    dear sir,

    Inspiring blog. Kindly help me to start my own terrace garden in chennai, thiruvanmiyur.
    Pls guide me with starter kit, soil ..I have poor knowledge in gardening..

    Thanks

    Brindha

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  14. Unknown4 June 2015 at 07:48

    dear sir,

    Inspiring blog. Kindly help me to start my own terrace garden in chennai, thiruvanmiyur.
    Pls guide me with starter kit, soil ..I have poor knowledge in gardening..

    Thanks

    Brindha

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    1. P Murali11 June 2015 at 02:54

      Sorry for my late reply. You can talk to me @ 8939751968.

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  15. Anonymous10 June 2015 at 19:54

    Can we grow our garden without diy kit also? please refer me what type of things we want to buy in outer? 25kg plastic rice cover enough for growing plants? Pls give me some idea...
    Thanks,
    Akshaya

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    1. P Murali11 June 2015 at 02:53

      Sorry for my late reply. You can talk to me @ 8939751968.

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  16. Anonymous5 July 2015 at 08:31

    Iam from Hyderabad. Started a terrace garden with green shade. Presently having around 120 pots. But the results are very disappointing as the plants are growing but not flowering and yeilding any harvest. The soil I used in pots is Red soil + Cocopeat + Compost . Some cow dung and goat manure is used occasionaly. You mentioned that green shade is NOT required for the months after severe summer.. But I get 6 to 8 hours of sunlight on our terrace. How to address this issue ?
    I shall talk to you for more info

    Capt Y V Rao ( Retired )

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    1. P Murali18 September 2015 at 08:13

      Sorry somehow I missed your message. You can contact me at 8939751968

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  17. Shanmathy6 October 2015 at 08:39

    Hi

    I have Planted bitterguard, brinjal, ladies finger, Radish, Chillies, Beans, Jasmine, Nithya malli, Thulasi and Paneer Rose in my balcony. All started Growing, but the stems were not thick and its bending on the soil. I have very little sunlight and not direct sunlight, only radiation of light. Is this the cause for the weakness of the plants or it requires fertilizers. Please help me. Im a newbie to this planting.

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    1. P Murali7 October 2015 at 03:37

      Direct sunlight is important for most of the plants mentioned by you. But actual cause of the reason suspected by you may not be the reason unless and until one can see the plants. I suggest you to join Facebook forum "Chennai Terrace Garden" by sending joining request in the following link https://www.facebook.com/groups/chennaiterracegardeners/ and post the photos of your garden and plats to get better idea.

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  18. dheeraj8812 October 2015 at 19:48

    Hi Murali, I am trying to grow tomatoes in my terrace. I am getting flowers but they are dropping. Read that chennai weather is not great for tomato. Growing media is cocpeat with some red sand and compost. I felt that they were too exposed to the sun, so I've moved them under some shade in the terrace.

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    1. P Murali12 October 2015 at 22:51

      There are couple of issues to this problem:

      1. Close planting: Plants needs air circulation and better light for them to better grow and fruit. Close planting not only denies that but also spreads disease. Avoid over crowding and also prune the base branches which typically touch the soil.
      2. Tom is a self pollinating plant. Pollination happens typically between 10 am to 2 pm when the weather is dry. Good aeration allows the plants to sway freely there by helping the pollination process. However in humid conditions the pollen grains get stuck to the flowers and pollination does not occur. Hence to stimulate the pollination we tap the stem gently. once or twice daily during the flowering stage will do. However it does not help much during very warm humid conditions...
      3. Apart from crowding the other issue is the suckers. These are branches that form between the stem and a healthy branch. Some times the suckers grow to be a healthy stem bearing fruits. However they mainly suck the energy which is much needed for the plant to fruit hence the name. A typical sucker is there in your picture middle top in the Y structure. prune the Tom's suckers when the plant is 1 to 2 feet high. Keep pruning them constantly to redirect the energy to other parts which needs it more. One good thing is the over grown suckers can actually be cut and used to grow a new healthy plant. Watch few videos in the net on how to remove them.
      3. Next at this stage don't drench the tom daily. Do the drenching once in a week and the rest of the days do mild irregular watering (water on alternate period and day) but do not drench.
      4. Finally nutrients feed the plant with good nutrients on a 10 to 15 days basis not less than that. Some say the banana tea made out of boiling banana peel works wonders...I haven't tried it yet... all the best...

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  19. Balaji krishnan4 November 2015 at 23:01

    Hello Mr.murali... I m new to terrace garden... nd I have a big terrace (I.e.one ground of house ) me nd my wife planning to grow vegetables in terrace... wat we want so first nd I hve some seeds like tomatoes , brinjal (anupamma), palak, chillies, radish, methi, guar,bottle gourd, french beans, dolichos,sponge gourd.... in this which I can grow in this season... pls help us...

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    1. P Murali14 November 2015 at 06:01

      Pl send your email address. I will send you vendor list. You can place your order to them. You can call me @8939751968 fire any further help

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  20. Anonymous24 June 2016 at 02:09

    Hi, Which type of drumstick plant you are having in your garden. So many drumsticks had grown. Very nice. Is it a hybrid one or normal once. I am searching for Alagarsamy drumstick cutting for planting in my terrace garden. do you know, where can I get. because I dont want to go for Hybrid plant. Kindly reply.

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    1. P Murali28 November 2018 at 18:59

      Very Sorry for my late reply. I am not very active now in gardening at present due to some personal matter. If you are in chennai you can collect the stem from me. Contact me @ paramasivammurali@gmail.com

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  21. Freejesh (Biju)14 August 2017 at 20:21

    Hi Murali,
    I too have a terrace garden and a blog too
    I am from Tvpm. Please view my blog post.
    https://sevenandhalfsaturn.blogspot.in/2010/10/vegetable-garden-on-roof.html?m=1
    Thanks
    Freejesh

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  22. Anonymous11 January 2018 at 09:41

    Superb cultivation I too have formed terrace garden. I m a beginner. Can u tell me what u use for organic pesticide? 09940871970

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    1. P Murali28 November 2018 at 18:55

      Sorry for my late reply. I am not very active now in gardening at present due to some personal matter. You can call contact me at paramasivammurali@gmail.com

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