Thursday, September 23, 2010
Karamani (Black-eyed Pea) - an easy vegetable to grow in the home garden
Just back from a break in gardening. The brinjal with thorns is giving good yields, tempting me to venture into the garden again, in spite of time constraints. I have just planted The Karamani -காராமணி (in Tamil) , known as the Black-Eyed Pea, three days back, and already, more than a 100 seeds have become little plants, bearing tiny leaves. Its a climber and I have to provide a twine to help them climb up. It is quite suited to the climatic conditions of our country. Last year too, the plant gave a super yield. Just two of those plants and it kept producing several long beans every day. This time, there are a 100 saps. and i really look forward to the next few days. Its such a pleasure to see how these plants grow.
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Will the karamani we buy from grocery store grow if sown or do i have to get seeds?
ReplyDeleteWhile the Karamani you buy from grocery store is fine, it is even better to buy them specifically from a store for planting as they are usually treated to prevent the seeds from being eaten by ants or other bugs before germination.
ReplyDeleteI got some seeds as suggested and had 10 to 15 saplings in 5 pots on my terrace Kitchen Garden which is giving really good yield.
ReplyDeletekaramani plant is affected small insects even i spay medicine also it will not solve . plz tell me how to protected and grow healthy
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