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.

4 comments:

  1. Will the karamani we buy from grocery store grow if sown or do i have to get seeds?

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  2. While 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.

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  3. I 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.

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  4. karamani 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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