Kitchen Garden Tips: Best Vegetable Seeds That Can Be Used For Growing Plants

Planting vegetables in your backyard can be a great idea. Considering the hazards of pesticides, insecticides, and other chemicals used in producing and selling vegetables on a large scale, getting your own kitchen garden can be an impeccable fix.

Just imagine not having to run to the market to get vegetables, and still not being sure that you’re going to come back with the fresh batch or not. However, if you get yourself a little home garden filled with fruits and vegetables, you can take the liberty of picking out the best ones, cooking, and serving yourself with nothing but the best.

If you’re planning to add some vegetables to your kitchen garden, here are some of the best plants that you can grow with vegetable seeds.

Tomato

Tomatoes are one of the most used vegetables in a typical Indian kitchen. From salads to all sorts of gravies, tomato is a vegetable that cannot be missed. The best part is that they can be grown in your kitchen with the seeds throughout the year. Just ensure that you use well-drained and slightly acidic soil. Fertilise regularly and you’ll get a healthy and fresh produce right in your home garden.

Okra

Okra, also known as bhindi or lady’s finger is another vegetable that you can grow in your kitchen directly from its seed. Since the vegetable thrives in hot and humid weather, the monsoon season would be perfect for sowing the seeds in loamy soil that has good drainage. With constant watering and fertilisation, you will get a matured plant after 50-60 days of sowing.

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Eggplant

Eggplant, brinjal, or baingan is a comforting vegetable that is used to make a lot of sabzis, curries, and snacks. To get fresh produce of brinjal in your home garden, you can sow the seeds indoors and after the seedling is strong, you can plant it in a sunny spot with fertile soil. 

Cucumber

If you love the crunchy vegetable as a part of your salad bowl or as a fresher in your beverages, why don’t you cucumber with the seeds in your kitchen garden? Cucumber seeds can be directly sown in the garden with well-drained soil. To get a healthy plant, you’ll need to keep trellising it to keep the fruits off the ground and prevent disease. And you’ll get the grown cucumbers in 2-3 months.

Bottle Gourd

Bottle gourd, also known as lauki, or gheeya is also a comforting vegetable that is popularly made in Indian kitchens. Since bottle gourd thrives in hot weather, you can plant its seeds outdoors. Just make sure to water, fertilise, protect from pests, and prune regularly to harvest healthy produce.