The use of high-breed plants and seeds, high-quality pure organic fertilizers and best practices are not enough to preserve gardens and ecological balance. Can turn gardens into desolate wilderness.
In this context, if we talk about the pots used for the cultivation of plants, the same attention is required for the selection of its material as it is given to the method of its cultivation.
Generally, pots and seed trays made of plastic or polystyrene are often used. Its new designs look good, but they affect the health of plants to a great extent.
Apart from this, they are being used frequently due to their low cost. Plastics are considered as oily products, which neither support the growth and protection of plants nor are they environmentally friendly. After a while its use is abandoned.
If the plastic waste sinks into the ground, it pollutes the land and if it is burned, it causes environmental pollution. Moreover, if we look at the environment around us, pots made of plastic for growing plants. The use of plastic is not beneficial at all because plastic has a prominent position in affecting the health of plants. This is the reason that soil and plant roots get hot and dry quickly in the sun.
Not only that, plants grown in plastic pots require relatively more to grow and survive.
In contrast, antique and traditional clay pots are suitable for growing all types of plants and are available in all shapes and sizes. Deep pots made of clay are also ideal for sowing seeds. The property of these pots is that they have the ability to maintain humidity in hot weather, due to which even a minimum amount of water helps to keep the plants and roots cool.
If you don’t have a nursery near you or clay pots are not available, you can use wooden boxes for fruits and vegetables instead. Which is pocket friendly as well as environment friendly.
Apart from this, the small plastic cups used for sowing seeds are not suitable at all.
If you don’t think it is better to use newspaper cups for sowing seeds, then instead of it, these cups can be prepared from large size strong leaves like jamun leaves. Shape these leaves into cones and pointed ones. Turn the part inwards to make its surface smooth. Now place these cones made of leaves close together in the pot. These cones formed for planting seeds do not cause any harmful health effects and their roots are not affected during cultivation in kiari or large pots. .
You can also plant them directly with leaf cups.
Special varieties of carrot, lettuce, cucumber, tomato, radish, green onion, cabbage, cauliflower, potato, Chinese cabbage (Bok Choy), aubergines, chicory, endive, (a type of cabbage) peas and sugar snap. The cultivation of Peas is good. In addition, French beans, Asparagus Peas, Chickpeas, Carrots and Beetroot etc. are usable even though they are young. At the end of the season, Zucchini, Pumpkin, Marrows, Spaghetti Squash, Zucchini, Apart from gourd and sweet potato, sweet potato is also a good crop in this season.