PAU Soilless Kitchen Garden: Vegetable Nutrition Garden

The technology developed by PAU. Dr. K.G. Singh, Senior Research Engineer, Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University informed that PAU has become the pioneer to develop rooftop/terrace vegetable nutrition garden models for the urban and peri-urban populations using soil-less media. The technology requires only 12.6 sq m (net area = 4.2 m x 3.0 m) and gross area is 20 sq m (5.5 m x 3.6 m), the vegetable produced will be sufficient for a family of 2-4 persons, 10 vegetables like tomato, bell pepper, cucumber, coriander, broccoli, spinach, pea, lettuce, fenugreek, and Chinni Sarson are being grown, with staggered sowing/transplanting, the vegetables would be available round the year.

Credits
PAU Ludhiana
Dr. K.G. Singh, Senior Research Engineer, Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana