Types of vegetable gardens: Vegetable gardens can be classified into 7
different types according to the purpose for which they have been
developed. These are home-gardens or kitchen-gardens, market-gardens,
truck-gardens, gardens for processing, gardens for vegetable-forcing, gardens
for seed production and Floating vegetable garden.
1. Home or Kitchen garden: is a vegetable garden where vegetable crops
are grown in the backyard of a house or any available space in the home
compound to meet the daily requirement of the family.The layout of a homegarden
will differ from individual to individual. However, broadly, a city homegardener
will follow a very intensive method of vegetable-growing compared
with that followed by a home-gardener in a village.
Advantages of kitchen garden:
1. It is best means of recreation and exercise
2. An excellent hobby and healthy occupation for young and old during
their leasure time
3. Cut down the expenditure on purchase of vegetables
4. An ideal medium for training children in duty and order
5. Vegetables grown in kitchen garden are fresh and are free from market
infection
2. Market garden: A market garden produces vegetables for the local market.
Most of such types of gardens are located within 15 to 20 km from a city. The
cropping pattern depends on the demands of the local market. The land being
costly, intensive methods of cultivation are followed. A market gardener will
like to grow early varieties to catch the early market. The high cost of land and
labour is compensated by the availability of city compost, sludge, and water
near cities and high return on the produce.
3. Truck garden: A truck-garden produces selected crops in a relatively large
quantity for distant markets. It generally follows a more extensive method of
cultivation than the market-garden. The commodities raised are usually sold
through middlemen.The location is determined by soil and climatic factors
suitable for raising particular crops. Truck gardener should be a specialized
person and expert in the loge scale production and handling of some specialVegetable garden for processing: A vegetable garden for processing
develops around the processing factories and is mainly responsible for
supplying vegetables to the factories regularly. This type of garden grows
particular varieties suitable for canning, dehydration or freezing.These
gardens specialized in growing only a few vegetables in bulk.They choose
heavier soil since their main consideration is a high and continuous yield
rather than an early yield.The prices are paid on fixed contract basis on
weight and quality of the product. The return may be low but the cost of
marketing and the transport charges are neglisible.
5. Vegetable-forcing: Vegetable-forcing is concerned with the production of
vegetables out of the normal season. The commonest forcing structures are
glass and plastic houses.The vegetables commonly grown under these are
tomato and cucumber.These are mostly used during wintr in the temperate
region. Crops like cucumber and tomato can not be grown out side during
coller months and as they are required throughout the year, they are grown
under protection.Special varieties have been developed which do better under
these structures.The growing of summer vegetables on river beds during
winter months with the help of organic manure and wind breaks of dry grass is
also a type of vegetable forcing. Sometimes for an early produce seedlings of
crops like tomato or brinjal are forced to germinate in small protected
structures. This may also be regarded as a type of vegetable forcing.
6. Vegetable garden for seed production: Vegetable seed production is
rather a specialized type of vegetable-growing. A thorough knowledge of a
vegetable crop in respect of its growth habits, mode of pollination, proper
isolation distance, etc. are of prime importance in the production of quality
seed. The handling of the seed-crop, its curing, threshing, cleaning, grading,
packing and storage need specialized knowledge. A vegetable garden for
seed production is , therefore, considered a special type of garden.The third
and fourth stages of seed multiplication i.e registered and certified seeds are
usually multiplied by growers.This an expanding industry in India and has
good future.
7. Floating vegetable garden: Floating vegetable garden is seen on the Dal
Lake of the Kashmir valley. Most of the summer vegetables are supplied to
Srinagar from these gardens. Afloating base is first made from the root of
Typha grass which grows wild in some parts of the lake.Once this floating
base is ready, seedlings are transplanted on leaf compost made of the
vegetation growing wild in the lake. All the intercultural operations and
occasional sprinkling of water are done from boats.
different types according to the purpose for which they have been
developed. These are home-gardens or kitchen-gardens, market-gardens,
truck-gardens, gardens for processing, gardens for vegetable-forcing, gardens
for seed production and Floating vegetable garden.
1. Home or Kitchen garden: is a vegetable garden where vegetable crops
are grown in the backyard of a house or any available space in the home
compound to meet the daily requirement of the family.The layout of a homegarden
will differ from individual to individual. However, broadly, a city homegardener
will follow a very intensive method of vegetable-growing compared
with that followed by a home-gardener in a village.
Advantages of kitchen garden:
1. It is best means of recreation and exercise
2. An excellent hobby and healthy occupation for young and old during
their leasure time
3. Cut down the expenditure on purchase of vegetables
4. An ideal medium for training children in duty and order
5. Vegetables grown in kitchen garden are fresh and are free from market
infection
2. Market garden: A market garden produces vegetables for the local market.
Most of such types of gardens are located within 15 to 20 km from a city. The
cropping pattern depends on the demands of the local market. The land being
costly, intensive methods of cultivation are followed. A market gardener will
like to grow early varieties to catch the early market. The high cost of land and
labour is compensated by the availability of city compost, sludge, and water
near cities and high return on the produce.
3. Truck garden: A truck-garden produces selected crops in a relatively large
quantity for distant markets. It generally follows a more extensive method of
cultivation than the market-garden. The commodities raised are usually sold
through middlemen.The location is determined by soil and climatic factors
suitable for raising particular crops. Truck gardener should be a specialized
person and expert in the loge scale production and handling of some specialVegetable garden for processing: A vegetable garden for processing
develops around the processing factories and is mainly responsible for
supplying vegetables to the factories regularly. This type of garden grows
particular varieties suitable for canning, dehydration or freezing.These
gardens specialized in growing only a few vegetables in bulk.They choose
heavier soil since their main consideration is a high and continuous yield
rather than an early yield.The prices are paid on fixed contract basis on
weight and quality of the product. The return may be low but the cost of
marketing and the transport charges are neglisible.
5. Vegetable-forcing: Vegetable-forcing is concerned with the production of
vegetables out of the normal season. The commonest forcing structures are
glass and plastic houses.The vegetables commonly grown under these are
tomato and cucumber.These are mostly used during wintr in the temperate
region. Crops like cucumber and tomato can not be grown out side during
coller months and as they are required throughout the year, they are grown
under protection.Special varieties have been developed which do better under
these structures.The growing of summer vegetables on river beds during
winter months with the help of organic manure and wind breaks of dry grass is
also a type of vegetable forcing. Sometimes for an early produce seedlings of
crops like tomato or brinjal are forced to germinate in small protected
structures. This may also be regarded as a type of vegetable forcing.
6. Vegetable garden for seed production: Vegetable seed production is
rather a specialized type of vegetable-growing. A thorough knowledge of a
vegetable crop in respect of its growth habits, mode of pollination, proper
isolation distance, etc. are of prime importance in the production of quality
seed. The handling of the seed-crop, its curing, threshing, cleaning, grading,
packing and storage need specialized knowledge. A vegetable garden for
seed production is , therefore, considered a special type of garden.The third
and fourth stages of seed multiplication i.e registered and certified seeds are
usually multiplied by growers.This an expanding industry in India and has
good future.
7. Floating vegetable garden: Floating vegetable garden is seen on the Dal
Lake of the Kashmir valley. Most of the summer vegetables are supplied to
Srinagar from these gardens. Afloating base is first made from the root of
Typha grass which grows wild in some parts of the lake.Once this floating
base is ready, seedlings are transplanted on leaf compost made of the
vegetation growing wild in the lake. All the intercultural operations and
occasional sprinkling of water are done from boats.
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