Pakistan Gardening Forum

mirafzalkhan wrote: ↑March 27th, 2012, 5:51 pm

Summer Vegetables
Tomato, Hot pepper, sweet pepper, Brinjal, Cucumber, Okra, Bottle Gourd, Sponge Gourd, Bitter Gourd, Tinda Gourd, Pumpkin, Arum, Potato, Mint, Turmeric, Ginger, Musk Melon, Water Melon, Sweet Potato & Groundnut are summer crops. The best time of sowing is spring (Feb, March) and they will produce till September, October.
Winter Vegetables
The best sowing time of winter vegetables is September, October and they will produce till Feb, March.
Winter Vegetable includes: Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Carrot, Potato, Onion, Lettuce leaf, Radish, Turnip, Peas, Spinach, Fenugreek, Beets, Mustard, Coriander, Mint & Garlic

The above mentioned seasons are generally suited for most areas, but there are certain exceptions varying from crop to crop. For example tomato can be grown year around in Karachi or similar areas, but you cannot grow it in those parts of country where frost is certain also there are different varieties for different seasons for example summer Radish variety is different from winter variety.
Early and late sowing can also be beneficial, prepare seedling of spring planting in winter underneath plastic sheets & fall planting in summers underneath shades these crops will provide you off-season vegetables which are otherwise very costly in market.

English Name	Urdu Name	Sowing Time	Rows X Rows(inch)	Plants X Plants(inch)	Yield/Plant	First Harvest
Arum	اروی	Feb – March	24	18		180 - 200 days
Bitter Gourd	کریلہ	Feb - March, June – July	36	12	3 kg
Bottle Gourd	کدو	Feb – March, June – July, October	36	18	4 kg
Brinjal	بینگن	Feb – March, June, Nov	30	18	2 kg	60 -70 days
Broccoli		Aug –Nov	24	12	0.75 kg	60 -80 days
Cabbage	بند گوبھی	Aug – Nov	24	12	0.75 kg	60 -100 days
Carrot	گاجر	Sep – Oct	18	2	130 gm	60 -80 days
Cauliflower	پھول گوبھی	June - Oct	24	12	850 gm	60 -80 days
Celery		Sep – Oct	12	4	100 gm	100 - 120 days
Coriander	دھنیا	July _ Nov, Feb -April				45 -50 days
Cucumber	کھیرا	Feb - July	36	18	2.5 kg	50-70 days
Fenugreek	میتھی	Sept – Oct
Garlic	لہسن	Sept – Oct	8	4	50 gm
Ginger	ادرک	Feb - March	12	8
Hot Peppers	مرچ	Sept – Oct, Feb.	30	18	1.5 kg	50-60 days
Lettuce	سلاد پتہ	Sept – Oct	12	6
Mint	پودینہ	July - Nov, Feb -April				45-50 days
Mustard	سرسوں	Sept – Oct
Okra	بھنڈی	Feb – March, June- July	24	18	1 kg	70-90 days
Onion	پیاز	Feb-March, Sep - Oct	12	4	100 gm	150-180 days
Peas	مٹر	mid Sep-mid Nov	24	2	600 gm	50-75 days
Potato	آلو	Feb-March, Sep - Oct	24	8	1 kg	110 -150 days
Radish	مولی	July – Nov, Feb-March	18	2	120 gm	30-60 days
Spinach	پالک	June - Nov				50-80 days
Sponge gourd	توری	Feb – April, June – July	36	18	2.5 kg	60-70 days
Sweet Peppers	شملہ مرچ	Oct – Nov, February	30	18	1 kg	50-60 days
Sweet Potato	شکر قندی	Feb – March	36	18	700 gm	140-150 days
Tinda Gourd	ٹینڈا	March –April, June- July	36	18	1 kg	50-60 days
Tomato	ٹماٹر	Feb – March, Sep - Nov	30	18	2.5 kg	60-70 days
Turmeric	ہلدی	March –April, June- July	36		1 kg
Turnip	شلجم	Aug – Nov	24	3	150 gm	60-90 days

It is not possible to cover all aspects in vegetable calendar, so I will try to post individual topics on each vegetable but this calendar might be helpful.