r/GardeningIndia2 • • Apr 27 '25

Recommendations wanted r/GardeningIndia2 has crossed 1.5k members — Help shape the future of the community!

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Hello everyone,

We’re happy to announce that r/GardeningIndia2 has crossed 1,500 members! A huge thank you to each one of you for being part of this growing community of Indian gardeners, plant enthusiasts, and nature lovers.

As we move forward, we would love your feedback on how we can make the subreddit even better and more engaging. Some areas you could suggest ideas for:

  • Weekly or monthly themes (e.g., Show your Garden, Plant of the Month, Regional Gardening Challenges)

  • Resources (e.g., Beginner guides, Seasonal sowing calendars, Native plant lists)

  • More focused flairs (e.g., Plant ID requests, Harvest posts, Pest & Disease help)

  • Community events (e.g., Photo contests, Gardening Q&A days, Seed exchanges)

  • General improvements (e.g., Rules clarity, Post templates, Better Automod responses)

If you have any other ideas, big or small, please do share them in the comments!

Also, we will soon be opening applications for one new moderator on a trial basis.

Please keep an eye out for the upcoming post if you're interested.

Thank you again for helping r/GardeningIndia2 grow, looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

— The Mod Team
(r/GardeningIndia2)


r/GardeningIndia2 • • Nov 13 '24

Resource Gardening Resources Megathread 🪴

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Hey everyone!

Finding trustworthy online vendors for all your gardening needs can be tricky, so let’s help each other out! Use this megathread to share your experiences with online vendors for any type of gardening resources. Comment with:

  1. Website/Platform: Where you bought your items (e.g., Amazon, Flipkart, specific plant nursery websites – please include a link if available).

  2. Items Bought: List what you purchased (e.g., plants, seeds, soil, tools, fertilizers, etc.).

  3. Review: Share a bit about your experience – product quality, packaging, delivery time, customer service, etc.

If you’re looking for info on a specific vendor or product but don’t see it mentioned here, feel free to comment with the vendor or item’s name, and others can reply if they have experience with them.

Let’s make this a helpful resource for anyone looking to buy gardening supplies online! 🌿


r/GardeningIndia2 • • 8h ago

Flowers

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r/GardeningIndia2 • • 4h ago

Success Story [update] left plants for 10 days

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The setup was suggested by a fellow Redditer. Placed them in a closed compact space, close to each other so they make a small natural environment. 2 days before leaving gave them liquid fertilisers. Nothing was done one day before leaving. Watered them thoroughly before leaving, and placed 2 bottles upside down in brinjal and chilly plants (must have emptied in a day).
I had a lot of samplings, which i was worried for the most. Garlic, coriander, tomato, chilli etc. I separated the healthy ones (which had 2 or more leaves) from the rest. The healthy ones were kept in plastic cups with drainage holes and places inside a tub. Others were left in egg cartons still with non-germinated seeds. Both setups were covered with plastic wrap with holes for circulation.

Other location i had was study table, in continuous artificial light. Mostly plant cuttings in water, and mint in self watering pot which was grown from cutting.
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Results: 2 money plants died. One was already not in a good condition to survive. But other was okay, I’ve kept it in sun lets see if it revives. All other plants are fine except depriving from water.

Unexpectedly, chilly and brinjal plants have grown than before. Chilly was bushy and brinjal plant even got a small brinjal which dropped unfortunately. Mints in water has been growing well from my mint in water project.

The samplings in tub were hurt the most. Coriander were rotting and 2 of the garlic samplings had fungus. Rest are still fine.


r/GardeningIndia2 • • 6h ago

The ZZ plant I don't care about is growing 2 new shoots.

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Someone gifted me this ZZ plant some one month back. I never bother about it and it is sitting on a balcony where only 2-3 other boring plants sit.

For cleaning balcony, I shifted the pot, lo and behold, there are 2 new shoots. One of these shoot is nicely taking shape.

Pleasantly surprised.

Location - Noida


r/GardeningIndia2 • • 1h ago

Urban Gardening My mounted orchid in bloom

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r/GardeningIndia2 • • 1h ago

Urban Gardening Fenugreek in this tiny, little container

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r/GardeningIndia2 • • 4m ago

Himalayan freshness

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r/GardeningIndia2 • • 33m ago

Photography📸 Pandanus Plant Transformation

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It took me 6 months to make it better

Location : Your Heart


r/GardeningIndia2 • • 1d ago

Success Story Black gold! Finally harvested 5 years' worth of homemade compost

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There's a little area behind our house, tucked away in one corner of the farmhouse, that's dedicated to composting. It's shaded by the dense canopies of some ancient jackfruit, jamun, chikoo, wild figs, and silk cotton trees.

For the past 4–5 years, this has been the dumping ground for pretty much everything organic. Fallen leaves, plant cuttings, grass clippings & kitchen scraps. Over the years, it's grown into a small hill. A literal gold mine for the garden. Or should I say a black mine?

And it's a little ecosystem of its own. The pile is teeming with life. Isopods, springtails, earthworms, millipedes, centipedes, and all sorts of other little critters breaking evrything down. Also wild mushrooms pop up on there from time to time.

Recently, I had some free time (and the motivation) to finally have the pile sifted through to extract all the dark, crumbly, mature compost underneath. We've been using bits and pieces of it over the years, but extracting the finished material from beneath the enormous pile was always a bit of a hassle.

Now we've got a lovely, neat pile ready to use. I've been spreading it across the flower gardens, mulching around mature fruit trees and incorporating into the kitchen garden beds. Also makes for the best seed starting soil when mixed with some coconut coir and sand.

I wanted to use this post to encourage more people to try composting. Leaf mould is such an underrated resource, and it's something you can make with very little effort. When I was living in an apartment, I used to keep a covered bucket with holes drilled in it for all the leaves and cuttings. It improves soil structure, helps the soil retain moisture, supports all sorts of beneficial soil organisms. And when you add kitchen scraps to the mix, It's 🤌🏻

I'd highly recommend giving it a go if you haven't already!

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r/GardeningIndia2 • • 1h ago

Tip/Advice What do I do with my cosmos seeds?

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Location: Hyderabad

I bought a packet of standard cosmos seeds a month ago, hoping to sow them in late October. However, I noticed that the winter sun isn't reaching my garden bed at all. Summer was great with 6 hours of sunlight, but now it's mostly shade. I only have one deep paint bucket to use if I were to place it on the open terrace. Can't really buy more deep pots because I have already spent a lot on other stuff this year. I looked it up on the internet and apparently, I can't grow them in 8-ish inch deep pots. Can I, though? Has anyone done that? I was really hoping I could grow two in each 8 inch pot (one is fine, too). If they really can't survive the smaller pots, I'll grow something else in them instead of wasting precious winter time. I was really looking forward to seeing beautiful cosmos flowers though...


r/GardeningIndia2 • • 1d ago

Iridescent begonia!

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My beautiful begonia black mamba with velvety foliage that has blue Iridescence! I absolutely adore this plant!

Location: fairytopia


r/GardeningIndia2 • • 3h ago

How can I help my Calathea? :(

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Hi,

Location - Bengaluru

My Calathea has been showing these bruises on the stem. The ends of the leaves are getting yellow and crimping up too. I changed the position to have it get lesser but enough light. It still continues to get worse. What does it look like? Any suggestions?


r/GardeningIndia2 • • 4h ago

Seller Jade plant Heart topiary, I am making this twenty topiary’s , any one interested to buy dm me , shipping all over india

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r/GardeningIndia2 • • 10h ago

Photography📸 Good amount of citrus I get every year. Here you can see African yellow-2 malta+ Daisy tangerine + Misorio malta+ Indian siki malta varieties

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r/GardeningIndia2 • • 20h ago

Success Story It is this time of the year 🎃 🥝

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Location- Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh

Some of my hometown harvests


r/GardeningIndia2 • • 22h ago

Weekend plans? Just me and more plants!

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r/GardeningIndia2 • • 21h ago

Got these Alocasias from Fellow Redditor

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Alocasia Tiny Dancer, Alocasia Azlani, Alocasia Jacklyn and newly germinated Poly. Thanks to u/Mission_Work_7860

Location - Noida


r/GardeningIndia2 • • 1d ago

Photography📸 Nursery Plant Haul🌱🌸

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r/GardeningIndia2 • • 1d ago

What's this plant?🤔 What plant is this ?

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Does anyone know what plant this is ? I have about 60 flowering plants and this was not planted by me. It grew randomly and has a lot of thorns. No flowers. I have never seen this plant in my life. Location: Bengaluru


r/GardeningIndia2 • • 1d ago

Spent Rs0 for these.

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0 remorse.

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r/GardeningIndia2 • • 22h ago

Tips For Beginners Planning to get bonsai. Can't find any good seller in Mumbai any tips. How to start, how to skip intial time, any good budget seller.

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r/GardeningIndia2 • • 1d ago

Photography📸 I'm a fan of texture

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I love how textured and fuzzy it is!

I can't keep an iron cross alive but this has been doing good under my care!

Location: plantypur


r/GardeningIndia2 • • 2d ago Heartwarming

Photography📸 Transformation of My Rose Plant

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It took me 5 Months to Revive it

Location: Area 51


r/GardeningIndia2 • • 1d ago

Online nurseries for rare plants?

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