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3 Facts You Must Know Before Buying a Curry Leaf Plant or Tree

The Curry Leaf plant is one of the most essential herbs for any Indian kitchen garden. It is also known as curry leaves plant, curry leaf tree, or curry patta plant. Every spring, my two fully grown curry leaf trees produce several short side- shoots near the base of the plants, a.k.a. Baby Curry leaves plants. Last year, I posted Indian Curry leaf plants for sale on my Facebook page, asking if anyone was interested in buying. An overwhelmingly large number of people responded with interest in buying a curry leaf plant. When I started chatting with people interested in …

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How To Prune A Curry Leaf Plant To Make It Bushy

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A bushy curry leaf plant that has been pruned recently

Curry leaves are one of the must-have ingredients for many regional Indian dishes. If you’re lucky enough to own a curry leaf plant in your kitchen garden, you know how important it is to have that curry leaf plant thrive and produce fresh, fragrant leaves. But did you know that the secret to getting your curry leaf plant to grow more leaves is regularly pruning the curry leaf plant? Most inexperienced curry leaf plant owners are afraid to prune a curry leaf plant. They avoid trimming the plant in hopes of getting a big curry leaf tree. Many of them …

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Where to buy Indian Vegetable Seeds Online in USA + 4 Coupons

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Indian vegetables staged in baskets and piles for sale

Like I did for years, are you searching online for places to buy Indian seeds in the USA? All I could find is some third-party vendors selling Indian-type vegetables, herbs, and flower seeds through online stores like Amazon. Over the years, I have tried ordering through them ALL. Really. I was desperate to try my hands on Indian Chili pepper seeds, Tulsi (Holy Basil) seeds, Bottle gourd seeds, and those cute, tiny round eggplant seeds. Our Indian backyard vegetable gardens are just not complete without them, are they? What Indian Vegetable seeds are hard to find online in the USA: …

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Care for Curry Leaf Plant: Tips for Every Season

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Curry leaf plant care guide for all seasons

An ultimate guide to Curry Leaf Plant care with tips and to-dos for all 4 seasons. Timely guidance for pruning, fertilizing and storing the plant during winter.

Pepper Plants: From Seed To Harvest

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Chili pepper plant covered with green chillies

In about 2 hours after posting this picture of one of my green chili pepper plants on Facebook, I got 500+ reactions and 80+ comments. Readers asked me how I was growing and fertilizing this chili pepper plant to make it amazingly fruitful. They wanted to know the pruning techniques I used to make the pepper plants so bushy and full. I wish I could reply to them in just a sentence or two! However, the secrets of growing a highly prolific pepper plant, need more explanation. This impressive result is not because of a single fertilizer product or just …

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Best [Natural & Homemade] Fertilizers For Curry Leaf Plant

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Without a doubt, a Curry Leaf Plant is the most precious plant in any Indian kitchen garden. All of us want our curry leaf plant which is also known as ‘Kadi Patta’ to grow faster, bushier, and greener than what it is. Most of the readers of the article How to Transplant a Curry Leaf Plant ask me three questions: How do I grow curry leaves faster? How do I fertilize a curry leaf plant? And what is the best natural fertilizer for the Curry leaf plant? Well, let me share a secret with you: most of the fertilizers for …

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How to Plant, Transplant or Repot a Curry Leaf Plant

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In the last couple of days, I have received several inquiries through my Facebook Page, requesting more information regarding how to transplant or re-pot a Curry Leaf Plant or Kadi patta in a new pot. Here’s what you need to do, once you buy a new baby Curry Leaf Plant (Check out this page: 3 Things To Consider When Buying A Curry Leaf Plant), or want to transplant an existing Curry Leaf Plant to a new container. Being native to humid jungles of South East Asia, Curry leaf plant likes warm, humid weather. Curry Leaf plant will not survive below …

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