Curry leaves  (Murraya koenigii or Bergera koenigii), known as kadi patta in hindi, have been widely used in Indian dishes since centuries, not only because they enhance the taste and flavor but because they are packed with several nutrients that are responsible for health benefits. All the parts of curry leaf plant, viz. leaves, root and the bark are beneficial.

Compost Tea can be called a liquid gold fertilizer for your home garden where you grow vegetables, flowers, fruits and and other houseplants. As the name suggests, it is a nutritionally rich liquid fertilizer made by extracting bacteria, fungi, protozoa and nematodes from aged compost.

The compost tea adds microbial life into the soil, roots and on the foliage of plants. The available nutrients to the roots develops a stronger healthier plant.

Learn how to make compost tea for vegetables, flowers, fruits and other plants; and its benefits.

Find a list of ethylene producing fruits and vegetables and the foods which are sensitive to ethylene, how to reduce ethylene production.

The bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria), lauki, ghiya or doodhi came to fame when a few years ago, Baba Ramdev advised people to drink lauki juice to take advantage of its several health benefits. It is not surprising, the lauki juice soon found a pride place in many juice stalls.

What are the health benefits of drinking bottle gourd juice in diabetes, weight loss, etc. and its side effects.

As the jasmine plants are from tropical regions, they need warm sun to grow properly and do not tolerate very low winter temperatures. However, if you are growing winter jasmine, it may be blooming or become dormant in winter and will bloom again from spring to autumn.

Details on how to grow snake plant, Snake Plant characteristic and Snake plant varieties with pictures. Also know which snake plant is best for air purification. The Snake plant, Sansevieria trifasciata is commonly called the Mother-in-Law's Tongue and the Snake Plant. How to care for snake plant

Continue reading below to learn how to grow night blooming jasmine and how to take care of night blooming vine. Queen of night plant or night blooming jasmine (Botanical or Scientific name: Cestrum nocturnum) is a perennial shrub which produces tubular white blooms, that emit intense, romantic, intoxicating and heavenly smell in night.

The cestrum nocturnum is known as night-blooming cestrum, night-blooming jasmine, night jasmiine, night scented jessamine, night jessamine, lady of the night, queen of the night, raat ki rani (रात की रानी), Raatraani or Raatriraani, Night Queen, Parijat, Parijatak, Harshringar, Hasna Hena (Hasnühana ), (Bengali: হাসনাহানা) etc.

Making your own compost at home from your kitchen, household and garden waste is much easier than most of you think. Continue reading below a detailed beginner's guide on making compost at home from kitchen waste at home in easy to understand way. The composting gives organic fertilizer free of cost converting your kitchen waste. Whether you live in a house or a small apartment, you can make your own compost. Composting involves decomposition of kitchen waste into humus by soil microorganisms.

Anthurium, Christmas cactus, crotons, poinsettias, aloe vera, cyclamen, bromeliads, jade plant, etc. are great looking plants with beautiful flowers and excellent indoor plants.

Houseplants like Tulips, prayer plant, snake plant, arrowhead plant, golden pothos, spider plant, philodendrons, are great indoor air purifying plants. You will find these plants in supermarkets, offices and buildings. 

You will find these house plants in supermarkets, offices and buildings. Weeping fig, peace lily, lady palm, dumb cane, king of hearts, orchids, lily turf look very beautiful and they are good in purifying indoor air. These house plants look beautiful, perfect for indoor settings.

Houseplants like Kimberly queen fern, pot mum, gerbera daisy, palms and dracaena plants are good for absorbing harmful gases found indoors.

NASA in partnership with the Associated Find a list of top air-purifying house plants that can be used indoors to keep environment clean. Landscape Contractors of America (ALCA) found that plants are the easiest and most efficient air filters for the most common three toxins present in the house.

In the post benefits of indoor plants, we have seen that how house plants offer several health benefits including indoor air cleaning. But what are actually those plants that purify indoor air quality? Well, keep on reading for a list of top household plants that clean the air. The picture of each plant is included to identify it easily.

Read below to learn how to grow and care for an arrowhead houseplant in pots and propagate arrowhead plant in water by cuttings and root division.

The arrowhead plant (Botanical or Scientific name: Syngonium Podophyllum, Nephthytis Podophyllum) is a fast growing, easy to care plant. Syngonium is known by several names including arrowhead vine, Arrowhead plant, Arrowleaf plant, American evergreen, Goosefoot Plants, Five fingers and Nephthytis.

Azalea propagation from cuttings. Details on how to grow azaleas from stem cuttings, when to plant azaleas,  and how to care for azaleas are given. Azaleas (rhododendron) are flowering shrubs which produce 3-6 inch clusters of white, pink, red, yellow, orange, purple flowers early in spring and early summer. They thrive in shade and do not tolerate hot sun. Continue reading below for a step-by-step DIY guide on how to start azaleas from cuttings.

Learn to how to grow a mango tree from seed or pit at home. Many people wonder whether a mango tree can be grown from a seed, pit or scrap. Yes, it is possible, you can grow a mango tree from its seed, even indoors. Continuing reading below for detailed step-by-step guide on growing a mango tree from a seed.

Find below for a list of top 15 most powerful medicinal plants you can grow at home with their pictures which have been used for thousands of years for health problems. Most medicine which we buy from chemists are derived from these medicinal plants, you can have these medicinal plants in your home garden.

Learn how to grow, plant, care and harvest tinda gourd in pots and garden bed starting from seeds.

The tinda (family Cucurbitaceae, Genus Praecitrullus, Citrullus vulgaris), called Indian round gourd or apple gourd or Indian baby pumpkin or tinda gourd, is a squash-like cucurbit of genus Praecitrullus and is indigenous to India. Tinda is an annual vegetable plant popular in India, Pakistan and in other South Asian countries. In English, tinda is called as apple gourd.

Follow the growing tips and care guide for Spanish jasmine - Chameli in pots and ground, indoors and outdoors with tips to watering, fertilization and pests and diseases; and how to get moe flowers.

Spanish Jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum) is the most widely used in perfumes. It is native to South Asia but now grown in many parts of the world including USA (USDA hardiness zones 9-10), specially in Grasse, the French capital of perfumery. Spanish Jasmine  is also known as Royal jasmine, French jasmine, Catalonian jasmine; and Chameli (climber, bel), Jaji, Malati or Mallika and Juhi in Hindi, and Chambeli in Urdu.

Follow the step-by-step guide on how to grow okra from seeds and how to take care of okra plants. Okra or Okro (Botanical name: Abelmoschus esculentus Moench), is an annual summer growing vegetable of hibiscus mallow family (Malvaceae).

Growing okra from seeds in containers is quite simple provided you take its care like flowers, pollination, fertilization, pests and diseases and harvesting.

Find below details on how to grow marigold from seeds and cuttings in container and how to collect and save marigold seeds from marigold flowers, indoors or outdoor. Also know the complete information on marigold flowers including types, varieties, pictures, flower colors, growing instructions and care tips.

Learn on how to care for a rubber plant indoors and outdoors including proper water, light, pruning and temperature to keep it healthy for ever.

A step-by-step guide is given on how to propagate rubber plant from cuttings to easily root and make new rubber plants. Rubber tree (Ficus elastica) plants, also known as Rubber fig, rubber bush, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush, grow best in warm and bright conditions. They look great with their dark coloured glossy ovate leaves and tree like growth habit and are best for growing indoors.