Litchi or Lychee Germination ,Growing ,Care Use and its Health Benefits

Description:

Lychee, a tall evergreen tree bears small fruits with a sweet smell and taste, which is available in the summer. The fruit has rough skin outside while contains juicy flesh inside. This tropical fruit Lychee known as litchi, liechee, liche, lizhi or li zhi, or lichee.  This small fruit packed with healthy nutrients.
Lychee contains good amount of antioxidant Vitamin C, Vitamin B-complex and phytonutrient flavonoids and so on.

Health Benefits:

1. Lychee is very helpful to control the blood pressure. It provides manganese, magnesium, copper, iron and folate that are required for the formation of RBC.

2. The high vitamin C content in this fruit is essential for boosts the immunity system.

3. Lychee contains high amount of antioxidants which is effective to prevent early ageing. Thus it is beneficial to restore healthy skin.

4. Lychee contains high amount of antioxidant Vitamin C, Potassium which aids to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack.
5. Lychee contains high amount of dietary fiber helps to promote cardiovascular health.

6. Lychee is also effective to protect from asthma.

7. Lychee contains nutrients like magnesium, copper, phosphorus, iron and manganese play an important role in calcium absorption. And in this way it helps to strengthen bones.

8. Lychee also has high water content with negligible fat and is extremely low in calories as well. This makes it the perfect fruit for weight loss.

9. Lychee can help in easy digestion.

10. Lychee contains good amount of fiber and Vitamin B-complex which increase metabolism fat, protein and carbohydrate.

Papaya Germination ,Growing ,Care Use and its Health Benefits

Papaya's Health Benefit:

Papaya (Carica papaya) exists in tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world. This large, short-lived perennial plant with spirally arranged leaves confined to the top of the trunk can reach up to 30 feet at maturity.Papaya is a cerise-orange colored juicy fruit, which is not only fragrant and delicious but also very healthy. Papayas are also known as papaws or pawpaws. It is a natural source of vitamins and minerals that are essential for the normal functioning of the body. The whole fruit, including other parts of the tree, are beneficial to health in several ways like;

1. Papaya contains enzymes chymopapain and papain, which is very beneficial for promoting wound healing and preventing infection of burned areas.
2. Ointments containing the papain enzyme have also been used to treat decubitus ulcers.
3. As Papaya is also high in fiber and water content helps in proper digestion.
4. The heavy nutrition of papaya helps in preventing asthma.
5. Papaya contains vitamin K,which improves calcium absorption and may reduce urinary excretion of calcium, meaning there is more calcium in the body to strengthen and rebuild bones.
6. The fiber, potassium, and vitamin content in papaya all help to ward off heart disease.
7. Papaya regulates menstruation.
8. However, a higher intake of all fruits has been shown to decrease the risk of progression of age-related muscular degeneration.
9. It provides relief from toothache.
10. Papaya helps to maintain the proper weight of the body, and therefore produce a healthy diet.

Spiny or Karol ,Kantol Germination Care Use and its Health Benefits

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Description:

Spiny Gourd or Kantola is a vegetable, also popular as Teasle Gourd. It is mostly cultivated in the mountain regions of India. Spiny Gourd is comes from “Cucurbitaceous”.  It has tiny spines all over its body. These are dark green in color and change color when get ripe from light green to yellow. Size of Spiny Gourd is normally 2-3 cm diameter. One cannot deny the health benefits of this vegetable.

Seed Sowing and Germination

Kantola does not need much effort, in a 20 liter pot you can grow 3-4 plants. The distance between plants needs to be approximately 4-5 inch, so that roots of all plants can spread well in all directions. For sowing the seeds it is a good idea to soak the seeds over night with warm water . Soaking seeds helps in faster germination, but is is not a compulsory step. Mark your spots where you’ll be sowing your seeds in the pot. Now make 3/4 inch to 1 inch holes in the soil using one of your fingers. Place the seeds on their side in the holes and them cover them loosely with the potting soil. Water the pot gently. Be careful not to disturb the soil. Check the moisture in the soil everyday. Don’t let the soil dry out any time. In about 3-5 days you should see happy seedlings looking out from the pots.

An optimum temp. of 27 to 33 ‘C is considered as the best temp for better development of Kantola plant.

Sowing Season

In India, Spine gourd or Kantola farming can be done in summer and also in monsoon. It is sown in the month of July to Aug.

Sowing and spacing

Sow seed 2 cm deep inside the prepared bed, 2-3 seeds per bed for better farming.

However, keep proper spacing to obtain a good result in any commercial crop. Row to Row distance about 2 m and Planting plant 60 to 70 cm apart from each other is supposed to be the best spacing for commercial spine gourd farming.

Irrigation for Spine Gourd Cultivation

Timely and proper irrigation in Kantola farming helps you to raise your production. After sowing of seed, give water immediately with  any diluted fungicide water.

But, give water as they need and is also vary from region to region and climate condition. In summer, frequent water is necessary and there is no need of water in monsoon. However, give water if required.

Organic fertilizers

Cow dung manure is  very  ideal. Apply it at land preparation time or at last plow.

Inorganic fertilizers

To achieve maximum yield, your soil should have sufficient nutrition and also have a good fertile power. However, in Kantola farming, application of N, P, K with a ratio of 120:80:80 kg per hectare before sowing seed or planting with the help of tubers on the field is considered as the best soil treatment.

But take care while application of it. Phosphorous and Potassium should be applied at the single time and apply nitrogen in two equal doses; half at a flowering time and the remaining at vining.

Weed Control in Spine Gourd Cultivation

Removal of weed in Spine gourd farming is should be done on the regular basis like at an interval of seven days.

Pest in Spine gourd Cultivation

Nematodes & fruit flies are the common pest that is found in the Kantola farming.

Health  Benefits:-

1. Spiny Gourd is great source of phytonutrients and low in calories. Spiny Gourd contains only 17 cal per 100g. It also contains other nutrients like dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins & anti-oxidant.

2.  One of the causes of cancer is presence of excess toxic free radicals in our body. Fresh dark green pods of spiny gourd are source of vitamin-C, which is itself known as the excellent natural antioxidant. Vitamin-C hunts down excess toxic free radicals from our body to reduce the chances of cancer.

3.  As we know this vegetable is high in phytonutrients, polypeptide-P, plant insulin and charantin that boost the glycogen synthesis in the cells of liver, muscle and adipose tissue.

4. If a pregnant mother include fresh green pods of Kantola in her meals during the pregnancy period, then it reduces the chance of neural tube defects as Kantola has about 72 mcg/100g of folates.

5. Spiny gourd also has different benefiting flavonoids such as beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthins that are known as protective scavengers against oxygen-derived free radicals and reactive oxygen species. All these compounds will help you to look younger by working as the anti-aging compound. It helps you to keep your skin healthy.

6. Coughing is the common problem that seen in the children and adults due to instant change in climate or due to virus and bacteria. If you are suffering due to coughing, then you can take 3 grams of powdered kantola thrice in a day with water to control the non-stop coughing.

7. It contains high amount of Vitamin A that is very necessary for better eyesight. You can also eat spiny gourd in their season to improve your eyesight.

8. Daily drinking of 10 g of spiny gourd power and 1 glass of milk or water can also decreases kidney stone of kidney and bladder.