A TRAINING ON ROOF OR TERRACE GARDENING

1. ROOF/TERRACE GARDENING
Dr. J. SAM RUBAN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
IF YOU HAVE A GARDEN AND A LIBRARY, YOU HAVE
EVERYTHING YOU NEED
A TRAINING ON

2. Gardening is the practice of
growing plants for their fruits,
vegetables, flowers, herbs, and
appearance in a designated area. It
can be considered both an art and
science. Some people grow plants
outdoors in the soil, while others
grow them in pots or containers on
their balcony or patio.

3. Gardening can be
beneficial to both physical
and mental health. It's a
form of exercise that uses
every major muscle group.

4. • Maintain a healthy weight
• Sleep better
• Strengthen your bones
• Enhance your immune system
• Improve your mood
• Improve your self-esteem
• Lower your stress level
• Encourage mindfulness
• Control your blood sugar level
• Lower your blood pressure

5. Urban gardening is the practice of
growing plants, fruits, and
vegetables in cities or towns. It can
take many forms, including rooftop
gardens, vertical gardens,
community gardens, and guerrilla
gardening. Urban gardens can
come in all shapes and sizes, and
don't require a huge amount of
land
Urban gardening

6. ROOF TOP GARDENING
• The art of creating the greenery and maintaining
the greenery on the roof top.
• This is also known as TERRACE GARDENING.

7. AIMS OF ROOF GARDENING
• Year round supply of fresh fruits and vegetables.
• Reduces expenditure on purchase of fruits and
vegetables.
• Effective utilization of space available at the roof top .
• Supply of toxic free fruits and vegetables.
• To grow our own favourite vegetables.

8. BENEFITS OF ROOF GARDENING
• An inexpensive to grow own fresh vegetables
• Working in a roof garden will relief stress and strains.
• Maintaining the greenery through roof gardening
reduce the pollution.
• Increases the amount of oxygen in air.
• Reduces the Indoor temperature by 6-8 degree.

9. Conti…
• Provides a hands-on experience in the cultivation of crops
• Medicinal plants when part of the terrace garden can serve
as a first line of defense
• By reducing the need to purchase vegetables and fruits, the
cost of living is reduced.
• Enhances the building's overall aesthetic value
• Gardening even on a small scale can be a great stress
reliever.

10. • The main difference between roof gardening and
terrace gardening is;
1. Roof gardening includes planting in earthen pots,
containers but
2. Terrace gardening is often known as outdoor
gardening

11. Supply Of Nutritious Greens Ace Your Space
Reduces Your Carbon
Footprint
Stay Connected
With Nature
Helps You Stay Fit

12. MATERIALS REQUIRED
GROWBAG

13. GROWING MEDIA: COIR PITH, VERMICULITE, PERLITE

14. VEGETABLE SEEDS AND SEEDLINGS

15. BIOFERTILIZERS

16. Waterproofing
Improves water holding capacity

17. Drain cells
Geotextiles

18. Shade regulations

19. Shade net

20. CHARACTERS OF GROWING MEDIUM
• Firm enough to hold the seed or plants
• Porous to facilitate drainage of air and water
• Retention of enough moisture
• Free of contamination
• Neutral in reaction
• Do not denature on sterilization

21. TIPS FOR GROWING VEGETABLES
ON ROOF TOP
Selection of site:
• Where we get plenty of sunlight.
• Proper drainage facilities.
Moisture protection:
• Spread over the 4 x 4 mts
polythene sheet on the floor to
avoid wetting of the floor.

22. Preparation of Media
Now its ready for sowing or planting
7- 8 days for decomposition. After decomposition the colour will turn black
Growing medium is filled 1 inch below from the top of the plastic cover.
Mix the biofertilizer and Biofungicides.
Soak for 5 to 10 minutes and it will expand upto 4 to 5 times
Pour fresh water on the cocopeat brick.
Take the sealed polythene grow bags with cocopeat brick.

23. SOWING
DIRECT SOWING:
• Bhendi, Cluster bean, Bush Lab-lab,
Raddish are directly sown in the
growing medium.
• Pressed by the finger
TRANSPLANTING
• Brinjal, Tomatoes and Chillies etc
are should be raised in protrays.
• Transplanted in the poly bags.
• 30-35 days to be eligible for
transplantation.

24. VEGETABLES
BRINJAL GREENS CAPSICUM
BEANS CHILLI TOMATO

25. BHENDI
CORIANDER
TURMERIC
BEETROOT
RADISH
CURRYLEAF

26. Red soil – 2 parts Sand – 1 part Compost – 1 part
Medium for growing of Fruit plants

27. SOIL
• Soul of infinite life
• Holds nutrients naturally
• Harbours micro organisms
• Accepts error and can be
rectified easily

28. FRUITS
• Dwarf varieties: Guava, orange,
lemon, mango, papaya, sapodilla,
and fig
Other fruit crops: Strawberry,
tomatoes, dragon fruit, starfruit,
common fig, and grape
BANANA
DRAGON FRUIT

29. ORANGE GUAVA LEMON FIG
MANGO GRAPE STRAWBERRY PAPAYA

30. WATERING
• Lot of care and attention.
• Essential to water the plants-Growing
medium, kind of crop, season, size of the
plant and size of the grow bags.
• Follow drip irrigation
Micro Sprinklers

32. MANURING
• Encourage root growth and development
of vegetables.
• Sprinkle 1 tbsp of water soluble plant food
during vegetative stage.
• 2 tbsp during flowering and fruiting stage.
• Irrigate the bag.
Food scrapes that makes great manure for garden

33. STACKING
• Branches heavy with vegetable can easily snap
in high wind, so they need staking.
• Support with small sticks
WEED CONTROL
• Hand hoeing and weeding .
• Helps in aeration and plant grow healthy.

34. PEST CONTROL
• Aphids, Mealy bugs, Thrips and
Jassids are small sucking
insects- during early stages.
• To control by spraying with
Garlic, Ginger and Chilli extract.
APHIDS
THRIPS
MEALY BUGS

35. Preparation of Garlic, Ginger and Chilli extract
Filtered before spraying
Mixture is stirred well with 2 tbsp Khadi soap solution
3 pastes are dissolved in 1lt of water
Paste of 9gms of Chilli and 9gms of Ginger
Take 18 gms of Garlic and made into paste

36. Preparation of cowdung extract
Spraying the filterate
Add 500 ml of water to the filterate and again
filter it with the same cloth
Filter the extract with gunny cloth
Mix it with 1 lt of water
100 gms of Cowdung

37. Harvesting
• Vegetable should be harvested at
the peak of maturity.
• Leafy vegetable should be picked up
when tender.
• Root vegetables should be pulled out
when mature.

38. Yield

39. ROOF GARDEN

40. CONTAINERS
• Cement pots
• Earthen pots
• Plastic barrels
• Wooden barrels
• Boxes
• Crates
• Plastic jars
• Buckets
• Tin boxes
• Drums and different sizes

42. MEDICINAL CROPS SUITED FOR ROOF GARDEN
Aloe vera Medicinal solanum Vasambu Vallarai
Mint
Basil AJWAIN BHRINGARAJ
WELD GRAPE

43. FOR AESTHETIC PURPOSE
Mandarai
(Bauhinia purpurea)
Bottle brush
Callistemon lanceolatus
Pagoda tree
Plumeria alba
TREES

44. SHRUBS
Cats tail
Acalypha hispida
December poovu
Barleria cristata
Semparuthi
Hibiscus rosasinensis
Iddli poo
Ixora coccinea Lantana camara
Malligai poo
Jasmine grandiflorum

45. Sev arali
Nerium oleander
Tecoma stans
Mussanda
Mussaenda erythrophylla
Ponsettia pulcherrima
Eranthemium elegans
Pisonia alba

46. Temperature manipulation
during summer season
SHADENET

57. PLANT MORE TREES
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