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Gongura

Gongura / Roselle

The iconic Telangana sour green. Loves the heat and keeps yielding tangy leaves all summer.

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Planting calendar

Month-by-month sowing suitability (northern-hemisphere reference — the app shifts calendars for your latitude). Best months to sow: Apr–Aug.

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Gongura monthly sowing suitability
MonthSuitability
JanuaryPossible
FebruaryPossible
MarchGood
AprilBest
MayBest
JuneBest
JulyBest
AugustBest
SeptemberGood
OctoberPossible
NovemberPossible
DecemberPossible
Growing requirements
Sun
57 hours direct light
Water
Medium
Shade tolerance
Low
Container
12L (12 inch pot)
Soil depth
20 cm
Support
None
First harvest
40 days from sowing
Lifecycle
90 days
Timeline

Germination: about 6 days.

Flowering begins: around day 0.

First harvest: around day 40.

Harvest window: roughly 50 days.

Terrace notes for Gongura

A quintessential Telangana crop that thrives exactly when most greens struggle. One bushy plant keeps a kitchen in pachadi.

Care tips

  • Pinch the growing tip early to make it bushy.
  • Harvest leaves regularly to encourage new growth.
  • Loves heat — a true summer performer.
Common pests
  • Aphids
  • Mealybugs
Common diseases
  • Leaf spot

Traits

  • Beginner safe
  • Monsoon friendly
  • Low effort
  • Terrace star

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