We maintain a seed bank of indigenous/heirloom/desi varieties of vegetables, crops, flowers, and trees, originally collected from a variety of sources and now propagated every year at our Food Forest. We’ve learnt over and over the importance of indigenous seeds when trying to practice organic/natural farming. They are pest-resilient and more adapted to climate fluctuations than the commonly available hybrid seeds.
Available Seeds
Crops
– Corn / Makka (white variety)
– Sesame / Til (white)
– Black Gram / Urad
– Pigeon pea / Tuar
– Chickpea / Chana
– Red lentil / Masoor
– Flaxseed / Alsi
– Sonamoti wheat / gehun (ideal for wheatgrass)
– Naurangi daal (yellow variety, 6 month duration)
Vegetables
– Amaranth (red leaves) / Laal bhaaji
– Chilly / mirchi (very small & hot)
– Ash Gourd / Petha
– Sponge Gourd / Luffa / Gilki
– Ridge Gourd / Turai
– Ladies Finger / Bhindi
– Amaranth (green) / Hari Chaulai
– Purple Brinjal / baingan
– Green Brinjal / baingan
– Cherry Tomato
– Fenugreek / methi
– Green peas / matar
– Mustard / raai
– Safflower / kusum
– Beans (3 varieties) – Balor lambi, balor choti, flat
– Pumpkin / kaddu
– Bottle gourd / lauki (round variety)
– Cassia tora / Puhade (wild greens)
– Razaan (wild greens)
Flowers
– Rosella / Ambadi flower (high-yielding variety)
– Butterfly pea / Aparajita flower (Clitoria Ternatea)
– Tithonia / Mexican sunflower
– Multi-colour flower
Trees / Support plants
– Bauhinia / Kachnar tree (pink flower)
– Chinaberry tree
– Safed Kaunch / White velvet beans (Mucuna pruriens)
– Gliricidia
– Jatropha / ratanjot
– Castor / arandi
– Sunnhemp
Price
– Rs 50 per variety (plus shipping charges)
– Minimum order – Rs 200
(Delivery all over India using speed post)
Storing seeds
Make sure you store seeds in a cool, dark and dry place. We prefer reusable plastic containers, sometimes even adding some ash. Happy gardening!
Jeevantika 