Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Floating garden

III. Floating garden
In this type of gardening the vegetables are grown in water on a floating base like boat. These floating gardens can be seen in Dal lake of Kashmir valley. In such areas where land is submerged in water, this type of gardening can be followed. A floating base is made from the roots of typha grass or any other similar type of material. The floating base is kept in the water and seedlings are transplanted on leaf compost made out of the local vegetation growing in the area. According to the need of the crop, inter cultural operations can be done by sitting in boats. Most of the summer season vegetables are supplied from Dal Lake to Srinagar.