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Hi Rain,
U can use any good potting soil like miracle gro, i too have a deck and i grow all my plants in pots. they do good with enough sunlight and good soil. now u can keep them in the deck itself with partial shade or few hrs of sun. in winter u can either try to grow them inside the house, near a sunny window( south facing window) i have not tried growing them in winter inside the house, but my other plants do well in winter near a sunny window. if u use miracle gro no need to fertilize the pot for first 3 months, but later u can fertilize it. hope this helps!

Kz

Hi Rain,
As mentioned by Kz, it is possible to grow on the deck. No problem there. When I said too much sun is not good, I meant hot sun like Houston weather. If you are planting now, it should be ok since it is the end of August and summer is almost over.

Try to keep it in a place where the afternoon sun light does not fall. It should be good enough.

If you use miracle grow potting mix, you don't need any other fertilizer.

CI.

Hello mysorehudugi,
I figured out that you were from karnataka and hence might be able to help me with a kannada term-
I would like to know what is Suvarna gadde called in english in usa? Where can i find these?
and do u know where i can find the triphala powder or capsules(an ayurvedic preparation) here in usa??
any stores in texas or any online stores??

responses most welcome from anyone...
thanks a lot

Hi Binal,
Suvarnagedde is Yam. Check this website if interested.
http://www.cuisinecuisine.com/Ingredient%20Finder.htm

You can get this in indian stores. You get frozen ones. Haven't seen the fresh one in all the Indian stores.

Don't know where to get Triphala powder. Best thing would be to get it through someone coming.

CI.

Thank You so much
Mysorehudugi...

hello KZ & Mysorehudugi,

thanks for taking out time to post all the suggestions.i hope to work this one out.only one more thing,i checked some containers with ready soil inside but it had holes underneath.do u think the water will drip out?or shud i go for a plain solid bottom container to grow the herbs?i saw some which were a foot high.shud this work or do i need to get a bigger size?

thanks in advance for any valuable input.

rain

How to make mustard powder at home ? Should we dry roast & powder, or oil roast or just powder them straightaway ?

Hi Rain,
Any size planter is fine. Use your judgement about quantity of methi seeds to put in depending on the size of the planter. All planters have holes and it prevents the roots from getting rotten due to more water.
If you water more than the soil can absorb and hold, it will drain through that hole. I would personally use the one with holes. You might want to do otherwise.

CI.

Yamuna,
Mustard can be powdered as it is. If you dry roast it, then you will have to use in the recipes where dry roasted mustard powder is called for. Easy to do is to get the mustard powder from Indian stores. One pack comes for a very long time.

Hope this helps.
CI.

Thanks for response, CI.

Any tips on how to make medu-vada, crisp & hot for 50 people. Have tried freezing some fried vadais, then reheating once the guests have arrived, but the vadas simply ooze out oil & it was a very bad experience.
Any better solutions please, instead of freezing, will simple refrigerating yield better results ?