Funny Vegetables

Nature had giving a specific shape to all creatures, but some time there occurs abnormality. These abnormalities can be observed in almost all creatures. Here are some pictures of different vegetables, I observed with some sort of abnormality in their shape. Their abnormal shapes look very interesting and funny. Hope you will enjoy my pictures.

Funny Vegetables

Wild Snake Gourd

Wild Snake Gourd (Trichosanthes lobat), also known as bitter snake gourd is a slender annual monoecious climber in the family Cucurbitaceae. It grows wildly in the hilly area of KPK, Pakistan. The unripe green fruits are cooked as a vegetable.

Wild Snake Gourd (Trichosanthes lobat)

Coriander Flowers

Coriander or Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum) Flowers

Cauliflower Plants

Let me remind you that I'm not an expert in gardening or what so ever, but only an amateur photographer. The main purpose of this blog is to share my pictures, not my knowledge (of course don't have any). Today I,m going to share the pictures of cauliflowers from my vegetable garden.
Cauliflower is one of several vegetables in the species Brassica oleracea, in the family Brassicaceae (mustard family or cabbage family). It's grown for its condensed immature flowers head (curd) and flower stems. It can be eaten both raw and cooked. Cauliflowers can be best grown in a well drained moist soil, rich in organic matter. As there are different varieties that work best in different temperatures, so one need to select a right variety according to temperature.
Eating cauliflower produces gas in stomach, so adding a tab-spoon of dill seeds and/or ginger while cooking cauliflower will not only avoid or reduce gas problem, but will also add spice to your dish.

Cauliflower Plants

Cauliflower Head

Cauliflowers Field

Okra - Lady's Fingers

This post is not about how to grow okra? Or what is the food value of okra? But a post to share my pictures (as always) I took in relation with my okra plat. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) also know as lady’s fingers is tropical annual plant in mallow family, cultivated for its edible, mucilaginous green pods. Okra is widely cultivated and used in Pakistan. In Urdu it’s called Bhindi (بھنڈی). Okra is one of my favorite vegetables and I never get fed up eating it. The okras plants I grew this year produced large amount of okras and even after 4 months the plants are producing okras in excess of our need, while the other farmers have already cut their okra plants. These okras are of dark green color with less seeds. I sowed the seeds in the 2nd week of March and the plants started production from the first week of May, about 15 days earlier then the other farmers. One mistake I made in growing okra was, I kept one-foot distance among the rows, while the suggested rows distance was two feet, but I’m happy with this mistake as it increased production instead of decreasing.

Okra - Lady's Fingers

Unusual Okra (Lady's Fingers) Pods

Okra (Lady's Finger) Flower

My Okra (Lady's Fingers) Plot

Vegetable Models

Vegetable Models

Funny Tomato

I found this funny tomato at a local fruit and vegetable vendor today, while buying fruits and vegetables for our daily use. The vendor was kind enough, who let me take it as bonus with other stuff, as I was not buying tomato.

Funny Tomatoes

Bitter Melon Seedlings

Bitter Melon or Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia) seeds require 25-30 centigrade temperature for proper germination in the field. In cold weather, it cannot be grown directly from seed. So it's better to germinate the seeds in a small pot or plastic bag full of organic fertilizer. For best and quick germination the pot or plastic bag should be moved to a hotter location.
Bitter meon is known as Karela (کريلا) in domestic languages Urdu and Pashto.

Bitter Melon Seedlings

Funny Potatoes

This post is dedicated to pictures of potatoes that have some sort of divergence from their normal shape and look funny. I will update the post as I come across more funny and weird shaped potatoes.

Funny Potatoes

Funny Radish

Some times we found fruits and vegetables of funny and interesting shapes. Here are pictures of radish that have funny formation.

Funny Radish Picture