Badane companion combo
₹469.00
Yields Coriander from week 3, then brinjal every 4–5 days for 6 months
Musuku badane planted with marigold and coriander. Something to cut in three weeks while the slow brinjal builds.
Solanum melongena, Tagetes erecta, Coriandrum sativum
Musuku badane / ಮುಸುಕು ಬದನೆ (Brinjal), Chendu hoovu / ಚೆಂಡು ಹೂವು (Marigold), Kottambari / ಕೊತ್ತಂಬರಿ (Coriander)
- Grow bag12 in wide x 18 in tall
- Ships atBrinjal 6 in, marigold established, coriander sown
- First harvestCoriander in 3 weeks, brinjal in 10-11 weeks
- Sunlight6+ hours direct
- Best plantedYear-round, best June-February
Grown to order — delivered in about 15 days
We start it when you order and hand it over once it is established and hardened off. That is what makes the olla work from day one: the roots have already grown down to it before it reaches you.
SKU CMB-BAD
Water it through the olla. That is the only instruction.
A buried terracotta olla releases water at exactly the rate the soil draws it, over a base of well-rotted wood that holds moisture through a hot week. You cannot overwater it and it will not dry out on you. The roots reach the olla before the plant leaves us, so it works from the day it arrives.
Details
Brinjal is slow — ten weeks before the first fruit — and a plant doing nothing for ten weeks is what makes people give up on it. The coriander sown around the base fixes that: you are cutting something from week three while the brinjal quietly builds.
The coriander is finished and out by the time the brinjal spreads, so nothing is competing for long. If you let a few plants flower instead of cutting them, the hoverflies they attract handle aphids on the brinjal for you.
Marigold does the same nematode and borer-trap work as in the tomato combo. Brinjal is the crop that suffers most from both.
Keep this away from any tomato or chilli. Same family, shared bacterial wilt, and grouping them on a terrace is how one sick plant becomes four.
Specifications
| Contains | 1 musuku badane, 2 marigold, coriander sown around |
|---|---|
| Grow bag | 12 in wide x 18 in tall, filled |
| Ships at | Brinjal 6 in tall, companions established |
| First harvest | Coriander 3 weeks, brinjal 10-11 weeks |
| Sunlight | 6+ hours direct |
| Productive for | 6 months or more |
| Season | Year-round, best June-February |