Main Crops Grown

Here are some of the main crops that are grown in Bollywood Veggies Pte Ltd.
In the list below I`ve compiled a small series of individual crops and their fact sheets.These crops are grown for the use in the Poison Ivy for their daily menus. All our farm fresh vegetables are grown organically. Their is a misconception and difference between organic vegetables and organically grown vegetables. An organically grown vegetable doesn`t automatically qualifies to be a organic vegetable,sounds complicated? Well actually it is not. Let me explain.

Organic vegetables are vegetables grown around very minimal environmental pollution factors. Environmental factors such as the rain, soil, weather and climate conditions plays a significant part. In Singapore however due to our small land mass, for example in Bollywood Veggies even if we do not use chemical fertilisers or use recycle water to irrigate our crops and plants, the natural rain water is polluted enough. Why? The locality of the farm although some distance away from the Tuas Industrial estate is considerably near when you think about it.

Day in and day out green house gases are being released into the atmosphere over Tuas Industrial estate. The likely hood of these rain clouds to travel over the farm is very high especially if a high wind draft occurs or during the monsoon seasons. Ever wondered why old folks, your grandparents and parents told you not to play in the rain or you will get sick?

Basically one of the main reasons is due to the high level of contaminants in the air and it will get wash down in the rain. In olden days the level of contaminants are very small due to smaller industries but this is no excuse. Many government in the world are making efforts to reduce their carbon emission in the air. For example in Australia, the government will soon impose carbon emission tax on businesses. This will encourage industries to look for alternative methods and research on new technology to reduce their carbon emission and this will directly help in reducing global warming.

I am sure in the long run, there will be incentives given by the Australian Government for those that are able to reduce their carbon emission by employing various technologies and methods. These company that are labelled eco-friendly companies might have more premium market opportunities, rebates in their carbon tax or funding for their researches.

In Bollywood Veggies we grow our vegetables and crops organically but we do not claim them to be organic. We do not use SYNTHETIC chemical fertilisers and pesticides but instead we employ various methods to grow our plants and crops. We incorporate all these various control methods and tactics into an IPM (Integrated Pests Management) Programme. This will be discuss in a diffrent entry so look out for it!


Anyway as stated above here is the list of some of the major crops that we grow on the farm ranging from horticultural produce, fruits trees and herbs together with spices. I hope this list and its fact sheet serve as a general outline for those of you wanting to try growing these plants in your own backyard or in your homes =)

(Dear readers I apologize the fact sheets are not uploaded yet but do look out as I will post the link really soon. The format of the fact sheet will look something like the one in the Kang Kong Section)

Common Name: Lady`s Finger/ Okra/ Bhindi
Scientific Name: Abelmoschus esculentus
Fact Sheet

Common Name: Kang Kong
Scientific Name:Ipomoea aquatica
Fact Sheet

Common Name: Sweet Patato/ Daun keledek
Scientific Name:Ipomoea batatas
Fact Sheet

Common Name:Papaya
Scientific Name:Carica papaya
Fact Sheet

Common Name: Citronella/ Limestone
Scientific Name:Cymbopogon calcicola
Fact Sheet

Common Name: Lemon grass/ Serai
Scientific Name: Cymbopogon citratus
Factsheet