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Potted plants

How to grow coriander and chilli in pots? The soil is red in colour and becomes rock hard if it is not dug up once every two days.

Vandana Raghavan
Kerala

You can add some clay and sand to the soil to make it more porous. Farmyard manure or other organic manures will also be useful to make the soil soft.

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