The Jammu and
Kashmir Medicinal Plants Introduction Centre-JKMPIC,
is a pioneer institution to start cultivation of important indigenous medicinal
plants and introduce many from other parts of the world. A preliminary study on
cultivation of medicinal plants in Jammu and Kashmir was from this institution.
The medicinal plant garden created, grown and nurtured by JKMPIC around
its unit complex contains Kashmir’s largest privately owned collection of
medicinal plants, spanning over 200 varieties, including rare and endemic
medicinal plants.
The
garden is a treasure of herbal remedies that have been used for thousands of
years by our ancestors for healing, health and beauty. All plants in the garden
are carefully conserved for future generations further, a tissue culture lab.
Established within the medicinal plant garden propagates and distributes rare
medicinal plants as a further conservation effort. The plant introduction centre
also nestled within the garden carries out advanced plant study into the medicinal plants in the garden,
researching and validating their traditional uses.
Availability of planting
material, tree saplings, herb seed, flower seeds, fruit plants, creepers
& climbers, medicinal herbs, herbal roots, crude drugs, bulbs,
tree bark, herbal tea, corms, rhizomes, stem tubers & root tubers, aromatic
plants.
ABOUT OUR SEEDS
The Jammu and Kashmir Medicinal
Plants Introduction Centre-JKMPIC specialises in seeds and plants that are the
backbone of organic and permaculture systems. These include a wide range of
open-pollinated, heirloom medicinal, fruit, herbal, vegetable seeds, rare
edibles, living mulches, green manures and insectary plants for beneficial
insects.
SEED QUALITY
We specialise in high quality seed
with a guaranteed viability and purity and so we appreciate very much when
gardeners let us if know they have an occasional problem with seed germination.
This allows us to further improve our growing information and triggers
additional germination testing to pinpoint any problems. Germination testing is
carried out on a regular basis to check that the viability of seed is being
maintained throughout the year.
OPEN POLLINATED SEEDS/Non-hybrid
Our seeds are nearly all
open-pollinated and so are able to be grown again from seed you save yourself.
Open-pollinated seeds are genetically diverse treasures that have been passed
on from generation to generation. When you buy and plant open-pollinated seeds
you are helping to protect this valuable resource for the future.
SEED SAVING
Saving open-pollinated (OP) seeds
protects our global food heritage.Growing open pollinated seeds and saving some
for next year's crop is a practical and economical option for home gardeners.
HEIRLOOM SEEDS
Most of our open-pollinated seeds
are also considered heirloom or heritage seed. These are herb, flower and
vegetable varieties that were bred and handed down by generations of gardeners
and farmers. These varieties have stood the test of time, gardeners have saved
them year after year because they were recognised for their superior qualities
such as great flavour, good yield or disease resistance.
