FruitsA Jagonews24 guide of 9 May 2026 said the miracle berry, a West African shrub whose fruit makes sour food taste sweet, can be grown in Bangladesh in acidic soil with partial shade and steady watering.
FlowersA gardening guide published by Jagonews24 on 17 February 2026 explained which flowers suit pots in each season and how to prepare the soil, plant seedlings, loosen the soil and feed potted flowers on roofs, balconies and yards.
VideoIn episode 10 of CropKids, Munir Hasan Anindya shows how to raise cherry tomato seedlings for a rooftop or balcony garden.
A team at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University is researching biofloc technology that lets people raise fish in drums and tanks on rooftops.
FruitsIn June 2025 Jagonews24 reported that a 26-year-old in Jajira upazila of Shariatpur had planted 60 dragon fruit varieties on his family's roof, at least 30 of them fruiting, alongside passion fruit, and earned Tk 30,000 a month from the garden.
VegetablesTomato, aubergine, chilli, bottle gourd, water spinach, Malabar spinach, lettuce and broccoli can all be grown in pots on a city roof or balcony, given loose soil, drainage holes, steady watering and organic rather than banned chemical pest control.
VegetablesA few pots on a roof or balcony can supply a kitchen with green chillies: how to choose the variety, pot, soil and sun, water and feed safely, and spot leaf curl and aphids early.
FruitsWith open land vanishing from cities, Thai sweet tamarind has become a favourite of rooftop gardeners: a grafted plant in a large tub fruits twice a year, in the monsoon and in winter.
FruitsA guide published by Jagonews24 on 22 October 2021 explained how the bushy, short modern jamrul (wax apple) varieties can be grown in half-drums on a roof, or in the ground where a yard has space.
FruitsWant a mango tree on your roof? This guide covers choosing a variety such as Amrapali, preparing a 20-inch drum, planting a grafted sapling, and DAE advice on feeding, watering, pests and diseases.
FruitsIn Rangunia, Chattogram, college student Md Sakib's tub-grown mango trees on his roof carried clusters of fruit, some already ripe; the upazila agriculture office said good saplings and proper care make this nothing unusual.
Rooftop farmingA plant in a tub must be fed: nine rooftop garden tips on cocopeat soil, mustard-cake feed, neem sprays and hand pollination, checked against SAU and BARI research.
VideoOn the roof of a Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation building, researcher Arif Khan runs trials of liquid fertiliser on guava, lemon and other fruit.
