Description
| Plant-Bitter Gourd (Mathale green) | Pod Characteristics | ||||||
| Seed type | Open Pollination | Pod length | 12 Cm | ||||
| Seed rate | 2.4 kg per acre | Pod color | Dark green | ||||
| Plant type | Vigorous, Vine type | Uniformity | Uniform | ||||
| Color of foliage | Green | ||||||
| Harvesting time | 65-70 days after planting | ||||||
| Diseases | Yield and Quality | ||||||
| Downy mildew | Yield | High | |||||
| Powdery mildew | Average yield | 12-15 tons per Acer | |||||
| Mosaic virus | |||||||
| Agronomy | |||||||
| Suitable Soils | Well drained soil with Loam soil | ||||||
| Spacing | 1.5m x1m | ||||||
| Field Planting | Two –three seeds per planting hole | ||||||
| Fertilizer Application-Liquid fertilizer | |||||||
| Time of application | Liquid Fertilizer | Dosage ( 16L tank for water) | |||||
| 3-7 days after planting | feel | 5ml | |||||
| 14-21 days after planting | Albert solution | 35ml | |||||
| 21-25 days after planting | Nasa
| ¼ tablet
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| 14-25 days after planting | Max N -42% | 30-40ml | |||||
| All stages (for growth stage and flowering stage) | Diana grow | 30-40 g
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| Flowering stage
| Booster K
| 45-50ml
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| Flowering stage
| Bloom Tech
| 30-40ml
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| Flowering Stage | Atomix | 10ml | |||||
| Flowering stages | Vegetop | 2-3ml | |||||
| Fertilizer Application – Chemical Fertilizer | |||||||
| Time of Application | Urea (kg / acre) | TSP (kg / acre) | MOP (kg / acre) | ||||
| Basal dressing | 30 | 80 | 24 | ||||
| 4 weeks after planting | 30 | – | 24 | ||||
| 8 weeks after planting | 30 | – | 24 | ||||