Sponge Gourd Practices

• Fruit Shape- Medium Cylindrical
• Fruit Colour- Dark Green
• Fruit Length- 30-35 Cm
• Fruit Girth- 4-5 Cm
• Fruit Weight- 120-140 g
• Days to 1st Harvest- 40-45 days after sowing
• Remarks – High yielding, good heat tolerant

• Row to Row 1.2 m and Plant to Plant 0.50-0.60 m for Staking
• Row to Row 2.0 m and Plant to Plant 0.75 m for without staking crop

• 80:60:60 kg NPK/ hectare
• Apply 50% N and 100% P, K as basal dose during final land preparation
• 25% N at 30 days after sowing and 25% N at 50 days after sowing

• The crop must be irrigated during the critical stages i.e.flowering and fruit setting stages.
• In summer season irrigation can be applied at an interval of 5-6 days and in rainy season one irrigation per week is
  sufficient.
• Excessive irrigation at fruit maturity stage adversely affects the storage of fruits.

• Red Pumpkin beetle: Spraying of Carbaryl 50WP @ 2 g/lit of water at evening hours or acetamiprid @ 0.3 ml/ lit of water
• Jassids and Aphids: Spray dimethoate 30 EC @ 2 ml or Metasystox @ 1.0 ml/lit or imidacloprid @ 0.3 ml/ lit of water at 15 days interval
• Fruit flies: Installation of methyl eugenol traps @ 5-10 per ha or increase its number as required. Spray Malathion @1ml + 10g gur/liter of water at evening hours when fruit flies are congregated on leaf surface

Diseases
Powdery Mildew

• Identification: Disease can be identified by appearance of small white patches on the leaves which later on spread to cover whole plant with white floury mass on stem, tendril and even fruits resulting into low yield and poor quality and sun burnt fruits.
• Control: Spray dinocap @0.05% (50 ml in 100 L of water) carbendazim (100g/100L. water) or wettable sulphur @ 0.2% can also in morning and evening to avoid sulphur injury. Repeat the spray at 7-10 days interval if disease incidence is high

Anthracnose

• Identification: It causes dark brown lesions on leaves, fruit stem and fruit in some cucurbits like bottle gourd and melons.
• Control: Avoid contact of fruit with soil. Don’t delay harvesting of first ripened fruit. Irrigation may be given in trenches around the root zone only

Fruit rot

• Identification: Fruits in contact with wet soil develop soft rot.
• Control: SAt the time of last ploughing mix Carbaryl 15% dust @ 37.5 kg/ha.

Mosiac

• Identification: New growth is cupped downward, and leaves are severely mottled with alternating light green and dark
  green patches. Plants are stunted, and fruits are covered with bumpy protrusions. Severely affected cucumber fruit may be almost entirely white.
• Control: The virus is readily transferred by aphids and survives on a wide variety of plants.Spray dimethoate 30 EC @ 2 ml or Metasystox @ 1.0 ml/lit orimidacloprid @ 0.3 ml/ lit of water at 15 days interval

• Fruit Shape- Elongated Cylindrical
• Fruit Colour- Whitish Green
• Fruit Length- 24-26 cm
• Fruit Girth-4-5 cm
• Fruit Weight- 120-140 g
• Days to 1st Harvest- 40-48 days after sowing
• Remarks- White Seeded, High yielding & Good taste

• Row to Row 1.2 m and Plant to Plant 0.50-0.60 m for Staking
• Row to Row 2.0 m and Plant to Plant 0.75 m for without staking crop

• 80:60:60 kg NPK/ hectare
• Apply 50% N and 100% P, K as basal dose during final land preparation
• 25% N at 30 days after sowing and 25% N at 50 days after sowing

• The crop must be irrigated during the critical stages i.e.flowering and fruit setting stages.
• In summer season irrigation can be applied at an interval of 5-6 days and in rainy season one irrigation per week is
  sufficient.
• Excessive irrigation at fruit maturity stage adversely affects the storage of fruits.

• Red Pumpkin beetle: Spraying of Carbaryl 50WP @ 2 g/lit of water at evening hours or acetamiprid @ 0.3 ml/ lit of water
• Jassids and Aphids: Spray dimethoate 30 EC @ 2 ml or Metasystox @ 1.0 ml/lit or imidacloprid @ 0.3 ml/ lit of water at 15 days interval
• Fruit flies: Installation of methyl eugenol traps @ 5-10 per ha or increase its number as required. Spray Malathion @1ml + 10g gur/liter of water at evening hours when fruit flies are congregated on leaf surface

Diseases
Powdery Mildew

• Identification: Disease can be identified by appearance of small white patches on the leaves which later on spread to cover whole plant with white floury mass on stem, tendril and even fruits resulting into low yield and poor quality and sun burnt fruits.
• Control: Spray dinocap @0.05% (50 ml in 100 L of water) carbendazim (100g/100L. water) or wettable sulphur @ 0.2% can also in morning and evening to avoid sulphur injury. Repeat the spray at 7-10 days interval if disease incidence is high

Anthracnose

• Identification: It causes dark brown lesions on leaves, fruit stem and fruit in some cucurbits like bottle gourd and melons.
• Control: Avoid contact of fruit with soil. Don’t delay harvesting of first ripened fruit. Irrigation may be given in trenches around the root zone only

Fruit rot

• Identification: Fruits in contact with wet soil develop soft rot.
• Control: SAt the time of last ploughing mix Carbaryl 15% dust @ 37.5 kg/ha.

Mosiac

• Identification: New growth is cupped downward, and leaves are severely mottled with alternating light green and dark
  green patches. Plants are stunted, and fruits are covered with bumpy protrusions. Severely affected cucumber fruit may be almost entirely white.
• Control: The virus is readily transferred by aphids and survives on a wide variety of plants.Spray dimethoate 30 EC @ 2 ml or Metasystox @ 1.0 ml/lit orimidacloprid @ 0.3 ml/ lit of water at 15 days interval

• Fruit Shape- Elongated Cylindrical
• Fruit Colour- Whitish Green
• Fruit Length- 26-30 cm
• Fruit Girth-4-5 cm
• Fruit Weight- 135-145 gM
• Days to 1st Harvest- 40-45 days after sowing
• Remarks- White Seeded, High yielding, good heat tolerant

• Row to Row 1.2 m and Plant to Plant 0.50-0.60 m for Staking
• Row to Row 2.0 m and Plant to Plant 0.75 m for without staking crop

• 80:60:60 kg NPK/ hectare
• Apply 50% N and 100% P, K as basal dose during final land preparation
• 25% N at 30 days after sowing and 25% N at 50 days after sowing

• The crop must be irrigated during the critical stages i.e.flowering and fruit setting stages.
• In summer season irrigation can be applied at an interval of 5-6 days and in rainy season one irrigation per week is
  sufficient.
• Excessive irrigation at fruit maturity stage adversely affects the storage of fruits.

• Red Pumpkin beetle: Spraying of Carbaryl 50WP @ 2 g/lit of water at evening hours or acetamiprid @ 0.3 ml/ lit of water
• Jassids and Aphids: Spray dimethoate 30 EC @ 2 ml or Metasystox @ 1.0 ml/lit or imidacloprid @ 0.3 ml/ lit of water at 15 days interval
• Fruit flies: Installation of methyl eugenol traps @ 5-10 per ha or increase its number as required. Spray Malathion @1ml + 10g gur/liter of water at evening hours when fruit flies are congregated on leaf surface

Diseases
Powdery Mildew

• Identification: Disease can be identified by appearance of small white patches on the leaves which later on spread to cover whole plant with white floury mass on stem, tendril and even fruits resulting into low yield and poor quality and sun burnt fruits.
• Control: Spray dinocap @0.05% (50 ml in 100 L of water) carbendazim (100g/100L. water) or wettable sulphur @ 0.2% can also in morning and evening to avoid sulphur injury. Repeat the spray at 7-10 days interval if disease incidence is high

Anthracnose

• Identification: It causes dark brown lesions on leaves, fruit stem and fruit in some cucurbits like bottle gourd and melons.
• Control: Avoid contact of fruit with soil. Don’t delay harvesting of first ripened fruit. Irrigation may be given in trenches around the root zone only

Fruit rot

• Identification: Fruits in contact with wet soil develop soft rot.
• Control: SAt the time of last ploughing mix Carbaryl 15% dust @ 37.5 kg/ha.

Mosiac

• Identification: New growth is cupped downward, and leaves are severely mottled with alternating light green and dark
  green patches. Plants are stunted, and fruits are covered with bumpy protrusions. Severely affected cucumber fruit may be almost entirely white.
• Control: The virus is readily transferred by aphids and survives on a wide variety of plants.Spray dimethoate 30 EC @ 2 ml or Metasystox @ 1.0 ml/lit orimidacloprid @ 0.3 ml/ lit of water at 15 days interval

• Fruit Shape- Medium Cylindrical
• Fruit Colour- Dark Green
• Fruit Length- 35-40 cm
• Fruit Girth-4-5 cm
• Fruit Weight- 120-140 gm
• Days to 1st Harvest- 40-43 days after sowing
• Remarks-Early, High yielding, good heat tolerant and good crop longevity

• Row to Row 1.2 m and Plant to Plant 0.50-0.60 m for Staking
• Row to Row 2.0 m and Plant to Plant 0.75 m for without staking crop

• 80:60:60 kg NPK/ hectare
• Apply 50% N and 100% P, K as basal dose during final land preparation
• 25% N at 30 days after sowing and 25% N at 50 days after sowing

• The crop must be irrigated during the critical stages i.e.flowering and fruit setting stages.
• In summer season irrigation can be applied at an interval of 5-6 days and in rainy season one irrigation per week is
  sufficient.
• Excessive irrigation at fruit maturity stage adversely affects the storage of fruits.

• Red Pumpkin beetle: Spraying of Carbaryl 50WP @ 2 g/lit of water at evening hours or acetamiprid @ 0.3 ml/ lit of water
• Jassids and Aphids: Spray dimethoate 30 EC @ 2 ml or Metasystox @ 1.0 ml/lit or imidacloprid @ 0.3 ml/ lit of water at 15 days interval
• Fruit flies: Installation of methyl eugenol traps @ 5-10 per ha or increase its number as required. Spray Malathion @1ml + 10g gur/liter of water at evening hours when fruit flies are congregated on leaf surface

Diseases
Powdery Mildew

• Identification: Disease can be identified by appearance of small white patches on the leaves which later on spread to cover whole plant with white floury mass on stem, tendril and even fruits resulting into low yield and poor quality and sun burnt fruits.
• Control: Spray dinocap @0.05% (50 ml in 100 L of water) carbendazim (100g/100L. water) or wettable sulphur @ 0.2% can also in morning and evening to avoid sulphur injury. Repeat the spray at 7-10 days interval if disease incidence is high

Anthracnose

• Identification: It causes dark brown lesions on leaves, fruit stem and fruit in some cucurbits like bottle gourd and melons.
• Control: Avoid contact of fruit with soil. Don’t delay harvesting of first ripened fruit. Irrigation may be given in trenches around the root zone only

Fruit rot

• Identification: Fruits in contact with wet soil develop soft rot.
• Control: SAt the time of last ploughing mix Carbaryl 15% dust @ 37.5 kg/ha.

Mosiac

• Identification: New growth is cupped downward, and leaves are severely mottled with alternating light green and dark
  green patches. Plants are stunted, and fruits are covered with bumpy protrusions. Severely affected cucumber fruit may be almost entirely white.
• Control: The virus is readily transferred by aphids and survives on a wide variety of plants.Spray dimethoate 30 EC @ 2 ml or Metasystox @ 1.0 ml/lit orimidacloprid @ 0.3 ml/ lit of water at 15 days interval