Hybrid Bottle gourd NBBH-48 (Vikram)

Cultivation Practices for Bottle Gourd

Soil………. Medium to heavy fertile soil having good drainage.
Seed rate/ha………..1.50-2.00 kg
Spacing (cm)……… 180 x 90 or 180 x 60
Manures & Fertilizer………Apply 15-20 ton/ha. FYM at the time of land preparation. After 10 days of sowing, apply 100 kg N, 80 kg P & 80 kg K, then after 45 days apply 100 kg N/ha
Irrigation…..Crop should be irrigated at 8 days interval or according to soil type and necessity.

Plant Protection

Leaf miner: Dichlorovos @ 1 ml/lit or Chloropyriphos @ 2 ml/lit or Quinolphos 2 ml/lit.
Aphids, jassids :- Thiamethoxam 0.66 gm/lit
White fly:- Difenthiuron @ 12.5 gm/15 lit.
Thrips :- Thiamethoxam 0.66 gm/lit or Fipronil @ 2 ml/lit.
Downy mildew: Mancozeb and Metalaxyl-M @ 2.5 gm/lit or Mancozeb @ 2 gm/lit or Tebuconazole @ 1 gm/lit.
Fusarium wilt :- Biosanjivani @ 5+5 gm/lit or Bavistin @ 2 ml/lit.
Powedry mildew :- Tebuconazole @ 1 gm/lit or Difenoconazole @ 0.5 ml/lit.

Special Recommendation

• Apply 25 kg Nirmal Bio Power Gold granule per ha at the time of sowing near root zone
• Apply Nirmal Rizamica @ 250 gm/ha through drip or drenching method
• 3 foliar spray of Nirmal Bioforce @ 2ml/lit at pre-flowering, flowering & fruiting stage.