Significance of Bottle gourd
In India, it is a huge vegetable yield.
In green stage, the vegetables and leaves with stem are used as a vegetable.
Hard shell of the Bottle Gourd is used for different purposes.
It is one of the universes recently created plants and it isn't grown overwhelmingly for food anyway it is in like manner used as compartments.
Bottle gourd Cultivation States in India
In India, it fills in for all intents and purposes all of the states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Orissa, Punjab, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, etc
Bihar has the greatest production of Bottle Gourd.
Best Season and Climate
The best an optimal chance to plant seeds are Summer and Monsoon.
It requires wet and hot climatic conditions for its turn of events.
The Vegetables can't endure ice.
For a long while there should be no ice for its better turn of events.
The suitable temperature for its improvement is 20-32c.
Soil and Land Preparation
It will in general be filled in a wide extent of soils.
In any case, it fills best in Sandy loamy soils with a respectable waste structure.
6-7 plowings followed by startling should be done to convey the soil to fine tilth.
In soil, pH reach should be from 6.5-7.5 for its turn of events.
For better yield and incredible nature of vegetable, regular matter or FYM should be added for making the soil rich.
Planting seasons
In the fields for storm or swirling harvests it is planted from June-July and in the inclines in April.
For summer crops, it is planted from January to end of February.
Seed Rate
All around for bottle gourd developing the seed rate should be between 3.5 kg-6kg/ha.
Seed Treatment
Before planting, seeds should be treated with 10gms of Pseudomonas fluorescens or 4gms of Trichoderma Viridae or 2gms/kg of Carbendazim seeds.
Assortments in India
1. Arka Bahar
2.Pusa Naveen
3.Narendra Rashmi
4.Pusa Komal
Composts for Bottle gourd
10 kg of FYM (20ton/ha), blend of 100gms of NPK 6:2:12 as basal and 10gms of N/pit for 30 days should be applied following planting.
Preceding the last wrinkling, utilization of Azospirillum, Phosphobacteria( 2kg/ha) and Pseudomonas ( 3kg/h) close by 50 kg of Farmyard manure and 100 kg of neem cake is required.
Water framework
This yield requires fast water framework and is incredibly profitable in this turn of events.
Summer crop requires water framework at a time span 4 days.
Winter crops are watered when it is required.
Blustery season crops needn't bother with water framework.
Spill water framework method can moreover be used as it appreciates many advantages.
Gathering and yield
The yield is ready to assemble in 60-70 days depending on the variety and season.
Medium and fragile normal items are procured depending accessible need.
Normal items should be cut from a sharp edge
Vegetables should be assembled when they are at this point green.
Procuring should not be deferred as it causes the container gourd to become ruined or dry.
Yield
Bottle Gourd yield upto 50 to 70 tons for every Acre. Regularly Bottle gourd yield 900 kgs to 1000 kgs in a day.
Benefits and profits
Bottle gourd benefit upto Harvest are 4 to 5 Lakhs in 90 Days
