PLANTING GUIDE OF F1 BITTER GOURD SEEDS – TLP 919

                              (GOLDEN COIN SEEDS)

I/ Features:

 - Very strong plant.

 - Harvesting: 42 - 44 days after sowing.

 - Fruit size: 13 - 16 cm length, 5 - 5.2 cm diameter.

 - Fruit characteristics: glossy and bright green skin, big ribs, firm fruit, few cracked fruits in rainy season.

 - Yield: 5 - 6 kg/plant.

II/ Sowing density:

III/ Soaking and incubation seeds:

+ Prepare warm water 50 – 52^oC:

- Mixing 40% boiling water (95 – 100^oC) with 60% fresh water (25 – 30^oC) got from drilled well or water faucet.

+ Soaking seeds:

- Soak the seeds in warm water as prepared in 6 – 8 hours.

+ Incubation seeds:

- Get the towel or T – shirt (or fabrics can be moisturizing), washed, squeezed just enough moisture (about 80 – 85%).

- Get the seeds as soaked spread thin on the towels, then put these towels in dark, warm place (around  28 – 30^oC).

+ Sowing seeds:

- After 36 – 40 hours, the seeds will germinate, please sow these seeds in the nursery. Sow the germinated seeds to pots have environment including: 2 parts of muck + 1 part of soil. After sowing seeds get filled environment and sufficient moisture for irrigation.

- Wash the seeds have not germinated and towels then incubated again, about 12 hours later, the seeds will germinate, continue sowing.

IV/ Planting and maintenance:

1. Fertilizers (for 1.000 m²):

- Fertilizer application for cultivation depends on geographic conditions, however, we recommend applying the following guides are applied very effectively to many growing areas for you refer and apply.

* Quantity:

* Application:

* Notes:

• Should be applied lime at tillage to increase fertilizer efficiency.

• Should be applied fertilizer far enough from the plant foot, deep enough (6 – 7 cm) to increase fertilizer efficiency.

• Should be weeding combined with fertilizing times to increase fertilizer efficiency.

2. Cut the tops: To abundant harvest, should be cut these tops when there are 6 – 7 leaves on the seedling.

3. Vine training: When the plants have branches, should guide them upwards to the trellis like herringbone shape to save space and to facilitate the plants protection, as well as set more fruit.

V/ Plant protection:

* Yellow leaf curl:

- Diseases transmitted by sucking insects, harmful in the dry season. Disease makes leaves become yellow but nerve still green, small leaves curly, hard stem, diseases spread quickly.

- Preventing and treating by remove and bury the infected plants, spray the lower side of the leaves with the following chemicals: Methidathion, Methomyl 40%, Dinotefuran (min 89%), …

* Powdery mildew:

- It usually occurs when there is high moisture and a temperature of about 22 – 27°C, is harmful in the highlands, the weather is more fog, special  in winter-spring crop.

- Preventing and treating by trimming leaves lowest and invalid branches, rotating spray with the following chemicals to two side of the leaves: Imipemconazole (min 98,3%), Chlorothelonil (min 98%), Mancozeb (min 98%), Ethabosan (min 99,6%), Coper Oxychloride 50% + Metalaxyl 8%,…

* Leaf spot disease:

- Is hamful all year round, damaging in the rain season.

- Preventing and treating by trimming leaves lowest and invalid branches, rotating spray with the following chemicals to two side of the leaves: Mancozeb (min 85%), Coper Oxychloride 50% + Metalaxyl 8%, Fosetyl-aluminium (min 95%),…

* Borer group:

- Is harmful in vegetative period.

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray in late afternoon with the following chemicals: Emamectin Benzoate (Avermectin B1a 90% + Avermectin B1b 10%), Lufenuron (min 96%), Flubendiamize (min 95%), Chlorantraniliprol,…

* Suck group:

- Thrips, hoppers, aphids,... suck resin and transmitting Viral disease.

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray with the following chemicals to the lower side of the leaves and on top of the plants: Chlorpyrifos Methyl (min 96%), Dinotefuran (min 89%), Clothianidin,…

We wish you the best harvest with Golden Coin Seeds!