BOTTLE GOURD F1 - DELTA 25

PLANTING GUIDE OF F1 BOTTLE GOURD SEEDS – DELTA 25

                                (GOLDEN COIN SEEDS)

I/ Features:

 - Strong plant.

 - Harvesting: 48 - 50 days after sowing.

 - Fruit size: 29 - 31 cm length, 5.6 - 5.8 cm diameter.

 - Fruit characteristics: green skin with spots.

 - Yield: 7 - 8 kg/plant.

II/ Sowing density:

III/ Soak, incubation and sowing:

a. Prepare warm water 50 – 52^oC:

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

- Soak the seeds in warm water as prepared in 2 hours.

b. Incubation the seed:

- Clean the towels or T – shirts (or damp tissues), squeeze water out of them to maintain adequate moisture (about 80 – 85%).

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

- After 24 hours, please clean the viscosity on the skin seed got from drilled well or water faucet and washing of hot towels (100⁰C), squeeze water out of them to maintain adequate moisture then incubated seed.

c. Sowing:

- After 36 – 40 hours, the seeds will germinate, please sow these seeds in the nursery or direct on the field.

- Clean the seed not germinate and washing of towels, after 12 hours, the seeds will germinate, continue to sowing.

IV/ Planting and maintenance:

1. Fertilizers (for 1.000 m²):

Fertilizer depends on geographic conditions. However, we recommend applying the following guides:

* Quantity:

* Application:

* Notes:

• Lime should be applied at soil preparation to increase fertilizer effect
• Fertilizer should be applied far enough from the plant foot, deep enough (6 – 7 cm) to increase fertilizer effect.
• Fertilizing should be together with weeding increase fertilizer effect
• In the dry season, to add some micronutrients fertilizer: MgSO₄ (2 kg), MnSO₄ (4 kg), Borax (1.5 kg)/1.000m² basal in soil or used Magnisal, Botrac…spray to the leaves.

2. Pruning (branch): Prune lower branches axillary entire 6^th.

3. Training vine (branch):

- 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:

* Viral disease:

- Regularly visit the field during 15 – 30 days after planting to remove and bury the infected plants. Spray the lower side of the leaves to prevent the suck group(beetles, aphids…) with the following chemicals: Dinotefuran (min 89%), Clorfenapyr (min 94%), Diafenthiuron,…

* Gummy Stem blight:

- The disease occurs rainy period, on poorly drained field and pinned.

- Should rotating spray chemicals: :  Iprodione (min 96%), Metalaxyl + Mancozeb, Thioptranate – methyl 70%,… spray to the plant foot, the stem and combined fertilizing balance.

* Anthracnose:

- The disease is harmful in the rainy season, should rotating spray chemicals: Propinep (min 80%),Chlorothalonil (min 98%), Mancozeb 64% + Metalaxyl 8%.…

* Powdery mildew:

- Disease emergence favored by high relative humidity and temperature about 22 – 27 ^oC, harmful in high land have more frost.

- Should rotating spray chemicals: Imipemconazole (min 98,3%), Chlorothelonil (min 98%), Mancozeb (min 98%), Ethabosan (min 99,6%), Coper Oxychloride 50% + Metalaxyl 8%,… spray the lower side and top of the leaves (old and young leaves).

* Borer group:

- Is harmful in vegetative period.

- Spray the lower side of the leaves in late afternoon with the following chemicals: Prevathon, Ammate, Silsau super, Bom, Pob, Secure, Takumi Cascade.…

* Suck group:

- Spray the lower side of the leaves and on top of the plant with the following chemicals: Chlorpyrifos Methyl (min 96%), Dinotefuran (min 89%), Clothianidin,…

* Leafminer:

- Very harmful in the dry season, when the weather is dry Rotating spray chemicals:Cyromazine (min 95%), Imidacloprid, Alphacypermethrin,…

* Fruit fly:

- Should rotating spray chemicals: Methyl eugenol 75% + Dibrom 25%, Cypermethrin + Profenofos,…

** Notes:

• Should carefully sprayed at the lower side of the leaves.
• Fungicide should be sprayed at old leaves.
• Pesticide should be sprayed at young leaves./

We wish you the best harvest with Golden Coin Seeds!