PLANTING GUIDE HYBRID WAX GOURD F1 – HD 68

24-03-2020 13:34

PLANTING GUIDE HYBRID WAX GOURD F1 – HD 68

 (GOLDEN COIN SEEDS)

I/ Features:

• Strong plant, good resistance to virus.
• Very high yield, about 15 – 20 kg/plant, straight fruit long about 45 – 50 cm.
• Fruit is green with little powder on the skin, the green flesh is little sour.
• Harvest at 80 – 90 days after sowing.

II/ Sowing density:

III/ Soaking and incubation seeds

a. 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.

b. Soaking seeds:

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

c. 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).

If it’s cold, put these towels in warm place or lighting. After incubation in 22 – 24h, should rinse seeds in warm water and incubation again.

d. Sowing seeds:

After 40 – 48 hours, the seeds will germinate, please sow these seeds in the nursery. Sow the germinated seeds to pots have enviroment 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 10 hours later, the seeds will germinate, continue sowing.

After 3 – 4 days, seeds  germinated (if it’s cold, should if cover the area sowing by white nylon to keep their warm), after 16 – 20 days (seedling have 2 leaves), can be planted in field.

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.
• Should be fertilizing timely and properly follow recommended.

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

3. Pruning branches: to set more valid branches, should pruning 1 – 2 lowest lateral branches.

4. 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:

* Viral disease:

Diseases transmitted by sucking insects such as thrips, hoppers, aphids,... very harmful in the dry season.

Preventing and treating: regularly visit the field during 15 – 30 days after planting to remove and bury the infected plants, spray the lower side of the leaves 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.

Preventing and treating by rotating spray with the following chemicals: Iprodione (min 96%),Mancozeb 64%, Metalaxyl 8%,… spray to the plant foot, the stem and combined fertilizing balance

* Borer group:

Is harmful in vegetative period.

Preventing and treating by rotating spray the lower side of the leaves 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%), Dynotefuran (min 89%), Clothianidin,….

* Leafminer:

Very harmful in the dry season, when the weather is dry.

Preventing and treating by rotating spray with the following chemicals: Methyl eugenol 75% + Dibrom 25%, Cyromazine (min 95%),…

* Notes:

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

We wish you the best harvest with Golden Coin Seeds!