PLANTING GUIDE OF F1 BUTTERNUT PUMPKIN SEEDS - TLP 868

                                (GOLDEN COIN SEEDS)

I/ Feartures:

 - Strong plant, good tolerance to bacterial wilt.

 - Harvesting: 70 days after sowing.

 - Fruit size: 17 - 18 cm length, 10 - 11 cm diameter.

 - Fruit characteristics: brown skin, big peduncle, delicious.

 - Yield: 1 - 1.2 kg/fruit, 2.2 - 2.8 kg/plant.

II/ Sowing density:

III. Soak, incubation and sowing:

* 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, stir well in 30 sec

* Soak: the seeds in warm water as prepared in step 1 in 3 hours

* Incubation:

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

- Spread the seeds as soaked in step 2 on the towels, then put these towels in dark, warm place (around  28 – 30^oC)

- After 20 hours, rinse viscous on the seeds coat with tap water or well water and washing towels with hot water (100°C), squeezed and then incubating again

* Sowing:

- After 30-35 hours, the seeds will germinate, please sow these seeds in the nursery or direct seeding on field.

- Rinse seeds not germinated, washed and squeezed towels then incubated again, when all seeds germinate, continue to sow.

IV/ Planting and maintenace:

1. Fertilizers (for 1.000m²)

Fertilizer application for  pumkin  cultivation 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.

2. Cuting the tops

When plants have 5-6 real leaves cuting tops in the morning, after choose 3 same strong branches, training tops spread equalize on ground.

* Notes:

• Field must have for good drainage in the rainy season, cleaned grass in pumpkin fields to prevent disease for good seting fruits.
• Famer should be choose the 2nd flower buds for good setting and hight uniform fruits.

V/ Plant protection:

* Powdery mildew disease:

- It’s usually occurs when high humidity and a temperature of about 22 – 27°C, disease strong harmful in the highlands, where have more fog. Specially planting in Winter-Spring season.

- Spray 2 the sides of the leaves in late afternoon with the following chemicals: Imipemconazole (min 98,3%), Chlorothelonil (min 98%), Mancozeb (min 98%), Ethabosan (min 99,6%), Coper Oxychloride 50% + Metalaxyl 8%,…

* Viral disease:

- Is harmful severe in the dry season, should be visit field usually and remove all infected plants (plant are yellow and twisted leaves on tops) to avoid spread other plants.

- Spray the lower side of the leaves to prevent the insects (suck group) with the following chemicals: Dinotefuran (min 89%), Clorfenapyr (min 94%), Diafenthiuron,…

* Borer group worm:

- Is harmful in vegetative period.

- Spray the lower side of the leaves in late afternoon with the following chemicals: Chlorantraniliprole (min 93%), Indoxarb, Emamectin Benzoate (Avermectin B1a 90% + Avermectin B1b 10% ), Chlorfenapyr (min 94%), Flubendiamide (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!