PLANTING GUIDE OF F1 SMOOTH LUFFA SEEDS – THANH DIU

                                  (GOLDEN COIN SEEDS)

I/ Features:

 - Strong plant, very branchy.

 - Harvesting: 42 - 44 days after sowing.

 - Fruit size: 30 - 35 cm length, 4.2 - 4.4 cm diameter.

 - Fruit characteristics: light green skin with deep stripes, aromatic.

 - Yield: 4.7 - 5 kg/plant.

II/ Sowing density:

 III/ Soaking and incubation seeds:

1. Scrape a angle of seed coat with a scissors or knife.

2. 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.

3. Soaking seeds:

- Soak the seeds in warm water as prepared in 4 – 5 hours.

4. 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).

5. Sowing seeds:

- After 20 – 24 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 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.
• Should be fertilizing timely and properly follow recommended.
• In the dry season, to add some micronutrients fertilizer: MgSO₄ (2 kg), MnSO₄ (4 kg), Borax (1,5 kg)/1000m² basal in soil or used Magnisal, Botrac… spray to the

2. Cut the tops: To abundant havest, should be cut these tops when there are 5 – 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:

* Downy mildew:

- Damaging all the crop, if not timely treatment the disease spreads rapidly and kills the plants.

- Preventing and treating: after planting 25 – 30 days, should spraying prevent every 5 – 6 days, rotating with the following chemicals: Cymoxanil 8% + Mancozeb 64%, Metiram Complex (min 85%), Ethaboxam (min 99,6%), Citrus Oil, Chlorothalonil (min 98%),....

* 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 rotating spray with the following chemicals to two sides of the leaves: Imipemconazole (min 98,3%), Chlorothelonil (min 98%), Mancozeb (min 98%), Ethabosan (min 99,6%), Coper Oxychloride 50% + Metalaxyl 8%,…

* Anthracnose:

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray with the following chemicals: Propinep (min 80%),Chlorothalonil (min 98%), Mancozeb 64%,…

* Borer group:

- Is harmful in vegetative period.

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray 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%), …

* Leafminer:

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

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray with the following chemicals: Cyromazine (min 95%), Imidacloprid, Alphacypermethrin,….

* 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,…

* 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!