PLANTING GUIDE OF F1 WAX GOURD SEEDS – GREEN 258

                             (GOLDEN COIN SEEDS)

I/ Features:

 - Strong plant.

 - Harvesting: 80 - 90 days after sowing.

 - Fruit size: 50 - 55 cm length, 8 - 8.4 cm diameter.

 - Fruit characteristics: deep green skin, green flesh, no waxy covering.

 - Yield: 2 - 2.2 kg/fruit, 6 - 6.5 kg/plant.

II/ Sowing density:

III/ Sowing and planting:

- Sowing seeds direct to the pots and put them in the nursery. These pots have environment including: 2 parts of muck + 1 part of soil. After sowing seeds get filled environment and sufficient moisture for irrigation.

- After 5 – 7 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 harvest, 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!