Horticulture :: Vegetables::Ribbed gourd

Horticulture :: Vegetables::Ribbed gourd

Ribbed gourd Luffa acutangula Roxb. Cucurbitaceae Varieties Co 1, Co 2, PKM 1. Co 1 Soil Sandy loam rich in organic matter with good drainage and pH range from 6.5-7.5. Season Planting spreads during July and January Seed rate About 1.5 kg of seeds is required for a hectare. Seed treatment The seeds are treated with Trichoderma viride 4 g or Pseudomonas fluorescens 10 g / kg of seeds before sowing. Preparation of field Plough the field to fine tilth.  Dig pits of 30 cm x 30 cm x 30 cm size at 2.5 x 2 m spacing and form basins. Sowing Sow the seeds (5 seeds / pit) and thin the seedlings to two/ pit after 15 days. Ribbed gourd with black polythene mulch Ribbed gourd under pandal system Irrigation Irrigate the basin before dibbling the seeds and thereafter once in a week. Application of fertilizers Apply 10 kg of FYM, 100 g of NPK 6:12:12 g mixture as basal dose/pit and N @ 10 g/pit at 30 days after sowing.Apply Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria @2 kg/ha and Pseudomonas 2.5 kg/ha along with FYM 50 kg and neem cake @ 100 kg before last ploughing. Drip irrigation Install drip system with main and sub-main pipes and place the inline lateral tubes at an interval of 1.5 m. Place the drippers in lateral tubes at an interval of 60 cm and 50 cm spacing with 4 LPH and 3.5 LPH capacities respectively. Sowing Dig pits of size 45 x 45 x 45 cm at spacing of 2 m in row spaced at 1.5 m. Sow three seeds in each pit. After germination, thin to 2 healthy seedlings. Instead of direct sowing, the seeds can be sown in poly bags @ 2 seeds / bag and 15 days after germination, they can be planted @ 2 seedlings per pit. Fertigation Apply a dose of 250:100:100 kg NPK/ha throughout the cropping period through split application. Fertigation Schedule- Ribbed gourd (Hybrid) Recommended dose: 250:100:100 Kg/ha Stage Crop stage Duration in days Fertilizer grade Total Fertilizer (kg/ha) Nutrient supplied % requirement N P K N P K 1 Crop establishment stage 10 12-61-0 13-0-45 Urea 32.79 22.00 39.49 3.93 2.87 18.20 5.00 - - - 10.00 - 10.00 5.00 10.00 Subtotal 25.00 5.00 10.00 2 Vegetative stage 30 19:19:19 + MN Urea 157.89 97.67 29.99 45.00 - 7.50 - - - 29.99 - 30.00 7.50 30.00 Subtotal 74.99 7.50 29.99 3 Flower initiation to first picking 20 12-61-0 13-0-45 Urea 49.17 44.00 137.52 5.91 5.72 63.84 7.50 - - - 20.00 - 30.00 7.50 20.00 Subtotal 75.47 7.50 20.00 4 Harvesting stage 60 12-16-0 13-0-45 Urea 32.79 88.00 129.39 3.93 11.44 59.63 5.00 - - - 40.00 - 30.00 5.00 40.00 Total duration 120 Subtotal 75.00 5.00 40.00 Total 250.46 (or) 250.00 25.00 99.99 (or) 100.00 100 25 100 *75% RD of Phosphorus applied as superphosphate = 469 Kg/ha. 1. 19:19:19 = 158 kg/ha 2. 13:0:45 = 154 kg/ha 3. 12:61:0 = 115 kg/ha 4. Urea = 405 kg/ha After cultivation Hoeing is done thrice to control weed population. Provide support for the plants to reach the pandal erected at a height of 2 m.  Spray Ethrel 250 ppm (2.5 ml/10 lit of water) four times commencing from 15th day after sowing at weekly intervals to increase yield. Plant protection Pests Beetles, fruit flies and caterpillars Spray Dichlorvos 76% EC 6.5 ml/10 lit or Trichlorofon 50% EC 1.0 ml/l lindane 1.3% dust, copper and sulphur dust as these are phytotoxic. Diseases Powdery mildew Powdery mildew can be controlled by spraying Dinocap 1 ml/lit. or Carbendazim 0.5 g/lit. Downy mildew Downy mildew can be controlled by spraying Mancozeb or Chlorothalonil 2 g/lit twice at 10 days interval. Yield Average yield is 14 – 15 t/ha Market Information Crop Growing Districts Erode, Coimbatore, Tiruppur Major Markets in Tamil Nadu Periyar Vegetable Market Koyambedu, Chennai, Gandhi Market, Oddanchathiram Natchipalayam vegetable market, Coimbatore