Description

• Bottle gourd vegetables are popular as lauki/ghiya in India. Bottle Gourd is one of the healthy vegetables you must add to your kitchen garden and terrace garden. Bottle Gourd Long Seeds are very easy to grow you can easily grow them in pots/grow bags; it just requires little maintenance.
• The sponge gourd plant produces medium-sized soft, attractive, and cylindrical vegetable that contains high fiber and minerals. Sponge gourd is a vine plant that can grow up to feet tall but it is very easy to in pots with little maintenance.
• Where to grow: Balcony or terrace garden Sowing season: Throughout the year (All seasons) Sowing method: Direct Seeds sowing
• Depth: 1 inch Germination Time: 8 to 14 days Germination temperature: 20-25ºC Harvesting: 8 to 12 week Plant vigor: Strong plant
• Sunlight – The bottle & sponge gourd needs at least 8 hours of full sunlight every day.
• Water – Give water regularly on summer days and keep moist the soil.
• Soil – Use well-drained, loamy and rich organic matter soil with PH 6.5-7.5.
• Temperature – The bottle gourd’s optimum growing temperature is between 24 to 35ºC and the minimum temperature is 18ºC.
• Common pests – Aphids, cucumber beetles, cutworms, leaf miners, and squash bugs can attack bottle-gourd plants. Bacteria wilt and downy mildew are infected gourd plants. Look for early signs of fungal, insect, or other infections and spray neem oil to cure these symptoms.