Bitter Gourd

Vegetable Seeds

Bitter Gourd also known as Karela / Bitter melon. It is a unique vegetable that can be used for both culinary and medicinal purposes.

Nutritive value : Bitter gourd is a temperate/tropical vegetable offering iron, beta carotene, potassium, and calcium. It also contains high amounts of fiber, phosphorus, and Vitamins C, B1, B2, and B3. So it is rich in minerals and vitamins Medicinal values: The fruit contains anti-diabetic properties, charantin, vicine and polypeptide-p an insulin-like compound. These features help to reduce blood sugar levels

SKU 000

INDAM KOHINOOR

₹ 60

Plant
Vigorous plants and wider adaptability. Fruit: Green, strong tubercles, length 16-17cm and 4.5 cm diameter, shiny 90-100gm fruits.

Duration
It matures in 50-55days after sowing & crop can be maintained up to 180days

Remarks
Excellent yielder, Heat set tolerance & having good shipping & keeping quality

Season
Year Round

Quantity
15 seeds

Quantity

Vegetable Seeds

SKU 0032

INDAM TAJ

₹ 60

Plant
Highly vigorous plants with pubescent stem & dark green deep lobed leaves Fruit: Long (18-22 cm.) Medium thick, shiny white fruits with spines & fruit weigh around 110 gm

Duration
Harvesting starts in about 55 days from planting.

Remarks
Excellent yielder

Season
Year Round

Quantity
15 seeds

Quantity

Vegetable Seeds

01	Sowing method: Seeds are sown directly in raised beds or containers during Monsoon & Summer which are active sowing windows for Bitter gourd. The plant thrives in heat and humidity, with the rise of summer temperature, the vines grow faster.
02	Growing in container: Use big circular pots or grow bag with 16” diameter and minimum depth of 8-10 inches, take a container of your choice with drainage holes at the bottom, fill the container with proper potting layers & selected growing medium that is 1 part Garden Soil + 1 part Coco Peat + 1 part Vermicompost Or 2 part garden soil + 1 part Organic Manure.
03	Sow 2 seeds at the centre of a pot, on raised beds, push the seeds a little in soil medium with your fingers & completely cover them with surrounding soil. Water the sown seed bed immediately by a light shower with a watering can.
04	Seeds will germinate within the first 6-8 days or so & tiny sprouts will be visible and the first two leaves will emerge in the second week of germination. These are false leaves called cotyledons.
05	First leaves will emerge above cotyledons at the end of the second week & seedlings will start growing into a small plant after the second week onwards.
06	After the second week, keeping only single seedlings at one spot, cutting off the weak, small & lagging seedlings with a pair of scissors is called the thinning stage.

01	Bitter Gourd plants require full sunlight, therefore your raised bed should be made at a bright sunny spot or keep the Bitter Gourd container under open sunlight in your backyard.
02	Watering technique: Water your potted Bitter Gourd plant every day in summer by watering the soil near the plant by using a watering can to make sure that the plants get water in the form of the shower & not by a single flow. You can also make provision for watering by drip irrigation system for your raised beds in the kitchen garden.
03	Bitter gourd is an aggressive climber & needs plenty of space to grow. So develop a strong trellis support up to height of 5-6 ft, by using locally available material like pipes, bamboo, ropes, wires etc. for your bitter gourd plant.
04	Manuring: Add good quality organic manure in the soil with 2:1 ratio before sowing seeds. Organic manure can be well rotten with cow dung manure, farmyard manure, compost or Vermicompost.
05	When your Bittergourd climber is more than 45 days old, Provide one tablespoon of 15:15:15 (NPK) Fertilizer per plant or mix handful of Vermicompost in the soil around each plant as top dressing manure
06	Always look for the early signs of any insect/fungal/ any other infections. Spray appropriate medicines as soon as any symptoms of such diseases are spotted. Watch out for Powdery Mildew when plants are young & care the plants
07	Bitter Gourds have separate Male & female flowers on the same plant, so fruits will be formed on female flowers after pollination. Since many types of insects like Honey bees hover in your garden will pollinate the Bitter gourd plants on their own.
08	Bittergourd is a climber & starts flowering at the end of the second month. You can start harvesting raw bitter gourd fruits after 2 months of seed sowing, and the harvesting season can continue for the next 90 days after the first harvest.
09	Disclaimer: This information is exclusively given by experts when tried and tested in our trial fields. The performance of variety / hybrid may vary under different agro climatic / seasonal condition / cultural schedules

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