Nursery Raising for cucurbitaceous Vegetables

cucurbitaceous Vegetables

n  Bitter Gourd

n  Bottle Gourd

n  Sponge Gourd

n  Tinda Gourd

n  Cucumber/Tar

n  Long Gourd

n  Vegetable marrow

n  Zucchini

n  Musk melon

n  Water melon

Advantage of Polythene tube/tray

n  No transplanting shock

n  Plants grow faster

n  Early production

n  No plant mortality

n  Easy to transport

n  Time saving

What Is Plug

n  Using any organic matter as a medium. Seeds are sown into specialized plug trays. The trays are partitioned into individual cells. The seedling produced in each cell is called a plug.

Advantages of Plug

1.  Plugs grow faster.

 2.  Decreased production time.

 3.  No transplant shock. Less qualified   transplanters are required.

 4.  Labor saving.

 5.  Energy saving

Plug Trays

  Plug tray is about 54cm long and 28cm wide, ranging from 50~800cells per tray.

Crop to be raised through seedlings

n  Tomato. pepper, brinjal, cabbage, cauliflower, onion, lettuce etc

n  Melons, cucumber, bottle gourd, sponge gourd, bitter gourd, tinda gourd etc

Eggplant Seedlings Specifications

•         Stem height：   16-18 cm

•         Stem diameter : 4.0-4.5 mm

•         Number of leaves：  6-7

•         Seedling age：80-85 (days)

Pepper Seedlings Specifications

•         Stem height：  18-20 cm

•         Stem diameter：3.5-4.0 mm

•         Number of leaves：8-10

•         Seedling age：75-80 (days)

Tomato Seedlings Specifications

•         Stem height：   18-20 cm

•         Stem diameter：4.0-4.5 mm

•         Number of leaves：  6-7

•         Seedling age：60-65 (days)

Cucumber Seedlings Specifications

•         Stem height：   16-18 cm

•         Stem diameter： 3.0-3.5 mm

•         Number of leaves： 3-4

•         Seedling age：30-35 (days)

Muskmelon Seedlings Specifications

•         Stem height： 12-15 cm

•         Stem diameter：3.5-4.0 mm

•         Number of leaves： 3-4

•         Seedling age：30-35 (days)

Watermelon  Seedlings Specifications

•         Stem height：   12-15 cm

•         Stem diameter： 3.0-3.5 mm

•         Number of leaves： 4-5

•         Seedling age：30-35 (days)

Lettuce Seedlings Specifications

•         Stem height：   12-15 cm

•         Stem diameter： 2.0-2.3 mm

•         Number of leaves：5-6

•         Seedling age：30-40 (days)

Celery Seedlings

•         Stem height： 10-14 cm

•         Number of leaves：4-6

•         Seedling age：50-60 (days)