Bitter Gourd Farming: More emphasis is being given on the cultivation of horticultural crops instead of traditional crops. The demand for dual-purpose vegetables is increasing in the market. We are talking about bitter gourd, which is more medicinal than vegetables.
Most of the farmers are emphasizing on commercial cultivation of hybrid bitter gourd. Especially many companies are giving contracts to farmers to get them engaged in the cultivation of bitter gourd. For this, small farmers are doing farming in less space using scaffolding system. Due to this, the risk of rotting in the bitter gourd crop is being reduced and the farmers are getting good production at less expense.
There is no limit of season for the cultivation of evergreen varieties of hybrid bitter gourd, hence many farmers are earning good money by growing hybrid bitter gourd in different areas. Their fruits are 12 to 13 cm long and weigh 80 to 90 grams. By growing hybrid bitter gourd, the production of 72 to 76 quintals is obtained in one acre, which is much more than normal.
Hybrid bitter gourd gives more production than local bitter gourd with less effort. Farmers are now giving more emphasis on the cultivation of local bitter gourd. Remember that hybrid bitter gourd plants grow fast and their fruits are much larger, which is not usually the case. Their numbers are high, but they are cultivated like local bitter gourd. Remember that hybrid bitter gourd has better color and taste, so its seeds are slightly more expensive.
These are the best varieties
Coimbatore is the leader in the production of clove and hybrid bitter gourd. The best varieties of bitter gourd include Pusa Two Seasonal, Pusa Special, Kalyanpur, Coimbatore Long, Kalyanpur Sona, Perennial Bitter Gourd, Priya CO-1, SDU-1, Punjab Bitter Gourd-1, Punjab-14, Solan Hara, Solan and also Perennial . For cultivating hybrid bitter gourd, sandy loamy soil with good drainage in the field is best.
