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Tips for early crops of cucurbits

Early cucurbits: To obtain early crop of muskmelon, watermelon, bottle gourd, and pumpkin, procure 5 kg 100 gauge thick white plastic bags of 15 x 10 cm size and 100 gauge thickness. The plastic bags should be filled with a mixture of soil and well-rotten farmyard manure in equal proportion. Puncture each bag at the bottom and fill it with this mixture. Place the bags in sunlight and well protected from the frost and chilly Northern winds. In the last week of January, dibble two seeds per bag and water the bags with a sprinkler. Keep the bags moist and do not overwater. This technique is suitable for raising early crops of all the cucurbits for commercial cultivation.