LATE GOURD – LATE KADU – बरसाती कदु (20 Seed)

🌧️🎃 Late Barsati Kaddu (Pumpkin) Growing Guide
🔹 Common name ➜ Kaddu, Pumpkin (Barsati kaddu)
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Cucurbita moschata (common desi type)
🔹 Type ➜ Creeper vegetable 🌿
🔹 Season ➜ Late Kharif / Rainy season 🌧️
✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ Rainy season vegetable farming
🌟 Why Barsati Kaddu?
✔️ Fast vine growth in humidity 🌿
✔️ Big fruit size 🎃
✔️ High demand in mandi 💰
✔️ Good storage life
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Late season farming
➜ Vegetable business
➜ Kitchen garden

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Late Kharif sowing ➜ July – August 🌧️
📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • Mid July – August (best window)
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 25–35°C
✔️ Loves humidity + warm weather
❌ Avoid waterlogging

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Well-drained sandy loam
➜ pH ➜ 6–7.5
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic vegetable farming
➜ Rainy season crops

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing
Seed rate: ➜ 1.5–2 kg per acre
Seed depth: ➜ 2–3 cm

🌿 Spacing (Important)
➜ Pit method recommended
➜ Pit distance ➜ 2–3 meter
✔️ Helps: ➜ Strong vine spread
➜ Bigger fruits 🎃

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 8–10 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
➜ Neem cake
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
✔️ Improves: ➜ Fruit size
➜ Sweetness
➜ Yield

💧 Irrigation
➜ Rainy crop 🌧️
✔️ Only if needed: ➜ Light irrigation
❗ Most important: ➜ Good drainage system
❌ Avoid: ➜ Waterlogging (root rot risk)

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common problems:
➜ Fruit fly 🐛
➜ Downy mildew
➜ Aphids
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Fruit fly traps
➜ Baking soda spray (fungus control)
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic pumpkin farming

🌼 Flowering & Fruiting
➜ Starts ➜ 35–45 days
➜ Fruits develop after pollination
✔️ Bees 🐝 important for pollination

🎃 Harvesting
➜ Ready in ➜ 90–120 days
Harvest when: ➜ Skin hard
➜ Full size achieved
✔️ Cut with stem for long storage

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 3–4 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 80–120 quintal/acre
✔️ High profit crop 💰

🌱 Special Barsati Tips 🌧️
✔️ Raised beds compulsory
✔️ Use mulch (plastic/organic)
✔️ Keep vines dry (avoid fungal disease)
✔️ This is key difference in barsati crop

🪴 Growing Kaddu on Roof
✔️ Possible
Container:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 18–24 inch
Notes:
➜ Provide strong support
➜ Limited fruits
Sunlight ☀️
➜ 6–8 hours sunlight