ROUND GOURD – KADU – हरा कदु (22 Seed)

🎃🌿 Round Gourd Kaddu Growing Guide
🔹 Common name ➜ Round Kaddu, Round Pumpkin, Gol Kaddu
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Cucurbita maxima (some varieties may belong to other Cucurbita species)
🔹 Type ➜ Creeper vegetable crop 🌱
🔹 Special ➜ Round fruits, high yield, excellent for cooking
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Kitchen gardening
➜ Terrace gardening

🌟 Why Grow Round Kaddu?
✔️ Easy to grow 👍
✔️ High yield crop 💰
✔️ Nutritious vegetable 🎃
✔️ Long harvesting period
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Organic vegetable farming
➜ Home gardens
➜ Local vegetable markets

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
Summer Crop:
➜ January – April
Rainy Season Crop:
➜ June – July 🌧️
📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • February – April
• June – July
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 22–35°C

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Fertile well-drained loamy soil
➜ pH ➜ 6.0–7.5
✔️ Rich organic matter improves fruit size.
🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Round Kaddu seeds 🌱
➜ Organic pumpkin seeds
➜ Desi kaddu beej
➜ Open pollinated varieties
✔️ Healthy seeds provide: ➜ Better germination
➜ Uniform fruits

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing preferred
Seed depth: ➜ 2–3 cm
✔️ Germination: ➜ 5–10 days

🌿 Spacing
Vine Type Varieties
➜ Row to row ➜ 8–10 feet
➜ Plant to plant ➜ 4–6 feet
✔️ Proper spacing improves vine growth and fruit development.

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

💧 Irrigation
➜ Water every 4–7 days
Critical stages:
➜ Flowering
➜ Fruit development
❌ Avoid waterlogging.
☀️ Sunlight Requirement
➜ Full sunlight essential
✔️ Minimum: ➜ 6–8 hours sunlight

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common issues:
➜ Fruit fly 🪰
➜ Red pumpkin beetle
➜ Aphids
Control:
➜ Fruit fly lure traps 🪤
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Remove damaged fruits
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic vegetable farming
🌸 Flowering & Fruiting
➜ Flowering starts ➜ 35–45 days
➜ First harvest ➜ 70–90 days

✂️ Harvesting
✔️ Harvest when: ➜ Fruits reach full size and desired maturity
For vegetables: ➜ Harvest tender fruits
For storage: ➜ Harvest fully mature fruits
⏳ Plant Duration
➜ Total crop duration ➜ 4–5 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average yield ➜ 80–150 quintal/acre
✔️ High-yielding vegetable crop 💰
🌱 Special Benefits
✔️ Rich in vitamins & fiber 🥗
✔️ Good storage life
✔️ Popular traditional vegetable
✔️ Best for: ➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Home gardens

🪴 Growing Round Kaddu on Roof
✔️ Possible with large containers 👍
Container:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 18–24 inch
Soil Mix
➜ 40% soil
➜ 30% compost
➜ 20% cocopeat
➜ 10% sand
Support
➜ Allow vines to spread on roof or trellis
Sunlight ☀️
➜ Full sunlight
Watering 💧
➜ Regular watering