Ridge gourd

Ladyfinger

a.Name of crop –Ridge gourd

b.Common names – Ghosali (hindi); Ghosali (Marathi),
c.Scientific name -
d. Family-
e. Origin:
f. Importance –

g. Cultivation – In pit sow two or three seeds per hole at a depth of 2 cm. Space
holes 40–60 cm apart in pit spaced 1.2–1.5 m apart.
h. Soil and climate
Soil -
Climate:
b. Season and months:
c. Varieties :

d.. Methods of cultivation-

e.Seed rate :
f. Spacing: -
g. Land preparation-
h. Seed treatment –

i .Sowing / planting:

k .Fertilizer Management : Apply 25 tones of FYM / hectare and plough the field
thoroughly.
 Application Methods - Fertilizers are applied in several ways like ring method.

i. Interculture operations
a. Thinning gap filling - Thinning & gap filling is done for keeping 2 healthy
seedlings per spot. The gap filling is done in missing areas of the planted main field
to maintain optimum population.
b.Water management :

c. Earthing Up - In order to produce large sized curds, earth up the plant one month
after transplanting. At the time of earthing up the plants are supported with soil to
avoid toppling of the plant during head formation.
d. Crop protection –
Pest
Diseases

j. Harvesting & post harvest processing

Method of harvesting –
Production:

k. Post harvest processing –

Packaging : Neatly arranged in bamboo basket/plastic crate.
Products:
• Preparation of Bhaaji
• Preparation of Bhaji
Market availability: Okra are sold for distant as well as for local markets, Long
root market..