how to grow bottle guard ?

QuestionCategory: Vegetableshow to grow bottle guard ?
openagriculture Staff asked 8 years ago

my bottle guard Loki grow , but its fruit not grow more then 2,3 inch! what to do..

1 Answers
openagriculture Staff answered 8 years ago

Dear Bro,
There are many factors, which decide size of your vegetable fruit. Right from sowing of seed to proper irrigation and other pest and diseses. Mere information will not lead us to provide diagnosis and cure.
so, kindly elaborate it. smiley
After cultivation
Weeding can be done by hoeing as and when necessary. Fruit rot during rainy season can be checked by training the plants over the bamboo stick or dried branches.
Plant protection : Some of majors , you may look for it
Pests
Mites: Spray dicofol 18.5 % SC @ 2.5 ml per litre of water.
Aphid: Spray Imidachloprid @ 0.5 ml/lit along with sufficient quantity of stickers like Teepol, triton X100, apsa etc., for better adhesion and coverage.

Beetles, fruit flies and caterpillars
Beetles, fruit flies and caterpillars can be controlled by spraying Malathion 50 EC 1 ml/lit. or Dimethoate 30 EC 1 ml/lit. or Methyl demeton 25 EC 1 ml/lit. 
Do not use DDT, lindane 1.3% dust, copper and sulphur dust as these are phytotoxic.
Powdery mildew
Powdery mildew can be controlled by spraying Dinocap 1 ml/lit. or Carbendazim 0.5 g/lit or Tridemorph l ml/l.
Downy mildew
Downy mildew can be controlled by spraying Mancozeb or Chlorothalonil 2 g/lit. twice at 10 days interval.
Harvest
Fruits are harvested at tender stage and before 100 % maturity.
Yield
15 – 20 t/ha in 135 days.
[ Answer Imported from old website ] Author : 
Niraj Mani Chourasia