Recommended dose: 200:100:100 Kg/ha
Crop Stage
Duratio
n in
Days
Fertilizer
Grade
Total
Fertiliz
er
(Kg/ha)
Nutrient Supplied % Requirement
N P K N P K
Crop
establishme
nt
10 19:19:19 +
MN
13-0-45
Urea
26.81
11.00
29.03
5.00
1.43
13.35
5.00
–
–
5.00
4.95
–
10.00 5.0 10.0
Sub
total
19.78 5.00 9.95
Vegetative 30 12-61-0
13-0-45
Urea
12.28
66.00
109.00
1.47
8.58
50.14
7.49
–
–
–
29.7
–
30.00 7.50 30.0
Sub
total
60.19 7.49 29.7
Flower
initiation to
first picking
30 12-61-0
13-0-45
Urea
12.28
44.00
115.00
1.47
5.72
52.90
7.49
–
–
–
19.8
–
30.00 7.50 20.0
Sub
total
60.09 7.49 19.8
Harvesting 45 19:19:19 +
MN
13-0-45
Urea
26.31
78.00
97.52
5.00
10.14
44.86
5.00
–
–
5.00
35.1
–
30.00 5.00 40.0
Total
duration
115
days
Sub
total
60.00 5.00 40.1
Total 200.06 24.9
(or)
25.0
99.3
(or)
100.
100 25 100
*75% RD of Phosphorus applied as superphosphate = 75 x 6.25 = 469 kg/ha.
1. 19:19:19 = 53kg/ha
2. 13:0:45 = 199kg /ha
3. 12:61:0 = 25kg/ha
4. Urea = 351kg/ha
Hoe and weed thrice
Fruit fly
1. Collect the affected fruits and destroy.
2. The fly population is low in hot day conditions and it is peak in rainy season. Hence
adjust the sowing time accordingly.
3. Expose the pupae by ploughing.
4. Install cucurbit fruit fly trap @ 4/ acre
5. Neem oil @ 3.0 %
Do not use copper and sulphur dust, as these are phytotoxic
White fly
Spray neem seed kernel extract 5 %.
20 t/ha in 120 days.