Cultivation Guide for Bottle Gourd Variety Series Bottle gourd is annual growing vegetable crops, fonding of fertilizer. The plant is thermophilic and not tolerant to low temperature. The seeds start to sprout in 15 degree centigrade, fastest in 30-35 degree centigrade. The suitable growing temperature is 20-25 degree centigrade. 1, Biological Characteristics The roots of bottle gourd stretch herizontally, distributing within the 20cm deep under soil surface, and they are not drought-resistant. The vines are several meters long, with strong branching power. Generally the femal flowes blossom late in chief vine, and they blossom in the 1th-2th node in side vines. In cultivation, the top removal will promotes the growth of side vines, to fructify earlier. The heart shaped leaf is big, thin and tender, with dense white fuzzes and mass evapotranspiration. The white flower is big, with specially long stalk. Most of the male and female flowers blossom at night, in morning and even
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