22 Feb Plastic Low Tunnel Technology for Off-Season Cultivation of Cucurbits
प्लास्टिक लो टनल प्रौद्योगिकी से लता या बेल वाली सब्जीयों की बेमौसमी खेती Vegetable growers, for getting higher prices from their off-season produce, often try to send their produce to the market early in the season and also try to extend the growing season for selected vegetable crops for the purpose of obtaining marketing advantage of their off-season produce. For example, crops like long melon, round melon, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, muskmelon summer squash etc. if grown early in spring or early summer often command a greater price on the market. Also producing crop when large quantities of the crop produce are not available (considered as “off-season”) can also command greater prices and increased demand. Presently, river bed cultivation is in practice for production of cucurbitaceous vegetables in off-season in northern parts of our country, although area under river bed cultivation is very limited, which can not be extended further, but with the use of protective structures such as row covers or low tunnels vegetable crops like muskmelon, watermelon, long melon, round melon, bitter gourd, bottle gourd, summer squash etc. can be grown very early in the spring or summer season. Important factors which are considered for off season cultivation are increased costs of using season, extender production systems, potential increase in...