Seed rate: 1.5 kg/ha. Dig 30 x 30 x 30 cm pits at 2.5 x 2 m and form basins. Treat seed with Trichoderma viride 4 g/kg or Pseudomonas fluorescens 10 g/kg (a fungicide option is also listed). Sow 3 seeds per pit; thin to 2 after 15 days. Irrigate the basins before sowing, then once a week. With drip, 12-day-old protray seedlings are planted 60 cm apart on 120 cm raised beds.
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Source
Crop Production Guide – Horticulture Crops 2020 (Directorate of Horticulture and Plantation Crops, Tamil Nadu & Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU)), Snake gourd – Season and sowing; seed rate; preparation of field; irrigation, p. 84
