Prospect of liquid organic manure on organic bitter gourd cultivation

Abstract

Among the cucurbits bitter gourd has got important nutritional and medicinal properties. It's juice is a remedy for diabetic patients. It is consumed in many ways due to the presence of different cucurbitacins. Traditional organic bitter gourd cultivation involves the use of farmyard manure, vermicompost and poultry manure which do not have required yield potential whereas by foliar spray of liquid organic manures like panchagavya, vermiwash, jeevamrit, humic acid etc has important plant nutrients which are required for their growth and productivity. These liquid organic manures are low cost as they are prepared by the farmers itself on their farm and they are easy to prepare and applied. These liquid manures not only increases yield but also improves quality and post-harvest shelf life of produce and maintains soil health and sustainability in the long run.