Special Pruning Tips for Better Yield - Bitter Gourd Seed to Harvest
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- In Today’s Video we are going to look at a bitter gourd plant life cycle
We will see how it went from a small sapling to a full grown plant, how it bloomed flowers and how flowers transformed into ripe fruits.
After seeing this 10 minutes long video, you will have a more than enough information to successfully grow a bitter gourd in your home
We used a bamboo support to ensure that plant grew vertically. We used a big pot whose diameter was 19 inches.
Come, let’s see how we prepared the soil for the transplantation.
We emptied half the pot and added the soil mix, which was 50% ordinary soil and 50% coco peat. We also added a manure mix which was 50% vermicompost, ¼ cup seaweed extract and ¼ cup bone meal. We then added more coco peat to the space that was left at the top., Approx 10%, then completed the whole process by adding some home made compost at the top.
It’s very important to prepare the soil well before planting any plant in it because if the soil isn’t healthy, the plant won’t be healthy as well and will have a very poor yield in terms of flowers and fruits.
Soil need to be mixed well, so that it becomes lightweight and there’s more scope for aeration and better drainage of water.
After the soil has been prepared well, carefully transplant the bitter gourd sapling you have in the pot.
We just showed you the easy way to take out the sapling out of the pot. Just up turn the pot as shown and tap it edge. This loosens the soil and the sapling comes out.
The bitter gourd is a climbing vine, so we will tie one end of the rope at the bottom of the sapling and the other end to the bamboo support at the top. So that we can train the bitter gourd to climb vertically upwards. We did this so that it doesn’t occupy much horizontal space at the bottom and we can use that extra space to plant more different types of plants.
After the sapling has been successfully transplanted, water it thoroughly, especially since it’s the first time. This will help in removing any air gap in the soil.
The bitter gourd sapling height doubled in about a week.
There are many ways of growing bitter gourd out there, but we are using the one where we won’t let any side branch grow.
Thank you for the information which is new to me. Now I realized the reason for my plant giving small and infected fruits. Good information.
+Venugopal Balijepalli ji
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Thank you for this information, I was wondering as to why my bitter gourd are small, I learnt from your video that the side branches need to be removed
Wow 😳 that was the best ever video I watch about pruning.!ThkzSo much for the amazing explanation!you said all I wanted to know about pruning as am a novice in the field I had no clean idea as to how to go about with the task.plz do more of these . How about one re cucumber?love from Sri Lanka.Happy gardening!
Cucumber doesn't require pruning
Very helpful information. Thank you for sharing!
Excellent video. Thanks
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Thank you Madam. very essential info. as my one is still in early growing stage. I"m going now to do exactly what you advised. Stay blessed.
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im a bit late to see this video...my bitter gourd was already 28 days now....i need to do alot of pruning from bottom to the 12th node so that it will start to produce flowers. Thanks for all the information, it will guide me to improve my harvest ;)
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Thank you for sharing great tips in taking care of bitter melons.
Very informative
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Beautifully described video. Will do as you advised and if there will be any problem I will get back to you. Thanks
Happy gardening
Kjkpll
Useful to and instructive
thank you for sharing. may God Almighty bless you.
you have a very informative video. can you please make a video on how to hand pollinate the male and female flowers. thank you. I live in Canada and love bittergourd (plants and leaves), but have very limited planting season due to the long winter season.
Our video on lauki hand Pollination. Scroll through our videos and you will see many other useful videos.
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Thank you for a sincere effort just now my plant is growing. I will followvyour advice
Madam...very useful video...lots of useful information for balcony growers..how many days does the bittergourd fruit takes to completely grow..
Depending upon the variety, 1 to 2 weeks.
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Very useful video 👍
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Very good video, thanks for the tips.
The bottom half of the pot is 100% regular soil? Also, about removing the side branches, is that like removing the suckers on tomato plants? Thank you for sharing.
It is old garden soil. So it has khad added to it while making soil mix.
Good detail video 😍
very nicely explained but I wanted to know whether you have made holes in the plastic cover you have tied to the bitter gourds
+Jayanthi P
Yes
Very helpful. Thank you. My question is the fruits that wrapped with plastics will be ok on hot summer texas sun? The temperature sometimes reaches 100°f
Make holes with needle.
We have successfully used this technique in temperature higher than 40°C
V nice video ..my karela plant is 45 days old n have only male flowers no female flowers ..what to do ? Plz guide
Female flower comes after 1 week of male of flowers.
Use All in one plant Tonic for flowers and fruit on all plants.
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After pruning .. doing 3G cutting in karela plant ..3G leaves are looking v unhealthy ..why so .. suggest
Hi in my garden bitter gourd plant not producing male flower's what is the problem please give any solution
Kya aapne usme cutting ku thi?
What should i do there are no male flowers on my plant whereas 6..7 female flowers are already blooming
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thanks for the prompt reply
My bitter gourd plant has more male flowers and very few female flowers. What to do?
We hai pruning video by the name 3g cutting. It will increase female flower numbers
Extra ordinary, how you explained very informative like you have experience in horticulture. Thanks specially for soil. I am watching from home, Toronto,Canada, cold country, our spring and summer are from April to September, if you have any suggestions please let me know, I have Backyard garden full of flower plants, now I am interested to plant Karela,
+Zeenat Zeenat Hi, Karela can be planted now and you have 75 days before winters sets in.
Karela will start fruiting in 45 days so you will 30 days harvest period.
You can extend it few weeks into winters if yo grow in green house.
Or plant it against a wall where it gets full Sun. Planting a variety developed as per your local condition will be a advantage too.
Nicely presented and thank you for your contribution. God bless you ma'am. Amen
+irfan hasham
Our heartiest thanks for your kind words.
Would like to ask ,when wrapping the fruits with plastic bags ,we have to make tiny holes on the side of the plastic bag with
needle to allow aeration.
What about the bottom of the bag ,do we have to cut it open or let it be sealed.
Hope to get a reply as soon as possible as my bitter gourd plants r fruiting now.
Tq
Yes pin holes can be made
In my garden , lots of male flowers there is no female flower? Thanks for tips
Male flowers come first and then followed by female flowers.
even if even after a week of coming of male flower female flower or not there you can spray all in one plant tonic available on our website
My bitter gaurd plants has only male flower, no female flower. Its age is 30 days. What to do??
Male flowers kitne din pahle aane chalu hue hai?
Hi,
Your video is very informative.
Can you make separate video for pruning the side branches? I couldn't understand which one is the side branches?
THANKS
We have many videos on pruning of Gourd family vines. Check them
3G Cutting: ua-cam.com/play/PLRI6ySSD3wP1sOUcj9gRAmC3-tQPqYPXO.html
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Though male flowers more in number in plants, only few female flowers emerging, fruits are very small, not increasing in size, what to do
Add seaweed green to soil.
Spray All in One plant Tonic and Chelated micronutrients liquid
Tq for helpful info..there are only female flowers on my plant..what can I do..please suggest me.
Soray plant growth promoters
I does have around 44 containers of 2 feet×2feet×1.5feet on roof for kitchen garden vegetable
I like to put drip irrigation in it.
Please suggest what help you can extends.
What help you need?
@@ShashiNGautam to Instal drip irrigation system in above area
I dont see male flowers ..been 30 days..there are 15 small female flowers but not growing...any suggestions
Spray all 8n 9ne plant tonic or chelated micronutrients liquid.
Available on our website
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Hi I have only one karela n Lots of male flowers but no female flowers, what should I do
Use all in one plant Tonic
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Thanks for the information..just wanted to know how many bitter gourds you got from this vine (you can tell approx count or weight)..thanks
My plant producing only female flowers then what is the problem
Temporarily phase. Wait and you will see male flower too.
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Hi, please let me know is it ok to cover the gourd with paper bag during dry season? If covering in paper, do I need to make holes in the bag? And is it ok to cover the gourd which is only 1" long?
We can cover with paper bag in dry season. Holes at bottom is required.
If you are covering fruit to prevent vegetable fly laying egg in it, you should cover it as soon as pollination of female flower is successful.
O.K. Thanks for the information
+E.D. Thomas our pleasure
Maam what pot size required for bitter gourd...also tell per pot how many plants can be grown
Pot suze and soil mix, both are important. 10 to 12 inch height is sufficient.
Take as a big pot lenght and width wise. 1 square foot is bare minimum.
It will help roots to spread.
Add loy of compost in soil mix. Top it with quality Fertilizer containg NPK and Micronutrients.
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@@ShashiNGautam thanks for your reply
Excellent detailed video. I have a question how can you tell a flower is male or female
Channel ke video check kijiye
Apke sawal ke jawab me hi video banate hai
Karele ke flower ki pahchan ke liye video
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Why the male flowers keep on dropping. What is the reason?
Male flowers life is only 1-2 days
My bittermellon fruit sometimes mature early. It’s small but ripen already .What the cause of it?
If it is not due to rot, it could be heat stress
Thank you for this video.
I have Karela plant and it was giving good harvest....but now noticed its leaves they closing inwards...can you please help what is this and its solution
Try to follow regular watering schedule. What fertilizer you are giving to it.
@@ShashiNGautam Thank you for your reply. I am using Vermicompost....Cow manure... Banana peel powder
I am new to this not aware of hypo etc.. I plan to do some maintain treatment to the leaves before it starts growing.
spray neem oil
I wish I had seen this video earlier. My bittergourd plant is about 40-45 days old and already has 6-7 branches which are each about 3-4 feet long.
3-4 of them have many male flowers. Should I cut the branches now? Also since the branches have come when plant was only 3-4 inches tall, it is difficult to identify main stem. Please help.
Don't let sny branch go beyond 15 leaves.
Female flowers should follow female flowers in 1 or 2 week if you have given the plant enough phosphorus potassium aur Micronutrient
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Nice video.. I am first time gardener.. I have a healthy plant but has only male flowers.. what could be the reason ? How to get more female flowers ?
You can spray Growth promoter.
You can get all in one plant Tonic ftom below link.
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Why cover the bitter guard with plastic covers ? I’ve always wondered why some fruits and veggies are covered. Thank you for a really good content.
Watch the video.
Answer is 8n the video.
I have mistakenly pruned the top of the single bittergourd vine,would it grow now?
At what height
@@ShashiNGautam approx 2 feet
How do u recognise male n female flower if it dies in2 days it's male n does not fall it's female?
Watch the video to differentiate between male and female flower.
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Thank you for your prompt and informative reply.
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Hi, my container grown 2 BG vines of 6-7' have climbed medium thick jute ropes within past 1&1/2 months. Luckily no side branches grew. My doubt is whether I should replace rope with bamboo pole/PVC pipes of 3-4cm diameter for it to climb. Will wind in tressed terrace have made the vines weak & thin?
Wind will make vine strong. Jute rope support is fine.
Shashi n Gautam - Kitchen Gardener, thnx for replying!But my rope support is 4 times folded thin jute thread (used for keeping traditional paper packing of provision intact) not the single strong rope. Is it sufficient?
if it can take weight, its fine
How to hand pollinate one male flower to one female or one male to 2-3 female please advise thank
Cross pollination increases the success rates. Use same male flower to pollinate many female flowers.
How can I increase female flowers in bitter gaurd
Sprat chelated Micronutrient liquid.
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How do u know they are ready to cut . Secondly why hand pollination is needed when there were small karele grown. Is pollination done before small karela is growing or after that.
+parul langoo
Harvest them when they stop growing.
Hand Pollination is done to maximize yield of mature Karela.
See our video on type of karela flowers and their Pollination to get answer for your last question.
How frequency to add bone meal and seaweed extract?
Mine has two female flowers but no male yet for pollinate. Did I cut too much side branches?
Pllant is in pot?
Yes. In pot. I am in California.
Seaweed Granules 2 to 4 tablespoon for small to medium plants. & 100 grams for bigger plants, once a month.
Bone meal 1 to 3 cup (approx 200 ml} every 3 months.
But I recommend to follow manufacturer label for frequency and doses.
@@ShashiNGautam Thank you. The seaweed extract I bought is actually called "Southern Ag 32oz Kelp Green Organic Liquid Fertilizer", is that ok to use? It seems like some male flowers is on the brunches but the first two female flowers closed the doors after 2 days...really wanna try my first pollination. My other question is winter is coming and bitter gourd should dead soon, will bitter gourd grow again my itself after winter?
How severe are the winters? They will grow bag if you can protect the roots from cold. But since these plant can be grown in a month time at start of summer, you can utilize space for winter plants.
No idea of brand you have mentioned.
Female flowers need to be pollinated same day to have better success rate
Guards no proper growth
Becoming yellow colour
Remedy pl
Use quality fertilizer and save from insects. If neede do pollination.
Please show us how hand pollination can be done!
Ye video dekhe. Iske alava bhi video hai hand and. Brush pollination ke
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My karela plant is giving flowers but flowers got burn i plz tell what to do
Check if plant have male and female flowers too.
If yes then check if you see bees 9n them in the morning hours.
If do not see them pollinating than do hand pollination.
Spray Shashi N Gautam All In One Plant Tonic.
Add Shashi N Gautam Seaweed Green Fertilizer in soil.
@@ShashiNGautam how to do hand pollination
And what is that tonic its not available in my country
How long will the female flower stay receptive?
1-2 days
informative video thanks,may i ask if what time or what age of the fruit shall we start to cover it with plastic?thanks
As soon as fruit get pollinated and its size starts growing, we need to cover it.
Many a time fruit fly lays eggs in fruits even before they get pollinated. So it is best to cover the fruit after pollination if the problem of fruit rot is severe due to fruit fly.
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is it possible to grow karela without ginving any support?, i mean that can i let it spred on the surface of floor?
Yes, this how our farmers do it.
I have no cutter,so what can I do?
You can also pollinate female flowers with courgette or cucumber male flowers, am I right?
I have never heard it
Thank you 🌹because you teaches good but I not understand why you covered the karela with plastic bag pls reply because my plant also having karela's i don't want to miss anything for making healthy & organic karela's pls 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏reply
To save from melon fly
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Hi I dont know if I will get an answer since I'm so late. I am growing bitter gourd in the UK. The vin had started producing female flowers but I dont seem to have any Male flowers to pollinate. I am worried about them drying out. Is there a way to encourage Male flowering? How many days window do we have to pollinate the female flower?
Usually it is other way around where we have plenty of male flower. But due to sudden temperature change, we get a situation where we have only female flower. But in a week time the male flowers start blooming.
Keep checking for male flower, even one can pollinate many female flowers. Pollination window is one day.
You can spray seaweed liquid और Micronutrients to improve flower ratio situation.
@@ShashiNGautam thankyou so much for your reply
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i have 3plats in different pots but it gives only flowers and dried it out. what should I do
+Vikranti Shelar good that you have flowers. Watch our video on male female flowers and their Pollination. Work on their nutrition. Unhealthy plants drop flower too save on limited energy they have.
Use vermicompost seaweed extract tea for watering and spray on leaves.
Hello,
My Karela plant male flowers grow and fall off..few days later..
Haven’t had any female flowers..
Would appreciate your help.
female flowers start coming after 1 - 2 weeks
can i place it in full sunlight
Yes it needs full sunlight for 8 or more hours
Nice information ma'am. I have planted bitter guard in pot but only male flowers r blooming. No female flower has come. Can I know the reason
Initially male flower bloom which are followed by females flowers in 1 to 2 week. Male to female ratio is 15 to 1. You can increase female flower by using special pruning technique. We have videos on that on our channel.
@@ShashiNGautam do you mind to share the link for the special pruning technique to get more female flowers? I am unable to find it in your channel..
Sir aapne jo ye krele per ye polothin lga Rkhi hai iske kya benifit hai or isko kin kin podho per lga skte hai
Lauki karela anar etc mai fruit fly egg deti hai jisse fruit सड़ rot hota hai. Poly bags se bach jata hai.
Pollination के baad turant polythene lagaye.
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Balcony container carala plant
After 4/5 guards some baby guards turned to yellow.
In that container as ours is a small place we put snakeguard in that
Care to take for the growth of guards healthy suggestions ) remedies pl
First 4/5 guards propergrowth
Now some more baby guards
Growth a little bit better
Sug pl
Tq
Follow regular watering
Check if bees are pollinating else do brush pollination
Provide quality nutrients every week
Spray neem oil every week.
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i live in mumbai what is the ideal seed sowing period for gourds and cucumber. i use 50-50 compost and cocopeat. and what is bettet one plant in one pot or multiple plants in a single pot . and last question ideal time to grow tomatoes in mumbai. pz reply..
Gourds flourishes in warm to hot climates and Mumbai have no winters so they can be planted year long. Still you can start them by January end and get yield from them till December since they are annual plants.
50 - 50 coco vermi mix is good choice. I hope you are also mixing bone meal, sea weed extract or other organic alternative to take care of plant micro nutrients needs of minerals like zinc, calcium, magnesium etc.
Tomato sowing time is May June and Nov Dec.
Thanks for reply
Thank you ,very informative
Thanks for like and share
Nice video thnks .plz share gd potting soil mix also with coco peat vermiculite.perlite nd vermi compost wd cow dung.
thnks
Thanks for appreciating our efforts.
We do not use perlite or vermicuiite as it makes Soil drain too fast.
In our hot weather condition we will need to water to plant too often. Also frequent out flow of water will remove precious nutrition from pot.
For hot conditions coco peat and vermicompost are excellent mix as they drain well and at the same time Store water in them too resulting in less watering frequency and plant doing well in hot conditions.
Meera Batra 2
Bitter gourds are turning yellow in initial stages. How to cure
What is the day temperature?
It could be heat stress.
Or vegetable fly laying egg in them
Or lack of pollination or nutrition
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Hello
Can you make one more video in Hindi as I wanted share it with my Mom.
Check the karela / bitter gourd playlist. Do not go buy titles. Narration Hindi me hai.
Growing Bitter Gourd in Balcony Kitchen Garden: ua-cam.com/play/PLRI6ySSD3wP25lkRV7MyPXiswt_G86upq.html
My bitter gourds are turning yellow when they are small... what is the reason and solution for it?
Heat stress. If not heat stress it could be vegetable fly larva. Cut open the karela and check for rot and larve.
How to differentiate between male and female flowers and how to hand pollinate these ?
Iske liye ye video dekhe
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When we should cover bitter guard
If you have vegetable fly attack who lau egg inside baby fruit and make it rot.
Cover it as soon as flower gets pollinated and its size starts increasing.
Reply like ya dislike karke channel ko support kijiye.
Thank you Aditiji. Please let me know when to cover the fruits with polythene bags and when to remove them
You should cover the fruit as soon as pollination is done and fruit sizes started increasing.
When fruit has reached its full size you can harvest the fruit and remove the bag.
Mam...how many days it takes for the fruit to reach it's maximum size ..also pls confirm the length of the fruit at harvest time ..
It takes 10 to 15 days from pollination to fruit harvest. The size will range from 4 to 7 inches to even 10 inches depending upon the variety you are growing.
Thk uu for ur video .plz help me I am living in doha according to the weather ,season and about watering can u tell me how to grow vegetables in a pot
+Soumya saji
What are the weather conditions?
Day night temperature. Humidity etc. Are you growing anything at the moment?
Thank u so much for reply.mam temperature is 37 to 44 degree Celsius and humidity is 60 to 80.
+Soumya saji
You can grow all from gourd family, lady finger, Brinjal. Choose a spot which have 4-5 morning sun or have green shade net suitable for your area.
You may need to start seeds indoor and transplant them outdoors when they are 2-3 foot.
Hardening them first before you leave them outdoors for all day.
Buy seeds which are suited to your area.
Thank you mam
Thanks for informative videos but u too missed like others, the suitable time for sowing bitter gourd and other vegetables which is a very vital information for gardening.
We have separate video naming vegetables to grow in 2018 where these information is given. Watch them.
What is the right way of watering potted vegetable plants like eggplant, tomato, karela etc.,
+Manas Manna
Follow 1 inch rule.
Water the plant when soil 1 inch below the surface is dry.
Water them deep till whole root ball is wet. Means when water reaches till bottom of the pot.
But do not over water to prevent water coming out of bottom hole. As it will also wash out valuable nutrients out of soil.
If you find answer useful do not hesitate to like it.
why karela covered with plastic
To save it from rotting
3g cutting is d best solution for more female flowers
Hi Dew ! What's 3g cutting? Thanks.
Thanks ji
side branches means..pls show it clearly
+Pooja Magesh
Branches coming out of main stem
is pruning method applicable to all gourd climbers.
Yes this method apply to all gourds. Cut the main stem at 10 - 12 feet and do not allow any side branch / laterals till 5 leaf height from the base of the plant. Also cut lateral after 12 nod / leaf. And you should thin your plant from time to time especially if you are growing in container.
Shashi n Gautam - Kitchen Gardeners thanks ! just found your channel and subscribed your channel .
Are you going to provide drip irrigation on your site? We are eagerly waiting for the same.
+Sandeep Sharma
We are working on it.
Very soon you will see it on our website.
Shashi n Gautam - Kitchen Gardeners please try to make package flexible. Means purchase in parts instead of complete package. For thoses who have partly installed drip irrigation.
+Sandeep Sharma
Ok sir
why are my male flowers falling off? i am not sure why
Its normal for male to dry and fall off in few days.
Then plz share general soil mix ratio thnks
Meray plant mn flowers nhi a ŕahy....na male...na female((((
Kitne mahine ka plant hai?
nice video
Have u done any video on Turai...ridge gourd
No.
But you can grow it like bottle gourd or bitter gourd.
Thanks. I will try