Question: asking about the cultural practices of ridge gourd
Answer: advised him to prepare the land properly and to make pit (bheti)at a spacing  of 4 feet and select suitable varieties like pusa nasdar,surekha pusa chikni etc. and to aplly fertilizers @ urea 50 gm., ssp 50 gm. , mop 80 gm alongwith compost 4-5 kg per pit (bheti).