questions: telling that he has cultivated ridge gourd in the back yard of his residence. th e plants have started fruiting but it is bitter in taste. asking the preventive measure for the same. 
 answers: suggested mr. ahmed to spray succinic acid on the leaves @ 4 milli litre per 50 litres of water. also suggested that whenever he goes for next cultivation, to dip the seeds overnight in the same suugested solution. the very next morning he can go for planting of the seeds.