questions: telling that he wants to cultivate ridge gourd in a land of 1.5 bigha. asking that is there any treatment which can have a beneficial effect on the bitterness of ridge gourd 
 answers: advised mr.das to dip the seeds overnight in a solution @ 4 mili litre of succinic acid per 50 litres of water .the very next morning to separate the seeds from the solution, shade dry and then to go for sowing. also advised that whenever first female flowers are seen,to spray the same suggested solution on the leaves .