questions: asking about guidelines  of growing cucurbits
 
 answers: variety of : sponge gourd _pusa chikni, ridge gourd: pusa nasdar
১.cucurbits should be preferably sown in raised beds.
 2. all cucurbits can be planted in pits of size 60 cm x 60 cm x 45 cm filled with soil, fym and basal dose of fertilizer @ 40-50 g urea, 40-50 g ssp, 80-100 g mop. 
apply malathion 5 % dust at the pit @ 20-50 g