Agriculture department proficient admonished farmers to start cultivation of bitter gourd ‘karela’ from February and complete it by the end of March to get plentiful yield.
Bitter gourd “karela’ though harsh in taste, had a significant position in traditional cuisine and medicine. Karela belongs to the family of cucurbitaceae, like squash and cucumber. There are about 300 varieties found around the globe. Bitter gourd is cultivated as an imperative vegetable crop in many areas of Pakistan.
An orator of agriculture department told that growers should cultivate permitted varieties of bitter gourd as these had better disease confrontation in addition to endow with maximum fabricate. Farmers should use 3.5 or 4 kg seed of Karela for cultivation per acre crop and get in touch with the agriculture department right away, if they need any assistance or guidance in this regard.
Bitter gourd production technology includes climate, soil, land preparation, Time of sowing and seed rate, sowing method, irrigation and at the end harvesting, keeping all these manufacturer terminologies farmers had to start the cultivation from the coming month February to bolster the yield which is the ultimate outcome.