Bitter Gourd - BG 4710

This is an early variety with the attractive curd skin. Plant is high productivity of good fruit setting, glossy dark green flesh. Fruit has small shiny fresh green color curds, 600-700 grams in weight, 7×30 cm in size, tender and mild bitter taste. It can be harvested in 65-70 days from sowing.

 

Strada

Philippine type An early, fast-growing variety, dark green color, long, round end fruit with attractive ribbed, stripes. Flesh is of mild bitterness. Highly tolerant to disease About 34 cm long, 6.5 cm in width weight 440 g. Fruit maturity reached in 55-60 days.

 

GOURD FACTS: Gourd seeds should be planted in a warm, sunny location as soon in the spring as danger from frost has passed, for they require a long growing season to mature fruit andare killed by the first frost of autumn. Well-drained, fertile soil and a trellis, fence, or wall to provide support for the vines aid in the development of well-shaped, unblemished fruits.