Sowing months
Mar, Jun–Jul
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Generously, daily in fruit
Mature size
Vine 4–6 m
First harvest
Sixty to seventy days
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Where it grows
ground, terrace
Good for
food
Sow in
monsoon, summer
Care
Hand-pollinate at dawn if you see flowers but no fruit.
A monsoon climber that will roof a terrace in eight weeks if you give it a frame.
Growing it
Hand-pollinate at dawn if you see flowers but no fruit.
What it is for
Lauki sabzi, kofta; the vine shades a hot terrace slab beautifully.