Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Preparation of land and Spacing

Preparation of land
The field is ploughed four or five times and bring the soil to a fine tilth.

Spacing
In summer season, pits of size 45 x 45 x 45cm can be dug at a spacing of 1 x lm. The pit can be filled with a mixture of farmyard manure (20-25 tonnes/ha) and top soil. In rainy season raised beds or mounds are made to facilitate drainage. In river beds of North India, summer squash is a direct sown crop and sown in trenches.