Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Climate

• It bears excellent crop during summer and the rainy season when the climate is warm. It can also tolerate cold during winter months, producing few fruits. For best growth, it needs a warm and moist-climate.
• In northern parts of India due to severe cold the plants go under rest and as such produce fruits only once in a year but in the places were mild winter is prevalent like in southern India, the plants remain in vegetative phase and thus produce fruits in 2-3 flushes. However, there are two fruit peaks, i.e. in summer and rainy seasons.