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hello, I have saved some fresh bitter gourd seeds from the gourd itself and want to plant them. Does anyone have experience planting fresh seeds - can i sow them in a pot instead of buying seeds from the market.
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Bitter Gourd is one of the most popular vegetables in China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, India and the Philippines. Bitter Gourd, also called Bitter Melon, has an acquired taste. The plant is grown mainly for the immature fruits although the young leaves and tips are edible.
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www.evergreenseeds.com/bitgourbitme.html
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Bitter melon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Momordica charantia is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown for edible fruit, which is among the most bitter of all vegetables. English names for the plant and ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_melon
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Gourd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A gourd is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae, or a name given to the hollow, dried shell of a fruit in the Cucurbitaceae family of plants of the genus Lagenaria. It is in the same family as the pu...
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The juice of fresh leaves of bitter gourd is valuable in piles. Three teaspoonfuls of leaf juice mixed with a glassful of buttermilk should be taken every morning for about a month in this condition. A paste of the roots of bitter gourd plant can also be applied over piles with beneficial results.
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flavoursofindia.tripod.com/bittergourd.html
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Bitter gourd is monoecious, in other words, male and female flowers are borne separately on the same plant (Fig. 8). The male flowers normally exceed the females by about 25:1. Long days cause male flowers to bloom up to two weeks before female flowers, while short days have the opposite effect.
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www.avrdc.org/LC/cucurbits/bittergourd.pdf
www.avrdc.org/LC/cucurbits/bittergourd.pdf
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Plant protection ... For controlling pests of bitter gourd, go for mechanical and biological control methods. Chemical control of insect pests should be done only when significant damage occurs. Avoid pesticides that kill or inhibit the development of beneficial organisms especially the pollinators.
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www.vuatkerala.org/static/eng/advisory/agri/vegetables/...
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March 8th, 2009 | Tags: +bitter+gourd+grow, . bitter melon vegetable plant, backyad bitter melon growing, benefits of bitter melon, Bitter Gourd, bitter gourd curry, bitter gourd diabetes, bitter gourd growing, bitter gourd plant, bitter gourd plant grow, bitter gourd planting, bitter gourd tea, bitter gourd trellis,
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yourhomegardenblog.com/vegetable-gardening/how-to-grow-...
yourhomegardenblog.com/vegetable-gardening/how-to-grow-exotic-and-delicious-bitter-melons-on-your-backyard
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1: Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 2005 Sep;60(3):109 ... Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia), a commonly consumed vegetable is used as an adjunct in the management of diabetes mellitus. A study was carried out to examine the effect of edible portion of bitter gourd at 10% level in the diet in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16187012
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