A medium-early large-top bitter gourd variety with thick flesh. Fruit is approximately 15 cm long and 10 cm wide at the shoulder, with individual fruit weights reported above 500 g. Harvest timing varies by season and growing conditions.
Leigong Dading Bitter Gourd
A medium-early large-top bitter gourd variety with thick flesh. Fruit is approximately 15 cm long and 10 cm wide at the shoulder, with individual fruit weights reported above 500 g. Harvest timing varies by season and growing conditions.
Description
Variety overview
Leigong Dading is a medium-early large-top bitter gourd variety.
Fruit and plant characteristics
- Fruit approximately 15 cm long and 10 cm wide at the shoulder.
- Individual fruit weights reported above 500 g.
- Thick flesh and fruit described as resistant to deformation.
- Well-branched plants with strong fruit-setting ability.
Harvest and performance
The catalogue gives approximately 75–80 days from transplanting to harvest in spring and around 45 days in autumn. It reports a yield of approximately 3,800 kg per mu under its reference conditions; this is not a guaranteed yield.
The existing variety information reports resistance to powdery mildew, bacterial wilt and viral diseases, without specifying pathogen strains or resistance levels. Resistance does not mean immunity.
Sowing and management
For Guangzhou, reference sowing periods are January–March for spring planting and July–August for autumn planting. Maintain appropriate irrigation and nutrition, including supplementary feeding during the middle and later growth stages. Adjust schedules to local climate and growing conditions.
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