Ivy Gourd

Ivy Gourd Care

Coccinia Grandis

What is the plant

Ivy gourd is an aggressive climbing plant that can quickly spread over trees and shrubs. It is an annual plant, with ribbed thin stem and lateral tendrils. Leaves are smaller than the vegetable type, simple, smooth and toothed with round hairy petioles. Male and female flowers are large, yellow, solitary and axillary.

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Full Sun

Hardiness zone

8 - 11

Difficulty

Easy

Hibernation

Cold Period

Invasive

Weed

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Water lightly at 4-5 day interval during seedling and growing stage. Restrict the irrigation one week before flowering. The plants should be irrigated during hot weather and care should be taken to keep the root zone sufficiently moist.
Pruning
Ivy gourd overgrows and can turn invasive if left unchecked. So, it’s important that you prune off the stems that are growing out of limit. Make sure that the pruning shear is sharp and well-oiled. After pruning dispose of the fallen stems, or they might root.Once the plant has stopped producing after the fruiting season, you can prune it off, leaving only 2-3 feet of thick bottom stem left. The fresh growth will start from it again.
Fertilizer
Liberal application of farmyard manure along with 70 g nitrogen and 25 g each of phosphorus and potash per pot would prove to be rewarding. Fertilizer application should be followed by loosening up the soil. Make sure that watering is done immediately after fertilizer application. If the growth of the plant is weak, vegetable mixture (7:10:5) can be applied at frequent intervals.

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Sunlight
The plant needs to be grown in full sun.
Soil
The plant prefers sandy, loamy and clay soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and alkaline soils.
Temperature
If you’re growing ivy gourd from seeds in a cool climate, do this in spring and summer, when the weather is warm. The ideal germination temperature is between 60-80 F (15-27 C).

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Additional
The leaves are used in diabetic treatment as an ayurvedic medicine.
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