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SOWING GUIDE CROP DAYS TO MATURITY PLANT SPACING (cm) PLANTS/HA X1000 AVERAGE SEED PER GRAM SEED REQUIREMENT (Kg/Ha) COMMON PESTS COMMON DISEASES WARM COOL IN ROW BETWEEN Garden Beans 55 65 7 50 285 4-5 75 Bollworm Rust Anthracnose Halo Blight Beetroot 80 110 10 20 450 50-60 8 Aphids Cercospora Rhizoctonia Broccoli 70 90 40 70 36 225 0.2 Diamondback Moth Aphids Black Rot White Blister Butternut 90 120 50 100 20 8-10 3 Fruit Fly Gummy Stem Blight Anthracnose Cabbage 80 110 40 50 30 300 0.2 Diamondback Moth Aphids Black Rot Club-root Sclerotinia Carrot 90 120 3 15 1100 800 2 Nematodes Alternaria 85 110 40 70 36 240 0.2 Diamondback Moth Aphids Black Rot Club-root Cucumber Field 60 85 40 150 16 40 16 000 Seeds Red Spidermite Aphids Fusarium Powdery Mildew Downy Mildew Cucumber Tunnel 65 85 45 150 16 40 3 per m Red Spidermite Aphids Fusarium Powdery Mildew Downy Mildew Eggplant 75 90 50 75 27 220 0.15 Thrips Aphids Powdery Mildew Gem Squash Semi- bush 50 70 35 150 18-22 10-12 4 Pumpkin Fly Powdery Mildew Gem Squash Vine 55 80 50 150 14 10-12 2 Aphids Virus Diseases Hubbard Squash 110 130 100 150 7 6 1.5 Pumpkin Fly Aphids Powdery Mildew Lettuce 50 70 30 60 55 800-1000 0.05-0.07 Aphids Leafminer Powdery Mildew Bacterial Rot Marrows 35 55 40 150 18 8-10 2.5 Fruit Fly Virus Diseases Powdery Mildew Melon 85 100 40 150 16 20 1 Fruit Fly Anthracnose Fusarium Root Rot Onions 170 190 8 20 850-1000 250 3.5 Thrips White Bulb Rot Pink Root Rot Alternaria Peppers 70 85 40 150 30-35 150 0.25 Aphids Thrips Virus Diseases Phytophthora Root Rot Pumpkin Semi-bush 90 120 80 180 8 4 2 Pumpkin Fly Cutworm Powdery Mildew Fruit Rots Pumpkin Vine 120 140 100 180 5 4 1.5 Pumpkin Fly Cutworm Powdery Mildew Fruit Rots Sweet corn 75 100 20 90 55 8 8 Stalk Borer Bollworm Rust NCLB Swiss chard 60 75 20 45 200 60 4-6 Aphids Cercospora Tomato 80 100 40 150 16 250 0.1 Bollworm Blight Bacterial Wilt Viruses Watermelon 80 90 50 180 6 20 0.3 Nematodes Fruit Fly Gummy Stem Blight Anthracnose