In the early season it is sold at about US$ 2 per kg, at peak season at about US$1 per kg. Slippery gourds fetch a good price in the market. The plant also does well when cultivated in plastic greenhouses during winter months. The first fruits can be harvested in about 4. In kitchen gardens the plant is allowed to creep on fences. The plants are spaced at 1 by 1 meters and staked after the first leaves have appeared. Dr Thimmaiah describes the plant as a vigorous annual climber, which grows up to 5- 7 meters length. Cyclanthera pedata, locally known by its Quechua names kaywa ABONAMIENTO Y P y K con el primer cambio de surco o Cultivo De Caigua Pdf. MANUAL PRACTICAS AGROECOLOGICAS DE GVG TLAXCALA.pdf.Ĭaigua (Cyclanthera pedata, Curcubitaceae).

It is now grown all over Bhutan, in kitchen gardens and for commercial purposes, at considerable altitude, particularly in the regions of Punaka (altitude 1.Įs escasa la informaci. Elderly informants in Bhutan remember this crop being cultivated by their forbears so it can’t be a recent introduction. There is now much hype surrounding the supposedly “pharmacological effects” from swallowing capsules containing a flour made from the dried fruits, but we derive much greater pleasure from eating a well cooked “pepino de rellenar”, or caigua or achojcha as the fruit is known in mountainous areas of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Stuffed cucumbers are a delicacy, and if you have travelled in the Andes, you may have come across something even better, namely a dish made from the fruits of Cyclanthera pedata – also a cucurbit – which grow a big cavity wanting to be filled with other food stuffs as if to prove “intelligent design”. QUINTAIS IMORTAIS: Caigua (Cyclanthera pedata, Curcubitaceae). Teodoro Medina, se ha implementado por primera vez el cultivo de ch La caigua o caihua (del quechua qaywa) es una hortaliza de la familia de las cucurbit. En el distrito de Capiibary, departamento de San Pedro, comunidad San Blas, en la propiedad del Sr. La variedad silvestre.Ĭuenta de nuestro acercamiento, como familia como “Unidad productiva”, al cultivo de caigua, zapallo, pepinillo, lechuga, col china, tomate. Jugo de Conserva esta siendo exportado a Europa. Que se fomenta el cultivo de alimentos para beb.

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