Developing pumpkin and Eggplant landrace in West Bengal, India

Hello everyone, this is Biman here from West Bengal, India. I am a full time professor and part time gardener. Along with few members of my community we are working on developing pumpkin and egg plants.
I started planting 10-12 varieties of pumpkin seeds in a 1500 sqft plot. My strategy was to plant a couple of seeds every other week. Currently, 30 pumpkin plants are growing in this patch, along with other vegetables. I planted 16 eggplants of 4 different varieties 4 months back and 9 new eggplant saplings of 3-4 varieties we planted two weeks back. Right now, the temperature is reaching over 45 degree centigrade. So the plants having a hard time and some have died. There are at least one and half months before monsoon arrives. I will keep you updated about my gardens and other garden soon to started by my community members. Below are some photos that were taken three weeks back when we had a shower.


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