# Developing pumpkin and Eggplant landrace in West Bengal, India

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**Category:** Farmer Projects 2024\
**Created:** [April 27, 2024, 9:45am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/developing-pumpkin-and-eggplant-landrace-in-west-bengal-india/2429 "2024-04-27T09:45:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![bimanr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/bimanr/32/540_2.png) [@bimanr](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/bimanr)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 9:45am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/developing-pumpkin-and-eggplant-landrace-in-west-bengal-india/2429/1 "2024-04-27T09:45:45Z")

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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.

 ![IMG_8320](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/2X/a/a3c41e8009ed21540c7f504676b9962176ad8827.jpeg)  
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