A field experiment was conducted at Water and Land Management Institute, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad during summer and kharif seasons of 2002-03 and 2003-04 respectively to study the  influence of  fertilizer levels and trailing methods on growth and seed yield of ridgegourd (Luffa acutangula L.Roxb).   The results revealed that telephone method of trailing with higher dose of fertilizers (100:100:100 kg NPK per ha) recorded significantly more vine length, number of leaves dry matter, higher fruit and seed yield compared to other levels of fertilizer with farmers method (without trailing).