How to grow gourd seeds?

Ladygourd is the fruit of plant gourd, the fruit is bigger than gourd, so how to grow ladle gourd seed?

1. Growth habits of ladygourd

Ladygourd is an annual herb of the family Cucurbitaceae and Cucurbita, also known as Hulu, bottle gourd, gourd, ladle melon and so on. When the fruit is ripe, the shell is cut in half and the pulp is removed to become a ladle.

The root system of color gourd is developed, and the soil is deep, and the main root groups are distributed in the soil layer of 20 cm-40 cm, so the loam with deep soil layer, fertile soil, strong ability to preserve fertilizer and water and easy drainage should be selected for planting.

Before sowing, it is also necessary to apply base fertilizer, generally 4000 kg-5000 kg of rotten high-quality ring fertilizer per mu.

Second, how to grow gourd seeds?

Choose plump and healthy ladygourd seeds, stir in hot water about 60 ℃, soak for about 12 hours when the water temperature drops to 30 ℃, soak for about 12 hours, sow seeds in sunny and windless weather, pour enough water on the seedling bed before sowing, water again after sowing, and plant after a period of time.

After planting, when the seedling grows to 25 cm, it is generally not watered during flowering to promote its smooth fruit setting, and after fruit setting, it can be fertilized and watered in time. After that, the gourd can be properly watered during the fruiting growth period. When the water is insufficient, the gourd does not grow well and the soil moisture is too large. Drainage is timely after the rainstorm to prevent stagnant water.

During the whole growth period, the seedlings, before and after fruit setting should be ploughed and weeded at least three times, requiring deep ploughing, fine ploughing and thorough ploughing to promote root growth, and should be timely inserted into a well or herringbone frame before the plant is thrown off the vine, and the vine should be put on the shelf. when the main vine grows to about 2 meters, the side vine should be peeled, and the side vine should be left with 2 leaves after seeing the fruit, and the plant should be tied up in time. When binding the vine, the ineffective side branches and withered old leaves can be cut off to improve the internal ventilation and light transmission conditions of the plant.