How to plant the seeds of mangy melons?

Mangy melon is usually called balsam pear, which is a kind of vegetable that is often eaten, so how to grow the seeds of mangy melon?

I. growth habits of mangy melons

Balsam pear (balsam pear) is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae and balsam pear with bitter taste. It is mainly distributed in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions. It is native to East India and is now cultivated all over China.

Balsam pear originated in the tropics, requires high temperature, heat-resistant but not cold-resistant, but through long-term cultivation and selection, strong adaptability, 10-35 ℃ can adapt.

Balsam pear likes to be wet and afraid of rain and waterlogging, requiring 70-80% relative air temperature and soil relative humidity during the growth period.

Balsam pear is a short-day crop, light is not tolerant to shade. Spring sowing balsam pear, often encounter low temperature, overcast and rain, lack of light, so that the seedlings grow only, the leaves are yellow, the stems are thin and weak, and the flowering and fruiting period needs strong light.

Second, how to plant the seeds of mangy melons

The seeds were scalded in hot water about 55 ℃. The temperature dropped to 30 ℃ and soaked for 12 hours. Then open a small crack in the seeds, soak them for about 8 hours, and then accelerate the germination, then raise the seedlings in the greenhouse, and then plant them after the seedlings are finished.

Among them, the soil, peat, vermiculite and human feces that have not been planted with melons can be mixed according to 1-1-1-1-1-0. 5, and 1000 grams of diammonium phosphate per cubic meter can be sifted and mixed to form nutritious soil.

The day before sowing, put the nutrient soil into a 10 cm × 10 cm nutrition bowl (or seedling bed) and pour it thoroughly. The next day, spray the nutritious soil with water, sprinkle a thin layer of fine soil and sow the seeds.

The seeds are covered with a small mound about 1.5 cm thick. And then spread a layer of fine soil over and over again. The seeds are usually sown at the end of March and the beginning of April in Beijing, and the seedlings are 30-35 days old. It was planted in the open field after the final frost in early May.