What about the gourd worm?

Gourd is a climbing vine plant, summer and autumn white flowers, hermaphroditic, gourd vine up to 15 meters long, fruit can range from 10 centimeters to one meter, the heaviest up to a kilogram. What if the gourd is infested?

What about gourd worms?

If the gourd is bitten by a bug, some insecticides can be sprayed into the hole, or the gourd can be frozen in the refrigerator or freezer for 24 hours.

Second, the main varieties of gourd

1. Bottle gourd flat cattail

The difference between bottle gourd flat cattail and gourd (original variety) is that the ovary is cylindrical; the fruit is cylindrical, straight or slightly arched, up to 60-80 cm long, green and white, and the flesh is white. It is cultivated all over the country and widely cultivated in the Yangtze River Basin. The fruit is soft and juicy when it is tender and can be used as a vegetable.

two。 Small gourd

The difference between small gourd and gourd (original variety) is that the plant is more fruiting, although the fruit shape is similar to gourd, but smaller, only about 10 cm long. There is more cultivation in our country.

Small gourd fruit medicinal, mature shell Lignification, can be used as children's toys. Seed oil can make soap.

3. Bottle gourd

The main difference between bottle gourd and gourd (original variety) is that the gourd is oblate with a diameter of about 30 cm. Cultivated everywhere.

The fruit of bottle gourd can be made into ladles and containers; many ethnic minorities in ancient and modern times are also used as musical instruments, a kind of "eight tones", and the southwest ethnic minorities are used as gourd Sheng or cucurbit silk with beautiful tone.

The gourd likes a warm, sheltered environment and needs a lot of places to grow. The seedlings are afraid of the cold. The fresh gourd skin is light green and the flesh is white. The fruit is also known as gourd and can be harvested and eaten as a vegetable when it is not ripe.