How to plant melon seeds? do you want to soak them when you plant them?

Melon seed is a very common food in our life, it has many kinds, and its tastes are different. Many people like to eat guazi, which is often used as a snack for people to watch TV, play with the computer and entertain at parties. And melon seeds are rich in nutrition, regular consumption has certain benefits to the human body. We might as well learn about its planting method together.

How to plant melon seeds

1. Replenish inter-seedling seedlings

The survival rate of sunflower seedling transplanting with soil is as high as 90%. Replanting should be early should be 1-2 pairs of true leaves, when the seedling height is not more than 15-20 cm, according to the row spacing to determine the seedling, one for each hole.

2. Ploughing and weeding

It is generally ploughed three times. The first time hand hoe thinning seedling weeding, the second weeding combined with fixed seedling ploughing, seedling height of 50-60 cm to cultivate soil to prevent toppling. The herbicide "fluralin" has a good effect on narrow-leaf weeds, with 300 grams per mu plus 20 kilograms of water, sprayed 10 days before sowing, raked into the soil layer of 10 centimeters, free from seedling damage; 50% of the herbicide has a good effect on broadleaf weeds, 200 grams per mu with 20 kilograms of water, spraying within 3 days after sowing, killing sprouting weeds and so on. Control the length of the branch.

7-8 has a good effect on the application of nitrogen and potassium fertilizer to true leaves by using early forking to control infinite long forks. Fields that are not fertilized with base fertilizer when sowing must be fertilized early. For the first time, 12-15 kg ammonium nitrate or 25 kg ammonium bicarbonate or 8 kg urea plus 15 kg potassium chloride were applied.

3. Auxiliary pollination

Sunflower self-pollination can not bear fruit, artificial pollination or insect cross-pollination can bear fruit. Artificial pollination is to use soft cotton as a powder puff to help the pollen of different disk spread to each other on the disk. It is pollinated from 8 am to 10:00 (morning dew is not dry) and 3 pm at full bloom. Release bees for pollination. When there is no strong wind or rain, release bees to pollinate. During the fruiting period, fertilizer and water should be supplied reasonably, potassium should be increased and phosphorus should be applied.

Do you want to soak melon seeds when you plant them?

The seeds do not need to be soaked in advance, and the seeds can be placed horizontally (horizontally) in the soil. When the seeds germinate, the radicle will go down automatically, and the buds will move up naturally.

What are the common kinds of melon seeds

1. Sunflower seeds: the fruit of a sunflower that can be used for food and oil. Sunflower seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and trace elements, which are delicious and are usually used as a source of leisure snacks and edible oil. they can reduce blood lipids and deworming.

2. Wax gourd seeds: the seeds of wax gourd, also known as wax gourd kernel winter, melon seeds are cool and taste sweet. It has the effect of clearing lung and resolving phlegm, relieving pain and expelling pus, promoting dampness, traditional Chinese medicine is used to treat phlegm-heat cough, lung carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle, white turbid, lower band, edema, beriberi and so on. Wax gourd seeds have good health care and anti-aging effects.

3. Watermelon seeds: watermelon seeds can clear the lung meridian, have the effect of expelling phlegm and relieving cough, and have a good auxiliary effect on cough, phlegm and hemoptysis.

4. Pumpkin seed: the seed of pumpkin, an annual vine of Cucurbitaceae. It has the effect of tonifying qi, relieving inflammation and relieving pain, detoxifying and killing insects, reducing blood sugar and relieving thirst; it mainly treats chronic diseases such as deficiency of qi, weakness of spleen and stomach, shortness of breath and tiredness, loose stools, diabetes, roundworm and so on.

Pine nuts: the seeds of pine trees. Pine nuts contain fat, protein, carbohydrates and so on. Pine nut is not only an important traditional Chinese medicine, long-term food to strengthen the body and mind, moisturize the skin, prolong life, but also has a high dietary value.

6. Melon seeds: contain a lot of carbohydrates, water, citric acid, etc., and plenty of water, which can relieve summer heat, relieve thirst, eliminate annoyance, and replenish the energy and nutrients needed by the human body.

What if the melon seeds are damp?

1. Microwave heating

Heating in the microwave oven can give off the water absorbed by the melon seeds.

Methods: spread the melon seeds flat on a plate and place them in the microwave oven for 3-4 minutes. Be careful that the fire is not too big, otherwise the melon seeds are easy to burn.

2. Freeze drying

Melon seeds are placed in the freezer at-18 degrees Celsius, which can absorb moisture from damp melon seeds and make them dry and crisp.

Method: put the unfinished melon seeds on a plate and put them in the frozen layer of the refrigerator and take them out after 12 hours. Melon seeds restore crisp taste, just like fresh melon seeds.

3. Heat up the wok

Heating melon seeds in a frying pan can also make them dry and crisp.

Method: pour the damp melon seeds into the frying pan and stir over low heat until the melon seeds become crisp.

This is the end of the planting skills of melon seeds. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. There are many kinds of melon seeds, although they have their own characteristics, but the planting aspects are more or less the same. In addition, melon seeds as a snack is a high-calorie food, should not eat too much.