How many months does the gourd bloom?

Gourd is also known as Garbezhe cloth (Tibetan name), gourd shell, gourd, kettle, calabash, it is edible, can be used as medicine, can make handicrafts. Do you know when the gourd blossoms? What are the planting methods?

When does the gourd blossom?

The gourd generally blossoms from June to July in summer, its monoecious, female and male flowers are solitary. Female pedicel slightly shorter or subequal than petiole; male pedicel slender, slightly longer than petiole.

What are the planting methods of gourd?

1. Land selection and preparation

Choose Pingchuan and two depressions with good drainage and fertile soil, top pulp and ridge in early spring to suppress and preserve soil moisture in time. The planting ridges are long-mouth ridges with a width of 90-130cm, and 8 empty ridges in the middle are also beneficial to weeding.

two。 Seed selection and budding

Choose robust, pest-free and suitable local varieties, soak the seeds in 55 degrees water for 15 minutes, then 30 degrees water for 24 hours. Put it on warm water for seven days (without contact) and plant when the tip is split.

3. Sowing and raising seedlings

Under the seedbed pad 8-10cm horse dung or crushed grass, covered with a layer of soil, tread firmly, tread flat. At the same time, disinfect with 70% dexamethasone wettable powder, 0.3-0.6 g per square meter, and buckle the shed at the same time. After sowing the seeds, buckle the shed on the seedbed. The sowing time is April 5-10.

4. Field management

After the seeds emerge, we need to transplant them properly according to the growth of the seedlings. Topdressing the gourd needs to be carried out with ploughing and weeding, and it should be carried out with watering when the main vine of the gourd grows to 50 centimeters. Urea can be used as fertilizer, and attention should be paid to the location of topdressing when topdressing. Also need to control the growth of the plant, each vine to retain 1 or 2 main vines, and then a directional cultivation of the soil. Finally, observe the growth of the plant, and do a good job of pinching, coring and artificial pollination.

Gourd can be harvested gradually in early August, of course, according to the use of different to determine the harvest time.