How to grow pumpkin

Pu melon is a kind of plant, which belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae. It is usually divided into big gourd and small gourd. The former can be eaten fresh, while the latter is purely ornamental. So how do you grow pumpkins?

How to grow pumpkin?

1. Cultivate strong seedlings

The protective cultivation in the Yangtze River basin, such as solar greenhouse and greenhouse, can sow seeds from late December to early January, raise seedlings with electric hotbed and plastic nutrition bowl, and raise seedlings with greenhouse or small arch shed from late February to early March in early spring. Autumn cultivation can be sowed in the first and middle of August, and the seedlings can be raised under shade. During the whole seedling stage, the temperature and moisture should be well controlled to prevent the seedlings from overgrowing and cultivate strong seedlings.

two。 Soil preparation and fertilization

Base fertilizer requires loose and fertile soil, rich in humus, strong water and fertility conservation, and good drainage and irrigation. The land should be turned over deeply, combined with land preparation and bedding, and sufficient basic fertilizer should be applied at one time. Generally 667 years old applied rotten pig manure 1500kg, human feces and urine 500kg, superphosphate 25kg, imported compound fertilizer 100kg.

3. Timely colonization of pumpkin

When the seedlings have 2-3 true leaves, they can be planted. As the temperature is low in early spring, the cold tail and warm weather should be planted in the sunny afternoon. The width of the border is 1.33m and each border is planted with 2 rows. The row spacing of protected field and open field were 2 500 and 2 700 plants per 667m, 50 × 60cm and 1600-1900 plants, respectively.