Planting technique of ginger stalk melon

Ginger handle melon is a kind of melon planted in Yunnan. It is deeply loved by people because of its good disease resistance and moderate sweetness. What are the planting techniques of ginger handle melon?

1. Plot selection and soil preparation: it is more suitable to choose sandy loam soil with deep soil, low groundwater level and high organic matter content. The land requires deep ploughing of more than 30 centimeters, 3000 kilograms of base fertilizer per mu, and ditch or hole application of base fertilizer.

2. Sowing and raising seedlings: early-maturing melons are mostly adopted to raise seedlings and transplant, sow in late February, raise seedlings in a small arch shed, plant in late March, and be covered with plastic film. It can also be broadcast live, water thoroughly at one time, cover the small arch shed, and remove the small arch shed when 2-3 true leaves appear.

3. Planting: the width of creeping planting border is 2-2.3 meters, the width of support planting border is 1.3-1.6 meters, each border is 2 rows of transplanting or direct seeding, and the plant spacing is 50-60 cm.

4. Field management:

(1) Water and fertilizer requirements: after planting survival or seedling emergence, about 700 kg of clear dung water should be applied per mu. After fruit setting, human and animal manure water should be applied again, and after each melon harvest, manure water or urea should be applied once to prevent de-fertilizing in the full fruit period. The soil should be watered in time when it is dry to keep the soil moist.

(2) Intermediate ploughing and weeding: when there are weeds, intertillage should be carried out in time to remove weeds and combine weeding to cultivate the soil.

(3) pruning the heart of the vine: the main vine is the main vine in early maturing melon and bracket planting, and the lateral vine should be removed in time. Climbing sweet potato can leave 2-3 side vines per plant, which should be often introduced and pressed.

(4) Prevention and control of diseases and insect pests: mainly control powdery mildew. At the initial stage of the disease, pesticides such as trimethoprim or chlorothalonil can be used to control.

5. Harvest: ginger stalk melon is often used as tender melon harvest market, female flowers bloom for 15-20 days to pick tender melon.

Generally speaking, ginger melon is very easy to grow, as long as you select the land, sow the seeds in the soil and let them germinate, transplant them to the field after germination, and do a good job in water and fertilizer, pest control, and so on.