Planting method and management of gourd

Soak seeds to promote sprouting before planting gourd, and then sow seeds. The sowing plots should choose Hirakawa and two depressions with good drainage and fertile soil, and soil preparation should be carried out before planting. After the completion of planting, do a good job in field management, such as weeding, drainage and irrigation, fertilization, vine pollination and pest control.

Field management of gourd

1. Artificial weeding to control diseases and insect pests in time.

two。 When the main vine grows to 50cm or so, it is best to combine irrigation with topdressing urea 100ml 250g per plant. Topdressing should not be too close to the main root to prevent root burning. Do not scatter urea on the leaf surface to prevent leaf burning, and flatten the ridges to prevent grass shortage, and then lay grass on the empty ridges, using rice straw or wheat straw 1kg per square meter.

3. Smooth vines, pinching, branching, artificial pollination

The main results are as follows: (1) there are two main vines in each plant, and the two main vines are both horizontal on the empty compression. The directional soil can be cultivated once to make the melon seedlings tilt downwind and avoid turning the seedlings.

(2) pinching the first-order bifurcation, when it grows to 3 leaves, begin to pinch the tip, watch and pinch off the second-and third-order bifurcation, and the main vine pinches after August.

(3) artificial pollination, usually sweet gourd does not blossom in the morning and rainy days, so it is forked and pinched every morning, and pollination begins at 16:00 in the afternoon, and pollination can be stopped after the office.

(4) keep the driveway in the field, in principle, there are 2 melon ridges on each side of the road to facilitate watering and melon harvesting.

4. Gourd fertilization should be based on organic fertilizer, fertilizer matching must pay attention to the supply of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, especially in the melon period must have enough phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. When watering, as long as five to seven days as a cycle, each watering should be poured on the soil near the gourd root to wait for the gourd to absorb itself.

5. Gourd diseases and insect pests are mainly cotton rot, Fusarium wilt, powdery mildew, downy mildew and red spiders, which should be controlled in advance.

The gourd is flat and sweet, and has a certain detoxification effect. it will be on the market every August or September, and you can go to the vegetable market or supermarket to buy food.