The planting method of Sheep Horn Melon

Sheep horn honeydew melon is planted by sowing and grafting. First of all, the varieties with quality should be selected, then the seeds should be sown in the first ten days of November, and the seedlings should be grafted in January of the following year. After the seedling is finished, it is planted on the land where the soil preparation and fertilization has been carried out beforehand. Wait for the seedling to grow to about 10 cm and water it once, which can be carried out with fertilization. Finally, we can do a good job in field management.

Attention to the planting management of sheep horn melon:

1. Soil preparation and fertilization

It is necessary to prepare the soil and apply sufficient base fertilizer before planting. Generally, 3000 kg of farm manure should be applied to one mu of land for ridging cultivation. Generally, about 1800 melon seedlings are cultivated in an acre of land, and they choose to be planted in sunny days.

two。 Water and fertilizer management

After planting sheep horn melon, we should pay attention to control water and fertilizer and cover with plastic film at night. In the growing period, we should pay attention to replenishing nutrition in time. In the peak melon period, we should apply potassium nitrate compound fertilizer 5kg per mu every 5-7 days to water once, watering 8~9m3 per mu every time, and stop watering and topdressing 7-10 days before harvest.

3. Vine management

Hang the vine when the main vine is 30 cm long, pick the heart when the leaves are about 22, select the remaining vine as the fruit vine at the 16th to 19th leaves, leave 1 leaf to pick the heart after fruit sitting, leave 3 melons per plant, and remove all the lower vines with 16 leaves. In the cotyledon of the 20th leaf, two stubble melons were selected and 3 melons were left in each plant.

After the second stubble melon was harvested, the seedlings were pulled out every other plant, leaving about 1100 plants per mu. Leave 2-3 seed vines at the top of the remaining plants, leave 80cm to pick the heart, and Sun Meng leave melons at will.

4. Pest control

Remove diseased leaves and fruits in time, remove diseased plants, take them out of the field and bury them or destroy them, so as to reduce the spread of diseases and insect pests. Strengthen the prediction and forecast of diseases and insect pests and grasp the symptomatic use of drugs at the initial stage of the occurrence of diseases and insect pests.

Sheep's horn honeydew melon is a kind of early and medium-ripe vegetable, which is rich in protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and so on.