Causes and control methods of pumpkin heart rot: it is very important to choose the right variety!

We usually eat more pumpkins, now there will be pumpkins planted all the year round, no matter which method is very delicious. At present, the market demand is still relatively large, although there are more and more growers, the really good varieties are still more popular in the market. Pumpkin in addition to our daily way of eating, its seeds and pumpkin vines have many functions, the whole body is covered with treasures. Now many friends who grow pumpkins will encounter a problem, often have a broken heart phenomenon. So do you know the causes and prevention methods of pumpkin heart breakage? Let's have a look together!

Causes and control methods of heart rot in pumpkin

1. Variety reasons

Now it is very convenient to grow pumpkins, and there are more and more varieties to choose from, but people often overlook the problem that some varieties are not widely cultivated in every region, which is the main reason why pumpkins are heartbroken.

Control methods: choose varieties with strong growth, disease resistance and strong resistance in line with the local environment, such as honey pumpkin, yellow wolf pumpkin and grinding plate pumpkin, these three varieties are outstanding pumpkins, they are adaptable and can grow in a variety of environments. and disease resistance, stress resistance, but also heat resistance.

2. Improper management

Pumpkin is a temperature-loving short-day plant, which has strong drought tolerance, but waterlogging is avoided. If it is exposed to violent sunlight for a long time in the process of planting, or improper watering or rainy days, resulting in excessive soil water accumulation, resulting in hardening, poor permeability, excessive water absorption of roots, resulting in the increase of pumpkin water content, and then the soil accepts strong light, the phenomenon of rotten heart and rotten fruit is likely to occur.

Prevention and control methods: when pumpkin enters the fruit expansion period, humidity and light should be strictly controlled, ventilation should be timely after watering, air humidity should be reduced, and drainage should be carried out in time after rainy days. In daily life, we should pay more attention to field management, go to the field in time, remove weeds quickly, and maintain a good growth environment, so that nutrients can be given to pumpkin roots through soil loosening.

3. Diseases and insect pests

When planting, many diseases will cause pumpkin rotten heart, rotten fruit phenomenon, such as blight, virus disease, anthrax and other diseases will cause pumpkin rotten heart, rotten fruit.

Prevention and treatment: seed dressing with new high-fat membrane before planting can eliminate the germs carried on the seed surface, turn the soil deep into the sun, and eliminate the bacteria in the soil, so that the bacteria can be isolated from the source. Reasonable close planting during planting, topdressing phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, improving plant disease resistance, timely observation, disease detection and timely treatment with chemicals.

With regard to the causes and prevention and control methods of pumpkin heartbreak, this is the end of today's Tuliu.com. Now there are more pumpkin growers. When you buy seeds, remember to compare the varieties and don't buy unsuitable ones.