Introduction to cultivation techniques and pruning management of herbaceous muskmelon!

Melon is also known as cantaloupe, cantaloupe and so on. Widely cultivated all over China, and also widely cultivated in temperate and tropical regions of the world, it is the earliest melon used as fruit in China. The following introduces the cultivation techniques and pruning management of muskmelon!

1. Cultivation techniques of muskmelon

1. Seed soaking: after selecting a good variety, the seeds can be properly dried in sunny weather, and then screened. Soak the seeds in warm soup with 55 degrees water for 1 minute, then lower the temperature to 25 degrees, then fish them out a little after 6 hours, and then accelerate the germination (the germination temperature is about 28 degrees). When the seeds germinate and show white, sow the seeds.

2. Seedling raising: 65-hole black seedling hole plate can be selected, and the seedling age is about 35 days (the average temperature is above 15 degrees). The seedlings can be planted in the field at the age of 3 to 5 leaves.

3. Planting: transplanting in the first and middle of May, the planting density can be suitable according to the variety, pay attention to water management after transplanting, shorten the slow seedling period as far as possible, and hole watering, which can not only preserve the ground temperature but also provide sufficient slow seedling water. Cover with plastic film to moisturize and increase the ground temperature. Water-retaining agent can also be used when transplanting, which can reduce the number of watering, and can be watered again in the whole growing period.

4. Fertilization: one full application of base fertilizer, ditching 30 cm away from the plant, 50-100 kg potassium sulfate compound fertilizer per mu, or 2-3 square of mature livestock and poultry manure. Or 50-100 kg ternary bio-organic fertilizer, foliar spraying of potassium dihydrogen phosphate and Fengshou No.1 in the middle and later stages can balance vegetative growth and reproductive growth and improve fruit setting rate.

5. Medication: apply 2-4 kg of tianoxijing or phoxim or avermectin per mu with fertilizer to control underground pests, nematode diseases or soil-borne diseases; the prevention of virus diseases should be strengthened in the process of planting and management. foliar spraying of phytopathrin and protective fungicides once every 10 days or so.

6. Watering: usually less watering, seize the critical period such as expanded melon water, at the same time to apply quick-acting compound fertilizer to ensure adequate nutrients of muskmelon, timely watering in case of drought.

7. Management: choose the appropriate way of pruning and pruning according to the characteristics of the variety, such as Xiangmi 900, which does not need pruning and branching, but can grow naturally, while the Sabai series melons need five vines to leave 3 or 4 melons.

8, taboo: muskmelon mostly avoid continuous cropping, watering when the soil is hot, chlorine fertilizer, weeding during flowering period, nitrogen fertilizer, rape stubble planting, planting under big trees. Hope melon farmers pay attention to and refer to planting to ensure a good harvest.

Second, muskmelon pruning and heart-picking management

1. Pruning and heart-picking should be arranged after 10:00 in the morning, the stems and leaves are soft, and unnecessary damage can be avoided during operation. At the same time, when the temperature is higher after 10:00, spraying the healing and anti-corrosion film after picking can quickly form an anticorrosive film, seal the wound and heal quickly. Anti-freezing, anti-virus invasion, anti-rot spread, prevent overwintering pests inhabit and multiply, prevent Rain Water pollution, prevent large wounds from drying and cracking. Smear the sunny side of the tree to prevent sunburn.

2. Pruning should grasp the principle of tightening in front and loosening behind. The core of the main vine must be picked in time, and only a little growing point should be pinched when picking the heart, so as not to affect the number of daughter vines. The rapid extension of the vine must be pruned in time, which is an important link to promote the growth of early sitting melon.

3. Muskmelons planted in the south are generally deep trenches, narrow compartments, high density, small vegetative bodies per plant, 4-5 vine branches, relatively neat and consistent sitting melons, too many melons and insufficient nutrients, which will form poor small marketability of melons. Therefore, it is best to leave 4-5 young melons with good fruit setting nodes and correct fruit shape per plant, and the rest are thinned out. In the young melon stage and expansion stage, Zhuangguantiling is sprayed to thicken the pedicel and increase the flow to promote fruit development and expansion. Improve the absorption of water and fertilizer of muskmelon, improve the yield and quality of fruit.

Finally, to remind the vast number of melon growers, in order to improve the sweetness of melon, in addition to varieties, less use of nitrogen fertilizer, increase the use of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer and organic fertilizer, it is more important to control temperature and water.