Is the planting method of potted small gourd so simple? Plant it quickly!

The homonym of gourd is "Fu Lu", which is one of the oldest mascots of the Chinese nation. Small gourd as a kind of ornamental gourd is cultivated in China. The fruit of small gourd is used medicinally. The shell is woody after maturity and can be used as children's toys. Seed oil can be used to make soap. Now let's learn about the planting method of potted small gourd.

1. Accelerating budding

It is better to sow gourd before and after Grain Rain, but the climate is different in different places, so it can be in advance or wrong. Before sowing, choose the seeds with full grains and no mildew to sprout first. Why the gourd bud rate is so low is because the gourd seed skin is hard, we should pay attention to sprouting skills.

First, when sowing, if you use pliers or nail Clippers to cut the seed tip into a small gap, it is easier to germinate, be careful not to destroy the inside, only destroy the shell. To make it break naturally.

Second, soak the seeds in 30 degrees water for 8 to 12 hours, first wrap the seeds in a coarse cloth like a wet towel, and then the temperature is between 25 and 30 degrees. (electric blanket, quilt can be used), gourd seeds generally germinate in 7-10 days, and when the buds grow to about 0.5~1cm, they are transferred to the nursery bed and cultured on the soil.

Third, choose soft soil, conditional friends or beginners had better use seedling blocks, put the seeds flat, cultivate 1cm soil, (when using seedling blocks, soak the seedling blocks first, do not have stagnant water in the nursery box, then poke a hole, put the germinated gourd seeds in, and then cover them). Water it. Leave it in the shade for half a day, cover it with a newspaper to protect it from the sun and rain, and keep the soil moist until the seeds germinate.

2. Cultivation methods.

Small gourd can be sown in South China from February to August, but it is mainly cultivated in spring and autumn. Small gourd seeds have a long dormancy period, so we should pay special attention to the selection of seeds that have passed the dormancy period. It is generally cultivated in a flat shed with a height of 1.6-1.8 meters. Seed soaking should be carried out before sowing, and when the bud is 0.3 cm long, it should be sowed into a nutrition cup or nursery bed to raise seedlings. Raise seedlings in a greenhouse at low temperature to keep warm and moisturize. The seedlings can be planted when they have 3-4 leaves. Generally use high border planting, row spacing 2 meters, plant spacing 0.5 meters, planting 600-800 plants per mu.

3. Field management

The small gourd picks the heart when the main vine is about 50 cm long, in order to promote the son vine to grow, and the sun vine will let it grow later. Before planting, 1500 kg of farm manure, 200kg of peanut bran and 40kg of phosphate fertilizer were applied in the middle of the border. During the growing period, attention should be paid to topdressing, but thin and diligent application should be applied. At the same time, weeding and removal of old, yellow and diseased leaves should be carried out in a timely manner. As an ornamental small gourd, the picking standard is that the shell is hard, the hair begins to fall off and the skin color begins to turn yellow. It can not be harvested until 45 days after flowering. When processing small gourd, scrape off the wax powder from the skin first, and then put it in a dry place to dry, otherwise it is easy to rot.

4. Pest control

The main diseases and pests of small gourd are blight, Fusarium wilt, powdery mildew, aphids, mites, Liriomyza huidobrensis and so on. Among them, Liriomyza huidobrensis should give priority to prevention and comprehensive control in order to better control its harm, which can be controlled by 1.8% epididyl EC 1000 times or 3% vermicidal EC 3000 times.