How to plant and manage the small gourd? When will the harvest be ripe?

Small gourd, that is, what we call hand-twisted gourd, as the name implies, must be small, suitable for playing with the gourd in the hand. The smaller the hand-twisted gourd, the better, the game is small and exquisite, generally called "hand-twist gourd", the length can not exceed 5CM is more suitable for potted plants, then how to grow and manage small gourd? When will the harvest be ripe?

First, how to plant and manage small gourds?

1. Planting time

After Ching Ming Festival every year, small gourds can be planted in the south, and it is recommended to plant around International Labour Day on May Day in the north due to low temperature.

2. Sprouting

First soak the gourd seeds in warm water for about 30 minutes, then wrap the seeds in paper towels and put them in a container. Wet the paper towels with water and put them in a sunlit place. Observe every day and keep the paper towels moist. It will sprout in about a week or so.

3. Planting site

If planting in rural areas can be directly planted in the yard, or planted in the flowerpot in the yard, the city can only be planted in the flowerpot on the windowsill or balcony, but no matter where the planting should pay attention to the lighting.

The bigger the flowerpot, the better. According to your own conditions, if you don't have a wine barrel or oil barrel, you can. Gourd is a deep-rooted plant, so it is recommended to choose a deeper pot.

The gourd does not have much demand on the soil, the soil with low acidity and alkalinity is fine, if it is a city, you can buy flower soil directly.

4. Sowing seeds

If you plant in the courtyard in the countryside, you need to loosen the soil ahead of time, then pour the land thoroughly with water, plant the germinated seed buds into the soil with two seed buds facing down, and pay attention to the depth of about 3 centimeters. If you plan to grow real leaves and transplant, the distance of the seeds can be closer. If you do not plan to transplant, the site is already fixed, the distance should be kept at about a foot, and then the surface is covered with thin soil, and then there is a film. If there is no film, you can also use plastic bags instead, in order to keep warm and moisturize quickly. The seedlings will be unearthed in about four or five days.

It is relatively simple in the city. Pour the flowerpot thoroughly, poke several holes with your fingers, the depth is 3 centimeters, put the seed buds down carefully into the hole, cover the soil and put them on the balcony or windowsill, and the seedlings will be unearthed after being exposed to sunlight for a week or so.

5. Maintenance and management

After growing four leaves, the gourd will grow vines one after another. during this period of time, the gourd planted in the courtyard in the countryside needs to build a gourd rack. Only hanging a long gourd will produce a good-looking boutique, and the requirements for building a gourd are also very simple, according to local conditions, height can not reach the appropriate, materials can consider bamboo pole, the gourd rack rules are good-looking, but also strong.

The city's flowerpots also need to be set up, bamboo poles and branches can be controlled to within one meter.

When will the small gourd be ripe for picking?

Due to the time of sowing sooner or later, the temperature of the region is different, and the mature period of the gourd sometimes varies between the north and the south by a month or two. what should be noted here is that the ungrown gourd should not be touched by hands. It will wither or change color and stop growing early and die prematurely. If you find aphids on the leaves in the mature period, you should spray pesticides in time to kill them, so as not to cause damage to the skin caused by worms.

When all the leaves of the gourd seedlings are withered and yellow, the gourd can only be harvested off the shelves when all the leaves are withered and yellow. If the gourd harvested in advance will shrink or crack with the loss of water, at the same time, the seeds of the gourd can not be used to continue planting in the coming year.

In addition, it is necessary to say that the gourd must use scissors to keep the head when it is harvested. The gourd without a tap has no soul.