How to deal with the color of the small gourd (hand twist gourd)? What is the specific planting method?

Gourd, is our country ancient tradition mascot, is regarded as the Chinese nation totem. Hand twist gourd, as the name implies must be small, suitable for playing in the hands of the gourd. Hand-twisting gourd can be hung or displayed, rubbed, purple smooth, very collectible value. So, how do you handle the color of the small gourd (hand-twisted gourd) that you play? What is the specific planting method?

How do you handle the color of the small gourd that you play?

1, play with the small gourd with the passage of time, its surface will gradually become red process. Note that the new gourd picked that year. Better yet, let it sit for a year.

2, novice in the purchase, to ask the seller of gourd, is which year of gourd. New gourd, often hang porcelain quickly, early hang porcelain, coloring is slow. This is also the reason why many novices feel that their gourd is always not popular.

The older the gourd, the redder the color, the more beautiful the color, of course, the higher the price. Some gourds, put a few years, do not need to plate, on the red. After hanging porcelain, bright with red, more beautiful.

3. The method of dish gourd is very simple, that is, put a gourd in your hand and gently rub the surface of the gourd back and forth. This kind of hand activity can not only make gourd porcelain hanging, coloring. It can also activate the blood vessels and acupoints of the fingers.

4. In fact, the original purpose of the gourd and walnut is to exercise and activate the blood vessels on the hands. Later, people discovered that after playing, the color of walnut and gourd was particularly beautiful, which was extended to become later playing, and some people played, fitness became secondary instead.

Second, play with the small gourd planting method

1. Germination

It is better to sow gourd before and after grain rain, but the climate is different everywhere, so it can be properly advanced or wrong. Select plump, mildew-free seeds before sowing. Why gourd bud rate is so low, because gourd seed skin is hard, pay attention to germination skills, in addition, the smaller the gourd, the more difficult it is to sprout, the general big gourd bud rate is about 80%, small gourd is between 50% and 80%.

2. Careful management

Potted hand twist small gourd whether in the balcony or in the courtyard, should be placed in sufficient sunlight. Cultivating strong seedlings before fruiting is the key. One is to apply fertilizer in time. Growth period to ferment good sesame sauce residue and bean cake is good, can be diluted and watered at the same time. In order to improve fruit setting rate and fruit quality, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be applied at budding stage. The second is to dry seedlings. The optimum temperature for the growth of gourds is about 30 ° C. They like more sunshine, so they should bask in the sun as much as possible. At noon in summer, it is better to leave wilting and not scorched, so that strong seedlings can be cultivated and crazy growth can be controlled.

3, topping

When the vine grows to about 1 meter high, the third to fourth leaves from the root are topped. Because the hand twist small gourd has the lateral branch fruit habit, this can make the bottom early lateral branch early fruit, and reduce the height of the support, easy to watch. After the lateral buds grow out, there are usually 3~4 leaves that can bud, and the female bud looks like two stacked balls. If there is no bud, it is a slider. Slides grow strong, if not pinched in time, will take away the nutrients of the whole plant, so that other fruit branches wilted back, into dead buds. Also can be 3~4 leaves in the sliding bar again top, so that the sliding bar into a fruiting branch.

4. Pollinating at flowering stage

Hand-twisted calabash is a cross-pollinated plant, and pollination at flowering stage is the key to fruiting. Potted gourd due to the small number of bees less, flowering and difficult to meet, must be artificial pollination. Calabashes bloom every evening, and the best pollination period is before 10 a.m. the next day. Pollinate with dry towel and small cotton ball, take pollen from male flower, receive female stamen immediately, cannot delay. In case of rainy days, use plastic bags to cover male and female flowers in advance, so as not to be exposed to rain.