The latest melon artificial pollination technology tutorial

In order to improve the fruit setting rate and pollination quality of muskmelon, artificial pollination will be adopted in most cases to achieve the purpose of yield increase. So how should melon be artificially pollinated? Let's take a look at the detailed introduction together with Xiaobian.

1, sitting melon section position selection

When planting melon, it is generally left with seed vine or grandson vine, generally not on the main vine, and there are two ways of pruning: single vine and double vine, and the nodes of the two ways of pruning are different. For early maturing varieties with single vine, 9-13 nodes were suitable, while for early and late maturing varieties, 12-16 nodes were suitable, while for seed vine with double vine, 9 - 13 nodes were suitable.

2. Pollinating time

Melon pollination time is generally selected at 7-10 am, because this time is the female flower stigma and male flower pollen as active period, when pollination helps to improve the fertilization rate. Generally, it is best to complete all pollination of melon in the same field in one week, and only complete pollination in the same cycle, which is beneficial to management and harvest later in fruit period, so as to avoid inconsistent maturity time and chaotic management.

3. Artificial pollination

Select the male flowers that open on the same day, pick them, remove the petals, expose the stamens, and then gently smear the stamens on the stigma mountain. Generally, each stamen of the male flower can be smeared with 2-3 female flowers. The pollen of male flowers can be collected in a vessel in advance, and then the pollen can be dipped in cotton swabs at the best pollination time and smeared on stamen stigmas to complete pollination.

4. Precautions

Pay attention to pollination, not in rainy weather pollination, so as not to affect the quality of pollination, and if it rains during pollination, you can bring paper bags to flowers, pollination can be picked three days later. If it is shower weather, pollination should be carried out 2 hours after rain. In case of rainy weather within 3 hours after pollination, pollination should be supplemented once. After pollination, marks should be made to avoid repeated pollination. It can also determine the maturity period for harvesting.

The above is an introduction to melon artificial pollination technology. I hope it can help you. If you want to know more about it, please pay attention to us.