The latest course of cantaloupe planting techniques and methods

Cantaloupe is the fleshy fruit of melons, with many chambers and seeds similar to berries, but the receptacle of these fruits is healed with exocarp and often forms a thick exocarp, which is specially called "melon fruit" in classification. Cantaloupe is a typical example. Cantaloupe is native to the tropical desert of Africa. It was spread to China along with watermelons in the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was widely planted in the Ming Dynasty and widely planted in all parts of China.

Seed selection method

There are many varieties of cantaloupe, but the main varieties suitable for popularization and use in Yunnan are: American zucchini, Zaoqing zucchini, crispy Yu No. 1, Jingdian Jasper, Black Xiuli and other high-yield and disease-resistant varieties, which farmers can choose according to their actual needs.

Sowing date selection

Cantaloupe likes temperature, is resistant to heat and is afraid of cold. Its growth stagnates when the temperature is lower than 15 ℃, but it has strong adaptability to high temperature, and it can still have considerable photosynthesis under 40 ℃, so the sowing date of cantaloupe can be sown as long as the air temperature is higher than 15 ℃.

Cultivate strong seedlings

1. Seed disinfection and germination

Generally, 1% copper sulfate or carbendazim can be used for seed soaking and disinfection. During live broadcast, seeds can be mixed with Tiemike or 3% Badan powder to avoid the harm of underground pests.

2. Raising seedlings and sowing seeds

If you carry out fine cultivation, you can choose a nutrition bowl or nutrition bag to raise seedlings, nutritious soil preparation to 1000 kg as the standard, mixed with fine dung 300ml 400kg, carbendazim 2. 5 kg (you can also choose metalaxyl 200g or Batan raw powder 100m / 200g or Tiemike 100m / 200g); 30 kg of common calcium and 20m / 30kg of compound fertilizer, mix well with appropriate amount of water (with soil water content of 4050%) and pile up for 5 days. Then sow seeds in bags (bowls) and sow one seed in each bag (bowls).

Those who carry out direct seeding should apply adequate base fertilizer, applying rotten farm manure 3000 kg per mu, common calcium 40mur50 kg, and compound fertilizer 30 Mu 50 kg. Deep application in the shape of a ditch or deep application in a pond. Then covered with soil and sown, each pond sowed 3 sterilized and germinated seeds.

Reasonable close planting

The planting density of cantaloupe varies with variety. The row spacing of general dwarf type is 0. 5%. 60 won 0. 80 meters and the plant distance is 0. 5%. 50m, 1600Mu 2200tang and 4000Mu 4500 plants per mu, and the row spacing of vine type is 1. 50m / mu. The distance between plants is 0. 00 meters. 50m, it is suitable to plant 700Mill 800 tang and 1400MU 1600 plants per mu. Therefore, the majority of farmers in the selection and purchase of varieties, must understand that the variety is short vine type or long vine type. The cantaloupe of nest type (short vine) is sparse, can not get high yield, long vine type (string everywhere) is dense, the population is large, the ventilation and light transmission is not good, it is not resistant to disease, it does not bear melon, and the yield is very low. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the variety and determine its planting density according to the variety.