The reason why the latest pumpkin only blossoms but does not bear melon and its solution

In the past, when the editor was in the countryside, he always heard a lot of people talking about that his pumpkin bloomed a lot of flowers, but he never saw a melon bear fruit. Why? Some old people who have been growing melons for many years will tell them some old ways to solve the problem that pumpkins don't bear melons. If it still doesn't work, the pumpkin seedlings will be used to cook. Today, the editor is going to tell you about why pumpkins don't bear fruit and teach you some tips to solve them.

The reason for not bearing melons

If you do not know very well about the planting method of pumpkin, then it is very likely that pumpkins will only blossom but not bear melons. Generally speaking, the reasons for this phenomenon are lack of light, high density, incorrect fertilization, insufficient pollination and so on. If these conditions do not reach the degree of adaptation of pumpkins, there will be non-fruiting melons, and even melons will die and not mature.

Solution.

1. Take the top at the right time

If the pumpkin is not peeled, it will have only one vine growing all the time, so in order to increase the yield of pumpkin and prevent the phenomenon of only blooming but not bearing melon, it is necessary to remove the top of the vine when the vine grows to two or three meters. it usually grows several new vines after three to five days, and finally blossoms and knot melons. Then wait until the branches grow to a certain extent is also the same operation, from the branches slowly become a new main vine, and then by the new vines blossom and bear melon, and so on.

2. Build the shed in time

In many places in rural areas, pumpkin planting is basically crawling and growing on the ground, and when the vines grow on the ground, the density will be relatively high, all stacked together, and the light transmittance is very poor, so it leads to insufficient light and unable to carry out photosynthesis. finally, there is this phenomenon of no melon, so when the seedling grows to two or three meters, it is necessary to build some shelves for it to grow along the shelf. The melon setting rate can be increased by enhancing light and ventilation.

3. Prevent overgrowth

Pumpkin vine in the growth process can not let it always grow seedlings, because it will absorb a lot of nutrients only focus on the growth of seedlings and forget to bear melons, so when the seedlings grow to a certain extent, we should take measures to slow down the growth of seedlings. The general way is to cut a small crack in the root of the melon vine 30 to 40 centimeters, and then put a little charcoal in it.

4. Auxiliary pollination

Pumpkin flowers are divided into male flowers and female flowers, melon is generally decided by female flowers, but drink too much when the male flowers on the vine will be more female flowers, and female flowers will often be damaged, so first we have to protect the flowers, and then artificial pollination, this can make use of each floret, while improving pollination efficiency and pollination success rate.

5. Remove the yellow leaves

If it is found that a small melon has grown on the pumpkin vine, we should timely remove the yellow leaves next to the pumpkin and remove 1/5 of the male flowers next to the pumpkin, so as to reduce the absorption of nutrients by the melon vine leaves and male flowers from the soil. thus all are provided to the melon to promote the growth of the melon.

6. Fertilization method

Fertilization is a very important factor in pumpkin fruiting. Many people do not know how to apply fertilizer, so they apply fertilizer casually. Generally speaking, the best growth of pumpkin is to use farm manure, and it is best to apply a little potash or phosphate fertilizer during pumpkin fruiting. Use little or no nitrogen fertilizer as far as possible, because nitrogen fertilizer will only promote the growth rate of seedlings and reduce the rate of melon setting.