Where can I buy apricot melon seeds? What are the methods of raising seedlings?

Apricot melon is a species of pumpkin in the family Cucurbitaceae. The small fruit is dark yellow and gradually fades to yellow and white when it grows up. Beautiful appearance, is a kind of ornamental and edible melons. Apricot melons like moisture, but also resistant to drought, soil requirements are not strict, planting is not complex, pay attention to some skills. So where can I buy apricot melon seeds? What are the methods of raising seedlings? Let's get to know it.

Where can I buy apricot melon seeds?

Apricot melon is mainly produced in Jiangxi and is mainly planted in the south of Jiangxi Province. at present, it is mainly developed and promoted by the fruit and vegetable planting cooperatives of Wanshou Orchard in Poyang County, Jiangxi Province. However, due to the commercial planting scale is not mature enough, so apricot melon this melon vegetable is still relatively few people familiar with it.

If you are local in Jiangxi, you can buy seeds from a seed company or enterprise in the producing area. If it is inconvenient in other areas, you can buy seeds online, such as Tmall, pinduoduo, JD.com, Nongxun and other e-commerce platforms.

What are the methods of raising seedlings?

1. Conditions for raising seedlings

The suitable temperature for seed germination is 25-30 ℃, 13 ℃ can germinate, but very slowly, and 30-35 ℃ is the fastest, but easy to cause overgrowth. The flowering and fruiting period needs a higher temperature, and it is generally best to keep 22-25 ℃. In addition, the light condition is better, and the water should be often watered under the condition of high temperature and drought, which is beneficial to nutrition absorption and increase yield.

2. Planting method

The method of soil preparation and direct seeding is generally adopted, with 2-3 seeds per hole, seed tip facing down, covering soil 2-3 cm, watering thoroughly. Before sowing, 2000 kg of rotten organic fertilizer, 75 kg of cake fertilizer, 40 kg of compound fertilizer and 80 kg of plant ash are applied per mu. Under the condition of 25-30 ℃, it germinated in about 1-2 weeks.

3. Water and fertilizer management

As the seedlings grow long and grow fast, fertilizer should be applied in April, May and June, and attention should be paid to watering. Apricot melon management is relatively extensive, because the root system is developed, leaf nodes take root, so we should pay attention to soil cultivation in order to absorb nutrients. The terminal bud can be removed after having several fetuses. Apricot melon as long as the soil is fertile, frequently watering and fertilizing, generally 3-5 leaves slip a melon.

4. Field management

A seedling apricot melon can give birth to many branches, in order not to make nutrients too scattered, to cross, one seedling leaves 2-3 main vines; it is very easy to produce branch buds in the armpits, which should be removed, otherwise it will compete with melons for nutrients and wither and fall; apricot melons are extremely resistant to disease and are not easy to catch disease, but no matter whether they are sick or not, they should give priority to prevention and sterilize the soil before planting, which is conducive to the growth of apricot melons.

The above is about the purchase and selection of apricot melon seeds and seedling methods and other content introduction, I hope to be helpful to you.

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