Grow towel gourd on the balcony use this trick for vines to climb to three meters long towel gourd knots that can be picked every day

If the balcony at home is relatively large and likes to plant, it may as well plant a little vegetables while raising flowers, and you can watch and harvest delicious dishes. The balcony can not only plant cabbage, pepper, lettuce, celery, coriander, but also plant several loofah. Vines climb high and long, loofah knot more.

Balcony kind loofah, family kind loofah method and knack:

Soak fresh loofah seeds in warm water for four hours, sow them in the soil, and sow them directly in flowerpots without transplanting them later.

You can also plant seeds in plastic cups until they grow to four leaves and then transplant them into pots.

Because it is not planted in a vegetable garden or on the open ground, choose a pot with a larger diameter and enough space and depth. It is best to have a diameter of more than 30 centimeters and a depth of more than 15 centimeters. Although you can plant loofah in a small flowerpot, it will not grow well enough.

The base fertilizer is sufficient. When preparing the soil, although the soil dug out from outside can also be planted, add some rotten leaf soil, nutrient soil, or earthworm manure, chicken manure fertilizer, cake fertilizer, etc. to make the base fertilizer. The loofah will grow more and more luxuriant in the later stage.

Prepare enough growth space for loofah, analogy can climb rattan railings, ensure sufficient sunlight, if it is a closed balcony species, need to open the window ventilation every day.

When loofah vines grow to a meter in length, do not need to climb immediately, press the vines, bury them in the surrounding basin soil, and then grow for a while, you can let it climb the shelf or railing. This method can promote it to grow more robust, knot loofah more.

It can also cover the balcony, like a natural curtain and pergola, giving shade to other flowers and plants.

When the vine grows to a length of more than three meters, the top can be removed, that is, the core can be removed, so as to promote it to grow more branches and bloom more melons. If it is a closed balcony, artificial pollination can be done, but it is not necessary to use a terrace.

Only three female flowers need to be left on a vine. When there are too many male flowers, you also need to pick off some of them, and pick off some leaves that are too dense and old. Increase ventilation and lighting.

By June and July, it was time for loofah to mature and be picked. The loofah planted by vegetable friends can be picked almost every other day.

Own kind of loofah, you can fry eggs can do soup, taste sufficient, tender sweet and delicious.