Planting and management methods of precocious wax gourd

Early-maturing wax gourd to the main tendril knot melon based, like light and heat, moisture tolerance strong. Fruit short cylindrical, single melon weight 2-4 kg, refreshing fragrance, good commodity, yield can reach 5000 kg.

1. Water Management of Early-maturing Wax Gourd

Apply fertilizer once when wax gourd seedlings have 5-6 true leaves. Method: Furrow on one side of the ridge or beside the melon seedlings, apply 200 kg of high-quality decomposed chicken manure or dried manure, and water after closing the ditch. Before and after the first female flower blooms, the fertilizer and water should be properly controlled to avoid melons. Sitting melon combined with watering mu into feces and urine 500 kg, ammonium sulfate 15 kg. The melon bearing period enters the hot and rainy season, and no irrigation is allowed without drought; after rain, pay attention to drainage, or use well water for "watering the garden" to reduce the ground temperature. When the wax gourd is nearly mature, properly control water.

2. Plant Adjustment of Early-maturing Winter Melon

At the early stage of flowering and fruiting of wax gourd, it is necessary to carry out dish vine, pressing vine and branching. After pulling the vine, rotate the vine half a circle from right to left, and then press 1-2 vines with clods; then press the vine every 4-5 knots. Pay attention to the weak and the strong, so that the dragon head position direction is consistent, neat growth. Remove all lateral branches below the first female flower. Early-maturing wax gourd can bear melon continuously, but leave 5-6 leaves before the last melon.

3. Pest Control of Early-maturing Wax Gourd

The main diseases of wax gourd are cotton blight and virus disease. 72.2% of PULIKE aqueous solution or 72% of DuPont Keluyou WP can be used to control cotton blight; 1.8% of Zhibingling or 25% of virus A WP can be used to control virus diseases; the main pests are yellow gourd, etc., deltamethrin, cypermethrin and other high and low toxicity pyrethroids can be used to control insect pests.