When do towel gourd flowers bloom?

When will it blossom

Normally, it blossoms from summer to autumn.

As we all know, loofah belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae. Its stem looks slender and long, its leaves are a bit like the palm of a hand, and there are many cracks, large and pointed, and serrated on it. It is usually in the summer, the leaf axils will begin to extract, at this time there are a lot of flowers on the stem begin to bloom. It usually opens in the morning and fades in the evening, and then it opens in stages until autumn.

Second, how to make it blossom

1. Appropriate lighting

Towel gourd is actually a kind of plant with short sunshine, which does not need too long light every day, but the stronger the light, the better it will grow, which is also conducive to its flowering. In addition, although it prefers strong light, it can also withstand a little weak light. When it is in the seedling stage, it is best to give it a short period of sunshine and a large temperature difference, which will increase the yield in the later stage. After that, during the whole incubation period, it is given shorter sunshine and higher temperature, which will make its stems and leaves develop better and bloom more.

2. The right temperature

It is very hot and heat-resistant, and can grow well at a normal temperature of 20 to 30 degrees. So if there are conditions, try to put it in the greenhouse and control the temperature in this range, so that it can blossom as soon as possible.

3. Suitable moisture

Many plants are very afraid of too wet soil, but with the exception of towel gourd, it likes to be wet very much, so it is necessary to make the humidity in the soil a little higher, generally more than 70%, and the lowest should not be less than 50%. Otherwise, it will slow its growth.

4. Suitable soil

For it, the choice of soil is very extensive, its requirements are not so high, basically all types of soil can be controlled. But in order to make it bloom more, it is better to use some loam with high organic matter content, thick soil layer, good air permeability and good water retention effect.