Cultivation techniques of flying saucer melon

Flying saucer melon is a rare edible and gardening plant, also known as saucer melon, saucer melon, tooth edge melon, flat zucchini and so on. It is a variety of pumpkin belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. Its fruit is both ornamental and edible. The history of cultivation in China is very short. It has been introduced from Russia, South Korea, the United States and other places. Let's take a look at the cultivation techniques of flying saucer melon.

Growth habits of flying saucer melons

Flying saucer melon likes warm environment, and the suitable growth temperature is 13-28 ℃. If the temperature is too high, it is easy to turn melon. If the temperature is lower than 10 ℃, the growth will stagnate and the fruit will not expand. Like light, but can bear a certain degree of weak light, so it is not only suitable for open field cultivation, but also suitable for protected field cultivation. Like wet, not resistant to drought, due to large leaves, strong transpiration, cultivation should pay special attention to water management, should keep the air temperature of 70-80%, excessive humidity is prone to powdery mildew. Like fertilizer, it is suitable to cultivate in sandy loam and loam, and the suitable soil PH value is 6.5-7.0.

Seedling raising technique of flying dish melon

1. Accelerating germination and sowing: flying saucer melons were raised with paper slips or nutrition bowls, and the full seeds without disease and insect pests were soaked at 28: 30 ℃ for 8 hours, and then germinated at 25: 28 ℃. Keep the sprouting bag moist during the budding process and change the water once or twice a day. When more than 50% of the seeds sprout, sow them in a pre-prepared sowing plate with a thickness of at least 5 cm at the bottom.

2. Plastic film mulching: after sowing, flying saucer melons are covered with plastic film or small arch sheds to keep them warm and humid. It is best to keep the soil temperature above 25 ℃, which is beneficial to the emergence of seedlings. After the seedlings are unearthed, remove the mulch and cool down properly to prevent overgrowth. After the cotyledons are flattened, the seedlings are transferred to the seedling bowl (10cm).

3. Seedling management: flying saucer melons should maintain sufficient light at seedling stage, and the light time should be kept for about 10 hours a day, which is beneficial to the differentiation of female flowers. The temperature is managed by variable temperature, that is, 23: 28 ℃ in sunny day, 12: 15 ℃ at night, 20: 25 ℃ in cloudy day, 10: 12 ℃ at night, and 10: 15 ℃ temperature difference between day and night. Seedling training should be carried out 5-7 days before planting.

Cultivation techniques of flying saucer melon

1. Land preparation and planting: after the frost period, when the minimum temperature is more than 10 ℃, planting, border or ridge cultivation, the border spacing is 40-50cm, the border width is 120cm, the plant spacing is 80cm-100cm, each row is 2 rows. Using ridge cultivation, the ridge spacing is 70 cm, and the plant spacing is 100 cm. The plant-row spacing can be determined according to the characteristics of the variety. Before planting, 4000kg / mu of rotten organic fertilizer, 30kg of diammonium phosphate and 50kg of calcium superphosphate were applied.

2. Fertilizer and water management: after planting slow seedlings, combined with topdressing to promote seedling water, increase the amount of water supply during flowering and fruiting period. The period of high light and high temperature lasts in the middle of summer, watering twice a day if necessary. During the growth period, topdressing was applied for 3 times after slow seedling, full flowering stage and full fruit stage respectively. In order to avoid grass shortage, shovel and loosen the soil 2 or 3 times before flowering, and cut weeds in the middle tillage to promote the development of root system.

3. Bind vines to prevent disease: flying saucer melons should be bound in time to remove old and diseased leaves. Artificial pollination can be carried out at 6: 9 in the morning to help set fruit. At the same time, attention should be paid to the prevention and control of diseases and insect pests. The foliar spray of 2000-3000 times EC can be used to control aphids, the 2000-fold solution of 25% buprofezin wettable powder can be used to control whitefly, and the 2000 times solution of 25% vermicellin wettable powder can be used to control powdery mildew.

Pot cultivation technique of flying saucer melons

1. Seedling planting: flying saucer melons can be planted in pots when the plant unfolds 1 to 2 true leaves. The planting basin requires a large basin with a diameter of 40 cm to 50 cm, which is filled with nutritious soil. The formula of nutritious soil is: field soil: rotten livestock and poultry dung: sawed unsawed (or rotten horse dung) 7:2:1. One flying saucer melon was planted in each pot, and a frame with a height of 1 meter and a diameter of 2 cm was poured with enough planting water.

2. Planting management: the soil should be kept moist during the growing period of UFO melons, because UFO melons are light-loving plants, so they should be placed in a place with good ventilation and plenty of light. There are 2 to 3 melons per dwarf type and 3 to 5 melons per vine type, keeping the soil moist, with each plant extending 20 cm and binding vines once. During the growing period, aphids and powdery mildew are mainly prevented and picked when melons are ripe.