Cultivation techniques of summer towel gourd

Towel gourd is very popular because of its crisp taste and sweet taste. Summer towel gourd was planted from late April to early July and was put on the market from June to October. It was mainly supplied in autumn. The cultivation techniques are as follows: first, variety selection. Summer towel gourd should choose varieties with heat resistance, early maturity and high yield. Second, choose the place. Summer towel gourd has no special requirements for land, as long as the previous crops are not melons, they can be planted. Third, prepare the land and sow seeds. Due to the large number of Rain Water in summer, the soil preparation of summer towel gourd should be deep and high; the width of the furrow is 1.6m, and the width of the border is 1.2m. Summer temperature is high, seedling emergence is fast, generally direct seeding is OK, soaking seeds for 3-4 hours before sowing or 24 hours after seed sowing. Single row and double plants, 30-40 cm apart, 3-4 seeds in each hole, covering 1.5 cm of soil, covered with gauze and drenched with water. After emergence, 2 seedlings were left in each hole. Fourth, fertilizer and water management. The summer towel gourd was drenched with manure for 2 times at the seedling stage, and topdressing was applied again at the early flowering stage, applying 50 kg compound fertilizer or 50 kg peanut bran per mu, and once again with 15 kg compound fertilizer, 10 kg urea and 5 kg potash fertilizer. Summer towel melon seedling stage can not be too much water, too much is not conducive to root growth. The flowering period of the vine needs more water, and it should be drenched sooner or later on a sunny day. during the harvest period, in addition to water, a water layer of 10-20 cm should be retained in the ditch and drained in time on rainy days. Fifth, field management: 1, insert bamboo to introduce vines. When the vine is 30 cm long, you can insert the bamboo, insert the word shelf, do not introduce the vine immediately, properly nest the vine, press the vine, and then draw the vine upward when the female flower appears, and make the vine evenly distributed. 2. Hanging melon. Towel gourd young bending, to hang gourd, with a small packaging rope tied to one end of the melon stalk tied to a small stone, the melon straightened, generally 2-3 days after picking the melon. 3. Get rid of Lao Ye. In the late harvest period of towel gourd, the following diseased leaves and old leaves affect ventilation and are easy to spread diseases, so they should be removed in time. Sixth, harvest in time. Summer towel gourd is 35-45 days from planting to first harvest, the harvest time is 50-60 days, and it is about 10-12 days from flowering to harvest. Harvest should be timely, otherwise, it is easy to be fibrotic and inedible, which affects both yield and quality.