High-yield cultivation techniques of towel gourd with crisp taste, sweet and deep market

Towel gourd is very popular because of its crisp taste and sweet taste. Summer towel gourd is planted from late April to early July and is on the market from June to October. It is mainly supplied in autumn. Its cultivation techniques are as follows:

Towel gourd

First, the selection of varieties. 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. The summer temperature is high, the seedling emergence is fast, the general direct seeding is OK, soak the seed for 3-4 hours before sowing or accelerate germination for 24 hours after sowing. Single row and double plants, 30-40 cm apart, 3-4 seeds per hole, cover 1.5 cm of soil, cover with gauze and sprinkle with water. After emergence, 2 seedlings were left in each hole.

Fourth, fertilizer and water management. Summer towel gourd was drenched 2-3 times at seedling stage, topdressing was applied again at early flowering stage, 50 kg compound fertilizer or 50 kg peanut bran was applied per mu, 2-3 times per harvest, topdressing again, 15 kg compound fertilizer, 10 kg urea and 5 kg potash fertilizer were used each time.

Summer towel melon seedling stage can not be too much water, too much is not conducive to root growth. Vine flowering period requires more water, sunny day to water sooner or later, harvest time in addition to water, ditch to retain 10-20 cm water layer, rainy days to timely drainage.

Fifth, field management. 1. Insert bamboo to draw 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 from planting to the first harvest 35-45 days, harvest time 50-60 days, from flowering to harvest goods about 10-12 days, harvest should be timely, otherwise, easy to fibrosis, can not be eaten, both affecting the yield and affecting.