What about towel gourd dysplasia?

Now it has entered the hottest time of the year, and summer is also the best season in the towel gourd market. Towel gourd is conducive to heat-clearing and detoxification, by the way. Many growers have also reached the time of bumper harvest, but there are also many people who have encountered the situation of towel gourd dysplasia, which will seriously affect the yield of towel gourd. What about towel gourd dysplasia? How to manage so that towel gourd is not stunted? The following editor will give you a brief introduction.

1. Shading and sunscreen

Towel gourd is not light-loving and is a short-day crop. Too long sunshine time is not conducive to towel gourd flower formation, many planting areas of light time for more than 10 hours, which is not conducive to towel gourd flower pollination. If the floral conditions of towel gourd are not satisfied, the bud of towel gourd will be blocked, which will lead to the underdevelopment of towel gourd and the phenomenon of stubble break. Therefore, we need to shorten the light time received by towel gourd. If the light time is controlled at the appropriate length of towel gourd, sunshade net or forage can be placed above the greenhouse to block the sun, and ethephon spraying can also promote the differentiation of female flowers and improve the flower formation rate of towel gourd.

2. Control temperature

Towel gourd is a kind of vegetable that likes to be warm and heat-resistant. However, too high temperature will affect the growth of towel gourd; summer is the last mature period of towel gourd, if the temperature tells 35 degrees during the day, photosynthesis is extremely strong, producing a large number of photosynthates. If the temperature at night is higher than 20 degrees, the photosynthate on the leaves will be consumed too much, even excess respiration, resulting in not enough nutrients. It makes towel gourd grow vigorously, and most of the organic matter is consumed during the day, so it can not grow normally. Therefore, to control the temperature around towel gourd, it should not be higher than 30 degrees during the day and 20 degrees at night.

3. Pruning by introducing vines

After planting towel gourd, the leaves of towel gourd should be trimmed and pressed at least twice. It starts the first time when the vine grows to 35cm and the second time when it grows into 70cm. When the towel gourd male flowers are in full bloom, you can begin to introduce the vines on the shelves. The "z" shape is used to guide the vine. If the vine grows too high, part of the leaves on the vine should be removed, but it needs to be removed evenly in the upper, middle and lower three parts, which is conducive to ventilation between towel gourd, reduce diseases, and pay attention to the growth of towel gourd at the same time. If the disease is found, it should be removed immediately.

4. Water and fertilizer management

Towel gourd is fruitful, and there is a great demand for natural water and fertilizer. When selecting land, we should choose the land with fertile soil, high content of organic matter, permeability and strong water and fertilizer conservation. Fertilizers should be applied frequently and less, which means that one time should not be too much fertilizer, too much fertilizer concentration will be self-defeating, and attention should be paid to the use of trace elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. According to the weather conditions and the growth of towel gourd to determine the amount of irrigation, not too much, not too little.

Towel gourd hypoplasia is almost caused by the above reasons, towel gourd itself is very fragile, but also very sensitive to the surrounding environment. But the cause is also very simple, as long as according to the method sorted out by the editor, basically there will not be much problem. However, there are other reasons, such as humidity, variety and so on. This article is for reference only.