The reason why pumpkin only blossoms but does not bear melon and its solution

When Xiaobian was in the countryside before, I always heard many people discussing that their pumpkins had a lot of flowers, but they never saw melons. Why is this? Some old people who have been planting melons for many years will tell them some old ways to solve the problem of pumpkin not bearing melons. If it still doesn't work, the pumpkin seedlings will be cooked. Today, Xiaobian will tell you why pumpkin will not bear melons and teach you a few small solutions.

The reason for not having melons

If the pumpkin planting method is not very well understood, then it is likely to cause the pumpkin to bloom but not to bear melon. Generally, the reason for this phenomenon is very simple: insufficient light, too high density, incorrect fertilization and insufficient pollination. If these conditions do not reach the degree that the pumpkin adapts to, there will be no melon, even after the melon will die, and the melon will not survive to maturity.

solutions

1. Take off the top at the right time

If pumpkin is not top-plucked, it will always have only one vine growing. Therefore, in order to improve pumpkin yield and prevent the phenomenon of only flowering but not fruit, top-plucking treatment should be carried out. Generally, when the vine grows to two or three meters, the top of the vine should be removed. Generally, after three to five days, it will grow several new branches and vines, and finally it will bloom and bear fruit. Then, when the branches grow to a certain extent, the operation should be carried out in the same way. From the branches and vines to the new main vines slowly, And then by the new vine flowering melon, and so on.

2. Set up the shed in time

In many rural areas, pumpkin planting is basically crawling on the ground, and melon vines grow on the ground when the density will be relatively large, all piled together, light transmission is very poor, so lead to insufficient light, unable to carry out photosynthesis, finally appear this kind of melon phenomenon, so when the seedlings grow to two or three meters, we should build some shelves for it, let it grow along the shelves, by enhancing light and ventilation to improve the melon rate.

3. Prevent excessive growth

Pumpkin vine in the process of growth can not let it has been in the long seedlings, because it will absorb a lot of nutrients only focus on the growth of seedlings and forget the end of the melon, so in the melon seedlings grow to a certain extent, we have to take measures to slow down the growth of seedlings. The general approach is to cut a small slit at the root of the vine 30 to 40 cm, and then put a little charcoal in it.

4. Auxiliary pollination

Pumpkin flowers are divided into male flowers and female flowers, melon is generally determined by female flowers, but when drinking too much male flowers on the vine will have more female flowers, and female flowers will often be damaged, so first we have to protect the flowers, and then artificial pollination, so that we can use each flower, while improving pollination efficiency and pollination success rate.

5. Remove yellow leaves

If we find that a small melon has been born on the pumpkin vine, then we should timely remove the yellow leaves next to the small melon, and at the same time remove one-fifth of the male flowers next to the small melon, so as to reduce the absorption of nutrients in the soil by the vine leaves and male flowers, thus providing them to the small melon and promoting the growth of the small melon.

6. Fertilization method

A very important factor in pumpkin fruit is fertilization. Many people don't know how to apply fertilizer, so they apply fertilizer randomly. The best way to grow pumpkin is to use farm manure. When fruit is formed, apply a little potassium fertilizer or phosphorus fertilizer. Try to use less or no nitrogen fertilizer, because nitrogen fertilizer will only promote the growth speed of seedlings and reduce the rate of melon setting.