How to plant hanging melons

Hanging melon, also known as Trichosanthes kirilowii, is a famous traditional Chinese medicine, belonging to the climbing plant of Cucurbitaceae. Diaogua has been used in our country for a long time. It has a certain effect on the treatment of coronary heart disease, and it can also be antibacterial and anticancer. It is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine which is very beneficial to human health. And it is also a kind of vegetable, and the seeds can be made into melon seeds to eat. So since it is so good, how to plant it? Today, the editor brought the planting method of hanging melons. Let's take a look at it with the editor.

1. Land selection and preparation

Hanging melon is suitable for growing in places with plenty of sunshine and fertile soil, and try to plant it in high-lying areas, so that it can grow in a relatively quiet and pollution-free environment. After the Beginning of Spring, in order to improve the soil fertility and increase the nutrients and moisture in the soil, the soil should be leveled before planting. If it is the way of root transplanting, it is necessary to control the planting density and dig planting holes. The soil was ploughed and exposed to the sun, and then sprayed with quicklime to disinfect the soil to eliminate bacteria and reduce the incidence of disease. The base fertilizer is fully applied and fully mixed with the soil, and the base fertilizer can be used mature farm manure.

2. Seed selection and seedling raising

Hanging melon can be divided into two main uses, according to their own planting direction to choose varieties, edible varieties have the advantages of high yield, high seed rate and so on. Medicinal melons mainly have the advantages of large fruit and hanging fruit. Therefore, it is suitable for planting according to some factors such as market demand and surrounding environment. Then begin to raise seedlings, first deal with the seeds, select the dried and rotten seeds, then soak the remaining seeds with carbendazim and other agents, drain them two days later, and then sow and raise seedlings. Keep the soil of the seedbed moist, control the surrounding environment, increase the nutrition of the seedbed, and the seeds can be transplanted after germination and emergence.

3. Frame transplanting

As mentioned before, hanging melon is a kind of climbing plant, so we should set up the shelf or build a greenhouse before transplanting, which is beneficial to the trailing growth of hanging melon and prolonging the hanging amount of vine and fruit. The specific scaffolding work needs to be planned according to one's own planting quantity and area. After setting up the frame, you will begin to transplant. When transplanting, you should pay attention to prevent injury to the axillary buds. Then after transplanting, the soil should be slightly pressed on the heap of the seedlings in order to strengthen the growth of the roots. After transplanting, enough fixed root water was irrigated to increase the soil water content and improve the survival rate of seedlings.

4. Daily management

According to the height of the seedlings to carry out appropriate ploughing and weeding work, regular topdressing, compound fertilizer should be applied every month within three months after planting. Then apply fertilizer at least twice to the old melon orchards that have borne fruit, and pay attention to the application of water. Generally speaking, topdressing should be done in June in order to stabilize the fruit setting rate and ensure the nutrition needed for plant growth. To let mature plants on the shelf in time, appropriate artificial introduction of vines, if there are too many branches, they should be cut off in time, no more than 3 vines.

The above is a brief introduction to the hanging melon planting method, the hanging melon planting method is relatively simple, but we need careful management in the planting process. Find the problems of some plants in time, then check and deal with them, and pay attention to the details of planting in order to ensure the growth and yield of hanging melons. All right, that's all for today's introduction. Thank you for your reading and support. If you want to know more wonderful information, please continue to follow us!