Matters needing attention in pumpkin planting

Pumpkin is a kind of vegetable that many people like. It can be used as a vegetable to eat, and it can also be made into a variety of snacks. Sales in the market are also very good. In rural areas, basically every household will plant pumpkins, there are for their own consumption, there are special for sale, and now there are large areas of pumpkin planting in many places, but there are always some problems. So today let's take a look at the points for attention in pumpkin planting.

1. Time

Pumpkins are generally planted in spring and autumn, but the most important ones are spring pumpkins, because autumn pumpkin planting management will be a little more troublesome, and secondly, the time for planting pumpkins will be slightly different in different areas. it is mainly related to the planting temperature, and generally, when the soil temperature can reach about 15 degrees, you can sow the seeds. Generally speaking, the seeds are sown in January and February and August and September every year, and then the planting time needs to take into account the varieties of pumpkins. Different varieties have different requirements for temperature.

2. Soil

In fact, pumpkins do not have great requirements for planting soil, but it is best not to plant in heavy clayey land with more stagnant water. the second is to pay attention to the planting land not to carry out continuous cropping, and at the same time, do not choose to plant in the soil where the previous crop is melons and fruits, and do not choose fields that have not been cultivated for a long time, so the incidence of disease is very high, and the yield will not be very high. It is best to plant crops such as soybeans, sweet potatoes and corn in the previous crop, so that the soil is fertile enough and meets the needs of pumpkin growth.

3. Pruning vine

When the pumpkin grows to 40 to 50 centimeters, we need to sort out the melon vines in the field. We can adopt the growth mode of field crawling, but the best thing is to set up a frame to let the melon vine crawl along the frame, so that we can reduce diseases and insect pests. The second is to remove the tip of the melon vine and make it grow into side branches, which can increase the yield of pumpkin, and then when the pumpkin stands. We have to remove the extra flowers near the pumpkin, and the waiter removes some pumpkin leaves, which can improve the survival rate of the pumpkin, if not, then when the pumpkin grows to a certain extent, it will die and will not grow into a big pumpkin.

4. Water and fertilizer

The growth of pumpkin needs a lot of nutrients. After the pumpkin is planted, a fertilization should be carried out, mainly based on nitrogen fertilizer, to promote the growth of melon vines, and then appropriate amount of fertilizer should be applied according to the growth of melon vines. At this time, it is best to use less nitrogen fertilizer, otherwise it will cause the phenomenon that melon vines will grow but not bear melons. Finally, when it blossoms and bears fruit, it needs the most fertilizer throughout its growing period. If the nutrient is insufficient, it will directly affect the yield and quality of pumpkin, generally need to be fertilized several times, mainly phosphate fertilizer and base fertilizer, when necessary need to spray foliar fertilizer to prevent vine aging and affect yield.

5. Diseases and insect pests

The most common diseases and insect pests of pumpkin are vine blight, powdery mildew, leaf miner, split melon, melon melting, melon rot and other diseases. Vine blight and powdery mildew are basically fungal infectious diseases caused by excessive size in the field. Carbendazim and chlorothalonil were used respectively, while cracked melon was mainly due to the phenomenon caused by Rain Water in the soil under relatively dry conditions, so it is necessary for us to strengthen the management of water in the field. In fact, there is too much water in the field in time. In addition, a disease caused by high temperature can be controlled with Bordeaux liquid. Finally, we think that leaf miner, a pest, can be controlled with sticky fly paper. At the same time, Lesbon EC can be used for treatment.