Planting conditions of pumpkin

Pumpkin is one of the fruits we are familiar with. Its fruit is rich in pectin. After we eat it, it can regulate the absorption rate of food in the stomach, reduce the absorption of sugar and control blood sugar. Although pumpkin is more common, but planting it still needs to meet its growing conditions, let's take a look at the planting conditions of pumpkin.

1. Soil requirements

Pumpkin roots are more developed, for the soil in the fertilizer water absorption is strong, so it is not strict with the soil requirements, even in poor and dry soil can also grow, but also can obtain a certain yield. However, it is best to choose neutral or slightly acidic sandy loam with good drainage and fertile porosity when planting, and it is easy to obtain high yield. When planting on fertile soil, attention should be paid. If not managed properly, it is easy to cause the stems and leaves of pumpkin to grow excessively, which often causes flowers and fruits to fall, but leads to lower yield. Therefore, when planting in fertile soil, we must strengthen management, timely topping, pruning and appropriate dense planting.

2. Moisture requirements

Pumpkin roots developed, with strong drought tolerance, for water requirements are not strict, but its roots are mainly distributed in the soil surface, and in actual planting, generally shallow tillage, so less water storage. In addition, when the pumpkin is lush, its stems and leaves grow fast, transpiration is extremely high, and the demand for water is large, so it is necessary to maintain a certain humidity of the soil. In the dry season, the air humidity is low, and it is necessary to water in time to avoid leaf withering and abnormal fruit. Before fruiting, the soil humidity is high, which leads to excessive growth of plants, resulting in flower and fruit drop, high humidity at flowering stage and abnormal pollination.

3. Temperature requirements

Pumpkin is a thermophilic vegetable, suitable for growth temperature between 18-32 degrees, its root growth temperature between 28-32 degrees, the lowest tolerance of 6-8 degrees of low temperature. It has different requirements for temperature in different growth periods. When germinating, the suitable temperature is 25-30 degrees, and seeds cannot germinate below 10 degrees or above 40 degrees. The suitable temperature for seedling growth is 23-25 degrees during the day and 13-15 degrees at night; the suitable temperature for vegetative growth is 20-25 degrees; the suitable temperature for flowering and fruiting period is 25-27 degrees, not lower than 15 degrees or higher than 35 degrees. Fruit development is slow below 15 degrees, and it cannot grow normally above 35 degrees.

4, lighting requirements

Pumpkin is short sunshine duration, high requirements for light intensity, in the whole growth period need sufficient light, in the environment of sufficient light, its plants grow well, leaves are large, vines are thick, fruit growth is fast and good quality. If the light is insufficient, the plant grows poorly and the leaves are light and thin. Flower and fruit drop phenomenon is serious. In high temperature season cultivation, too strong light will lead to leaf withered Yan, so to reduce the impact of strong light on it, many farmers often adopt the method of interplanting with tall stem plants to reduce direct light.

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