Planting techniques of White Cucumber

White cucumber is a variety of cucumber, it is the same as our common cucumber varieties, rarely seen in cities, but more common in rural areas, and resistant to storage, many farmers like to plant. Let's take a look at the planting techniques of white cucumbers with the editor.

1. Soil preparation and fertilization

The general soil of white cucumber is fine, but it is appropriate to choose the land with deep soil layer, loose and fertile soil and rich organic matter, ploughing several times before planting and using the sun to kill underground pests. In each mu of high-quality farm fertilizer 5000 kg, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer 50 kg, calcium superphosphate 20-50 kg, spread evenly on the ground, turn deeply into, and then make the bed to wait for sowing.

2. Cultivate strong seedlings

White cucumber can be sowed in spring or autumn, generally sowing seedlings in March or from June to July in autumn, sawdust can be used to raise seedlings, sawdust has excellent permeability, heat preservation and moisture preservation, and seedlings can break out of the soil as soon as possible. and it's not easy to hurt the roots when dividing seedlings. It is required that the stem of the strong seedling is about 1 cm thick, there are 4-5 true leaves, the leaves are thick and green, and the roots are many and stout.

3. Strengthen the management of fertilizer and water

During the growth period of white cucumber, it is necessary to promote and control the combination, so that during the plant growth period, it is necessary to do a good job of ploughing and weeding measures in the early stage of plant growth, squatting seedlings, squatting until the root melon is stable, and waiting for melon seedlings to fall after watering. In order to avoid watering too early, resulting in excessive growth of plants, the possibility of melon emergence, the early flowering stage is mainly controlled, and the fruiting period is mainly promoted. The principle of topdressing is to apply fertilizer frequently and thinly. After harvest, it is necessary to apply 20 kg of ammonium carbonate per mu in order to achieve stable and high yield.

4. Pest control

The main diseases of white cucumber are downy mildew, corner spot, powdery mildew and so on. The main insect pests are aphids, yellow melon, black melon and so on, which can be controlled by dimethoate, aphid lice net and trichlorfon. In addition, white cucumber is eaten with tender fruit, when the melon strips grow to a certain length and thickness, but the seeds and epidermis are hardened, they should be harvested in time so as not to affect the taste and quality.

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