A brief introduction to the planting method of balsam pear is very simple.

The first time I ate bitter gourd or I went to college, class students went to dinner together, there is a female monitor ordered a plate of fried bitter gourd, it seems not cheap. Everyone said that people have taste, so she proudly introduced to us how good it is to eat bitter melon, everyone echoed, happy to eat, I also eat very happy.

Stir-fried bitter gourd

I haven't eaten bitter melon for many years, and I know that trying to fit in isn't beautiful. I don't deny that there must be people who like the unique taste of bitter melon, and I know that some people just pretend to like it. But I like to plant bitter gourd very much, in our park does not get in the way of children's place, in my small courtyard, every year will plant so few bitter gourd, just think it is very beautiful.

In a country as big as ours, balsam pear is a rare vegetable planted in both the north and south, but more in the south. Balsam pear climbs tendrils and grows, luxuriant, melon tendrils slender but not weak, melon skin smooth touch is very good, especially mature balsam pear whole becomes golden yellow has sweet seed, all this is so beautiful.

Mature balsam pear

[Bitter melon planting method]

1. Suitable environmental conditions: balsam pear likes mild, heat resistance but not cold resistance, the suitable temperature for seed germination is 30-35℃, and the suitable temperature for growth is 20-25℃; balsam pear likes light but not shade, and the stronger the light during flowering and fruit setting, the more favorable it is for fruit setting; balsam pear has developed roots, drought tolerance and not waterlogging tolerance.

2, planting methods: balsam pear is generally sown in spring, south in February-March sowing seedlings, the whole growth period of 80-100 days, north in late April sowing seedlings, the whole growth period of 150-210 days.

Balsam pear is not good mainly because the seed coat of balsam pear is very thick and not good, must be soaked before sowing, simple point in the water soaked for 3-5 hours, the seed surface moisture can be dried after sowing, if you want to carry out seed disinfection, you can also use 50% carbendazim 500 times solution immersion for 60 minutes (anti-fungal disease), and then rinse with water can germinate or direct seeding.

There are still a lot of bitter gourd

Pay attention to the timely erection of balsam pear after emergence, family planting, then there is no so-called plant spacing, but production is generally planted 400-500 trees per mu.

When melon vine grows 50 centimeters or so, want to lead vine to put on a shelf, namely around vine, balsam pear branch ability is particularly strong, so as not to grow which is. Generally, the lateral vines at the base of the main vine are removed, leaving the lateral vines in the upper part of the melon. After sitting melon began to constantly topdressing.

When writing this article, listening to Zhao Lei's "Chengdu," folk songs are always so immersive, will think of too many things. There are always some things tangled knot, just like I do not eat bitter melon but also has been planted bitter melon. The hardest thing to understand is the human heart, both yourself and others.