Field management of gourd

Gourd is an annual vine climbing plant, which can be eaten as a vegetable when it is immature. And the seeds of gourd also have the effect of relieving diarrhea and vomiting, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Now the planting area of gourd in our country is very extensive, so how should we manage it when planting? The following editor has brought you the field management of the gourd, let's have a look!

1. Management of germination period

The period between the tendency of seed germination and the emergence of leaves of seedlings is the seedling stage of calabash. Under normal management, it is usually unearthed about a week after sowing. When the seedlings are unearthed, the membrane should be broken in time according to the growth of the seedlings to improve the permeability in the field. To prevent excessive humidity in the field caused by poor permeability. Resulting in stagnant water, rotting roots and rotten seedlings and other bad phenomena. Therefore, we should break the membrane in time after the seedlings are unearthed, and open a small hole at the bottom of the seedlings to expose the seedlings, but do not hurt the seedlings.

2. Management at seedling stage

It is the seedling stage of calabash in the growth period of 1-5 true leaves of seedlings. The time of the seedling stage is about one month, and the soil should be kept moist at the seedling stage. If it is found that there is a lack of water and drought, then small water drip irrigation, water should not be too much, to prevent retting roots. Then do a good job of setting up the frame to facilitate the growth of the gourd. When setting up the frame, we should pay attention to control the position between the bottom of the frame and the seedlings, not too close, to prevent damage to the roots of the seedlings. Then fix the frame to prevent the wind from falling down and affect the growth of the gourd.

3. Management of extension period

After passing the seedling stage is the extension stage, which lasts until before the first female flower blossoms. During the extension period, the main growth direction of gourd is vegetative growth, at this time, the root growth rate of gourd plant is accelerated, and the leaf area is increased. At this time, we should pay attention to do a good job of pruning and binding vines, when the gourd branches grow vertically to a certain height, can not continue to go up, if poor management will lead to bending, affecting normal growth. Therefore, we should introduce the vine in time to promote the vertical growth of the branch toward the bamboo pole. Then we should also do a good job of picking buds and hearts, ploughing and weeding, and concentrate nutrients on the gourd.

4. Management of expansion period

When the gourd enters the fruiting period, we should pay attention to the fruit thinning work, usually a vine can retain one fruit. To facilitate the concentration of nutrition, attention should be paid to the observation of fruit growth, timely removal of small fruits and abnormal fruits, and timely removal of old and weak leaves, leaves of diseases and insect pests, etc., so as to prevent excessive nutrition consumption and affect fruit expansion. The growth rate of gourd during the expansion period is very fast, so we should pay attention to timely watering and fertilization to meet the nutritional water demand of fruit expansion. Then properly share the weight for the melon stalk and tie the gourd melon handle to the wire to reduce fruit drop.

The above is a brief introduction to gourd field management. The field management of gourd should be adjusted reasonably according to different growth periods of gourd. Only in this way can we ensure the growth of the gourd and improve the planting efficiency. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you for your reading and support.