Planting method of cantaloupe and eggplant

Cantaloupe eggplant, also known as South American cantaloupe eggplant, ginseng fruit, longevity fruit, etc., is a perennial herbaceous vegetable, fruit ornamental plant, often can also play the role of anti-cancer, anti-aging, deeply loved by people. So how to grow fragrant melons and eggplants? Let's take a look.

1. Select the place

Cantaloupe eggplant has strong adaptability to soil. according to practice, it has been proved that cantaloupe eggplant planted in loose, fertile and slightly acidic soil has good growth and high yield. Therefore, the planting site should be selected in the place with convenient transportation, sufficient water source, no pollution source, high terrain, ventilation and light transmission, convenient drainage and irrigation, and the soil with high organic matter content, deep soil layer, loose and fertile soil, slightly acidic soil, and the suitable pH value is between 6 and 7. Deep ploughing should be carried out before planting, which can not only eliminate germs and insect eggs in the soil, but also loosen the soil, increase the water storage and fertilizer retention capacity of the soil, and improve fertility. After deep ploughing, the fields are fined and leveled to help preserve soil moisture, and then open ditches to make beds.

2. Sowing seeds

The seeds of muskmelon and eggplant are small, and the sowing amount is not large, so pot sowing or burrowing plate can be adopted to raise seedlings; when the sowing rate is large, it is necessary to sow seeds in the seedbed. Before sowing, the seeds with good color, uniform size, full grain and no mildew should be selected, first soaked to accelerate germination, then sowed, and covered with fine sand after sowing. If possible, the seedlings can be raised in the greenhouse, and the temperature can be controlled between 15-30 degrees after sowing, and the seedlings can emerge in 7-10 days.

3. Colonization

When the seedling grows to about 15 cm, it can be planted. First of all, pour the seedling bed into water before rising the seedling. Use a small shovel along the soil layer of each row of seedlings to carefully pull out the seedlings so as to keep the roots as safe as possible. Do not pull out the seedlings by hand. Before planting, ditches or holes are dug according to the distance between rows, and now the planting holes are watered in the ditches. When the seedlings are infiltrated under water, the seedlings are placed in the ditches or holes, and the soil is covered after the water is completely infiltrated. Cover the soil should not be too deep or too shallow, generally maintain more than 3 nodes of the seedling, to ensure that the root system extends, closely connected with the soil, to improve the survival rate.

4. Field management

In the process of growth, rigid seedlings and weak seedlings will be formed because of diseases and insect pests and other factors. at this time, these inferior plants should be dug out in time, and then strong seedlings should be replanted, and then quick-acting fertilizer should be applied to promote their growth and development. After survival, when the plant grows vigorously, coring can be carried out to promote the germination of lateral branches. Cantaloupe stalk is soft and easy to lodge, so it is necessary to use bamboo pole to build a forked or arched, rectangular or three-dimensional rectangular frame before flowering and sitting fruit, and then tie the melon and eggplant on the bracket. be careful in the process of binding, loose and tight is suitable to prevent damage to stems, leaves and fruits. After melon and eggplant fruiting, flower and fruit thinning should be carried out according to the growth status, so that the fruit distribution is uniform and the size is the same, and the effect and deformed fruit should be removed in time.

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