White gourd growing conditions

Wax gourd is a vine annual vegetable, mainly grown in tropical and subtropical regions, and can be cultivated all over China, Yunnan region and wild varieties. In addition to cooking food can also be made into candy food, seeds have detumescence medicinal effect. So in its growth environment, what are the requirements for several major factors that constitute the environment, and what kind of environment composition is needed? Let's take a look together!

I. Sunshine

Short day crops, low temperature and short day conditions, flower bud differentiation is good, but other periods need long days, sufficient light, good for growth and development, so it can be said that the light is not very strict. The fruiting period requires light to grow rapidly and develop, and if there is little light, it may grow poorly.

II. Temperature

Low temperature in the fruiting period is easy to cause flower and fruit drop, even melons. Compared with thermophilic, heat-resistant, the best growth temperature is between 25 and 30 degrees, seed germination is best at 28 degrees to 30 degrees, 12 degrees above the temperature, roots begin to grow. The temperature at flowering stage is 25 ℃. Below 20 degrees, melon growth is slow and affected. Planting must begin in the spring and fruiting catch up with summer.

III. Nutrition

Wax gourd fruit is larger, the growth cycle is longer, the melon needs a lot of nutrients, so it needs fertilizer to supplement nutrition and improve soil nutrition, generally more farm manure, and more nitrogen fertilizer, more potassium fertilizer will make the melon meat hard. All it takes is a proper dose of phosphorus and potassium. Because of the plant parts, vines need to be robust.

IV. Humidity

Wax gourd leaves are large, vines are more, fruits also need a lot of water, so wax gourd needs a lot of water throughout the growth period, can not be dry. However, the root system of wax gourd is strong. Watering can be enough at one time and then watered at intervals. It cannot be done a few times. The absorption is not in place. It is required to irrigate the whole root area thoroughly. Don't not irrigate some of them. It will be too long.

V. Soil

Sandy loam requirements are better, there are; conducive to the root system under the tie, wax gourd roots, distribution deeper than other vegetables, fibrous roots are more, loose soil is more conducive to root growth. However, if the conditions are insufficient, it can also grow in ordinary soil, as long as it is not in low-lying, hardened land, as little as possible continuous cropping, and does not rotate with melons.

Wax gourd temperature requirements are relatively warm environment, but not too high, need more moisture content, but the air humidity should be lower. It needs a lot of nutrition and needs to be supplemented in time. It is a short-day crop, but can grow well in long-day environments except for flowering. It is best grown on sandy loam soil.