How to manage watermelon vines

Watermelon can be said to be the most popular fruit, and watermelon is also the fruit with the largest planting area in China. When growing watermelons, management is very important. And because watermelon is a kind of vine crop, we should pay attention to the management of vines. So how to manage the vines of watermelons when growing watermelons? The following editor will give you a brief introduction, let's have a look!

1. Inverted vine

There are many ways to manage watermelon vines, and the first one is to fall the vine. Inverted vine is very helpful to the growth of watermelon, which can promote the growth of vines, change the growth direction of vines, and make them absorb more nutrition and water, so as to improve the yield and fruit quality of watermelon. The time of falling vine of watermelon should be carried out when the plant grows about 5 true leaves. When falling the vine, first of all, put a piece of soil on the edge of the base of the main vine in the opposite direction, so that the vine can lean to the ground along the extended direction.

2. Li Teng

Rhizoma Rehmanniae is also a common vine management method in watermelon planting. Because the watermelon vine growth ability is relatively strong, if you do not care about the vine, then the vines are easily intertwined with each other. It affects the growth between vines, so we should pay attention to the work of left and right rattan after falling the vine. When the vines are growing, you have to trim the vines about 2-3 times a week. When rattan management, the vines should be straightened manually so that the melon vines can be evenly distributed on the border surface, and the tips protruding out of the border should be put back into the border in time and should be fixed.

3. Press the vine

Pressing the vine can make the melon and vine in a state of orientation, and promote the melon and vine to produce adventitious roots, thus increasing the nutrient absorption area of the plant. Generally, the vine is pressed when the vine grows to about 45 centimeters. First of all, cover the melon and vine with soil, and then according to the section of the melon and vine, about 5 sections will be pressed once, generally four times or so. It should be noted that the front and back sections near the melon can not be pressed. The time to press the vine should be in the sunny afternoon today, the humidity in the rainy and sunny morning is relatively large, so it is not possible to press the vine.

4. Cutting vines

Vine cutting is mainly to regulate the vegetative growth and reproductive growth between watermelons, usually the time of vine cutting should be carried out from June to July. Generally there are single rattan type and multi-rattan type, single rattan type is to cut off all the sub-vines of watermelon plants, and then retain only the main vines. Then the multi-rattan style is to retain the thick and strong vines on about 4 sections of the main vines and the main vines, and then cut off the excess vines. We should choose the method of vine cutting reasonably according to the characteristics of planting varieties, and take into account various factors such as planting density, soil fertility and so on.

The above is a brief introduction to how to manage watermelon vines, and that's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help you all.