Key points of management of wax gourd during fruiting period

Wax gourd is a vegetable in autumn and winter, which can be listed before and after the Spring Festival through greenhouse technology. If the wax gourd is not managed properly, it will not only cause extremely low yield, but also cause serious diseases and insect pests and a serious decline in yield. So how to manage the fruit period of wax gourd? Come and have a look with the editor.

1. Pollination

Wax gourd can use artificial pollination to improve the fruit setting rate of wax gourd, the specific method is to remove its petals when the male flowers bloom in the morning, and then smear its pollen on the stamens of the female flowers. It can also be rubbed on the stamens of male flowers with the help of cotton swabs, and then smeared on the stamens of female flowers with cotton swabs, which can significantly improve the fruit setting rate. The last time of pollination is around 8 o'clock in the morning, preferably no more than 10:00, pollination for 1-2 days, if the male flowers wither, the female flowers slowly wither and the melons grow up, it means that the pollination is successful.

2. Pick the vine and hit the top

Lateral vines grow between each petiole and stem of wax gourd, and these lateral vines consume a lot of nutrients when they grow, so the lateral vines should be removed in time. So as not to affect the sitting melon and fruiting melon of the plant. It should be noted that these lateral vines grow very fast, so they are usually removed every other day. After fruiting, topping when the main vine keeps 7-10 leaves in front of the melon is beneficial to the concentration of nutrients and improve the fruit setting rate.

3. Fertilizer and water management

After the wax gourd is stable, there is a great demand for fertilizer for the growth and development of young melons, so it is necessary to re-apply fertilizer, generally 15 kilograms of urea per mu, once every half a month. To the middle of melon, generally every 7-10 days to water once, in the late watering melon frequently fast, generally once a week to water, to keep the soil moist, conducive to rapid expansion of melon.

4. Pest control

Wax gourd diseases and insect pests are mainly powdery mildew, Fusarium wilt and aphids. Powdery mildew occurs with dots or irregular white spots on the leaves. Triadimefon or sulfur suspension can be used to control the disease, and it can be sprayed every other week. Fusarium wilt is also mainly manifested in leaves and stems, which will lead to leaf wilt and stem death, which can be prevented and treated with carbendazim every 10 days. Aphids have strong fecundity and can be harmed for many generations in a short time. Imidacloprid can be used for control and sprayed once a week.

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