How to manage the flourishing period of towel gourd

Towel gourd is a very popular vegetable in our daily life. The planting area in our country is also very large, when planting towel gourd. We need to adjust the management methods according to the growth period of towel gourd, especially in the peak period, improper management will have a great impact on the yield of towel gourd. So how to manage it when towel gourd is in full bloom? Let's take a look at it with the editor.

1. Bracket hanging vine

When planting towel gourd in the greenhouse, we should maintain a good permeability in the greenhouse. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the temperature, if the temperature is too high, then it can easily lead to the phenomenon of towel gourd. After the Beginning of Autumn, the temperature will gradually drop, and the growth rate of vines and strips of towel gourd will also accelerate. This time is also the period of equal emphasis on vegetative growth and reproductive growth of towel gourd. Therefore, we should pay attention to do a good job of scaffolding work, provide sufficient extension space for branches and vines, avoid overlap of melons and vines, improve scaffolding permeability, promote female flower differentiation, improve gourd setting rate and commercial value of towel gourd.

2. Water and fertilizer management

After the towel gourd enters the peak period, the demand for water and fertilizer will increase. It is usually watered every three days or so. Watering should be avoided at noon and carried out in the morning and evening. Then in the watering, should be appropriate topdressing, at this time topdressing is to promote melon fertilizer. The main fertilizers are mature peanut cake, bean cake and other fertilizers, and the method of topdressing is mainly ditching and deep application. At the same time, it can be combined with appropriate amount of compound fertilizer, such as urea, phosphate fertilizer, potassium sulfate and so on. Then it is necessary to control the amount of topdressing according to the growth of towel gourd and the amount of base fertilizer, and at the same time take a small amount of fertilizer as the principle.

3. Pick flowers and remove beard

Towel gourd is a kind of cross-pollinated crop, the florescence of male inflorescence is usually about a month, this time will consume a lot of nutrients. So we should pay attention to get rid of excess inflorescences as soon as possible. When the female flower is budding, about 20% of the male flower can be retained, and the extra male inflorescence can be removed. Tendril growth in towel gourd has the effect of climbing and delineating branches and vines. However, tendrils need to consume more nutrients when they grow to pull seedlings, which is very disadvantageous to melon. Therefore, in the early growth stage of towel gourd, we should bind the towel gourd while removing the beard. After the branches are evenly distributed and fixed on the scaffolding, the tendrils can be removed when the tendrils are trimmed.

4. Pest control

Towel gourd is still full of diseases and insect pests, so we should also pay attention to the prevention and control of diseases and insect pests when the loofah is in full bloom. The common diseases and insect pests are blight, downy mildew, aphids and so on. These diseases and insect pests will cause great harm to all parts of towel gourd, thus affecting the yield and quality of towel gourd. Therefore, we should disinfect regularly and make rational use of mancozeb, towel gourd and other agents to ensure the normal growth of towel gourd and improve the yield of towel gourd.

The above is a brief introduction to how to manage towel gourd in full bloom. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help you all.