Cultivation techniques of muskmelon

Cantaloupe originated in Taiwan, also known as thick-skinned melon, causing high sweetness and fragrant taste, is a popular variety of cantaloupe in the market. So how to grow cantaloupe? Come and have a look with the editor.

1. Land selection and preparation

It is necessary to choose plots with convenient drainage and irrigation, good ventilation, low groundwater level, loose and fertile soil, and never planted melons in recent years, and the former plots used as rice and vegetables are better. After land selection, deep ploughing and fine rake, after soil preparation, the width is 3 meters, the height is 0.2-0.3 meters, the width of the border ditch is 0.3 meters, and the width and depth of the surrounding ditches are 0.5 meters and 0.4 meters respectively.

2. Sowing and raising seedlings

Before sowing, you can disinfect the seeds with methyl topiramate 500 times solution for 2-3 hours, then wash the seeds with clean water, place them on a plate equipped with wet yarn, cover them with wet sand cloth to accelerate germination, control the humidity at about 30%, and sow the exposed white buds in 1-2 days. In order to avoid the flowering and fruiting of melons in the rainy season, the sowing date should be arranged in the middle of June, the seedlings can be raised in nutrition bags, one grain in each bag, the seedling bed should keep proper moisture, and the seedling temperature should be controlled between 20 and 25 degrees Celsius. Timely spray control of diseases and insect pests are found.

3. Planting

In order to improve the quality and yield of hanging fruit and reduce the harm of diseases and insect pests, scaffolding cultivation should be carried out, generally 0.5-1 m high and 2 m wide, and covered with black sunshade net. When the seedlings are about 15 days old and have 1-2 true leaves, they can be transplanted and planted. The plastic bags should be removed in time when planting, and the plant spacing should be 2 × 0.5 meters, and two rows should be planted in each row.

4. Field management

It is necessary to apply sufficient basic fertilizer before transplanting, and the first topdressing is 2.5 kg urea and 250-500 kg water per mu one week after transplanting, and the second topdressing is 50 kg urea and 15 kg compound fertilizer per mu when the vine grows to 50 cm. A shallow ditch was opened 0.3 meters from the plant, and the soil was covered after application. In the third fertilization, 5 kg urea and 5-7.5 kg potassium chloride were applied per mu in the early stage of fruit expansion. Shallow or ditch application at 3-0.4 m. Weeding should be paid attention to a week before ploughing, and after transplanting, weeding and soil cultivation should be combined with the first topdressing, and then it depends on the situation.

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