Pruning technique of muskmelon

Now the market demand for thick-skinned melons is more and more exuberant, so there are more and more farmers planting thick-skinned melons. Thick-skinned melons are generally planted in early spring and harvested in May. Now most of them are planted in greenhouses, but in the process of planting, pruning is the key to high yield. Let's take a look at the pruning techniques of thick-skinned melons with Xiaobian.

1. pruning method of thick-skinned muskmelon

1. Single vine type

That is, if the main vine is not removed, all the cotyledon vines in front of the melon site will be removed, more than 10 middle vines will be left, 2-3 leaves will be left in front of the melon to pick the cotyledon, and the upper cotyledon vine needs to be timely coring or thinning according to the actual situation in the field.

2. Pruning of double vines

Pick the heart when the main vine grows to 3-4 true leaves, leave the strong one for 2 days when the vine grows to 15 cm, remove all the rest, pick the heart when the vine grows to 20-25 nodes, and retain melons with more than 4 nodes. And Sun Meng left 2 leaves to pick the heart, after the melon, the upper part of the vine can be allowed to grow, if the plant is too prosperous, closed in the field, it can dredge the sun vine that does not bear melon.

3. Pruning of three vines

For the precocious varieties in which both son vine and sun vine can sit melon, pick the heart when the main vine has 3-4 true leaves, leave 3 strong vines, and pick out the heart when 6-10 true leaves. Most of the sun vine can bear fruit in the first and second section, but in order to prevent the sun vine from growing rapidly and affecting the sitting melon, two real leaves are left to pick the heart of the sun vine two days before the female flower blossoms. for example, if the branches and leaves are too prosperous, you can also remove the lower unfruitful sun vines.

II. Matters needing attention in pruning

1. The principle of tightening in front and loosening after loosening

The rapid growth period of the seed vine must be pruned in time, and after the occurrence of the sun vine, it is necessary to pick the heart and prune the vine in time to promote the fruit setting of the plant, and at the same time, sparse the vine as appropriate to promote the plant from vegetative growth to reproductive growth and promote fruit growth. After the fruit is enlarged, the heart is picked, the vine is sparse or allowed to grow according to the growth situation, and the early pruning effect is obvious, otherwise the branches and vines will be intertwined, it is difficult to distinguish between primary and secondary, resulting in low fruit setting rate, but also lead to excessive growth of stems and leaves, increase pruning work, and cause late ripening and yield reduction.

2. Pruning time

The pruning time should be carried out at noon and high temperature in the afternoon on a sunny day, so that the wound can heal quickly, reduce the infection of bacteria, and the stems and leaves are soft, so as to avoid unnecessary losses.

3. It is not suitable to prune with dew and cloudy and rainy days

There are too few leaves per plant, if the pruning is too hard, the plant is easy to senescence prematurely, the fruit can not grow fully, the sweetness will be relatively low, and it is unreasonable to remove all the growing points too early. Practice has proved. When the first part of the fruit-bearing vine is allowed to grow, it is beneficial to prevent the premature senescence of the plant, especially in the dry and barren land, the foliage is small and the pruning should not be too hard.

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