Causes of fruit cracking of zucchini and its solutions

Zucchini often crack in the planting, resulting in fruit quality damage, not only affect the beauty, but also lead to a reduction in production, and such zucchini can not be sold at all, this problem often bothers vegetable farmers. So how to prevent zucchini cracking? Let's get to know it together with the editor.

1. Symptoms

The cracking of zucchini, small zucchini and golden zucchini often occurs in young melons and adult melons. The crack varies in depth and width, and only a small crack is exposed in the light. If it is heavy, it can be as deep as the flesh of the melon and expose the seeds. The wound surface of the crack gradually becomes cork, and many zucchini crack in the young melon and seriously crack in the mature stage.

2. Calcium deficiency

The main cause of zucchini is the lack of calcium in zucchini. There is a great demand for calcium during the expansion period of zucchini. Once there is no adequate supply of calcium, it will cause cracks on the surface of the fruit, some of which are serious and will split into a notch. This leads to the poor appearance of the harvested products and makes it difficult to sell.

Solution: in fact, the solution is relatively simple, you can apply some calcium fertilizer in the base fertilizer, or some calcium fertilizer in the fruit period, so as to avoid the lack of calcium and lead to zucchini cracking.

3. Lack of water

It is a common reason for zucchini to crack when there is a lack of water. many vegetable farmers do not water the zucchini in time, resulting in the soil being too dry and the plants unable to absorb enough water to supply the expanding fruit. as a result, the skin of the young fruit of zucchini becomes aging. Once encountered one day, the flesh of zucchini will expand because of rapid water absorption, but the aging of the skin can not expand synchronously, so the fruit will crack.

Solution: so do not over-control water in the fruit period, need to pay attention to proper watering, in case the soil is too dry, and timely drainage after rain, so as not to expand the fruit too fast.

4. the melon body is damaged.

This situation is also relatively common, but it often only causes individual zucchini to crack, and does not appear in a large area, mainly in the growth stage of young melons, farmers accidentally encounter young melons while carrying out agricultural operations. causing physical damage to the surface. And the young melon is so delicate that it will be damaged by gentle touch.

Solution: therefore, it is recommended that farmers in the fruit period management, must be careful to avoid damage to the melon body, for the melon body has been opened, it is recommended to remove in time, so as not to cause unnecessary consumption of nutrients, but also to prevent diseases and insect pests.

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