How to grow small gourds?

 How to grow small gourds?

The cultivation method is as follows:

1. Choose a small gourd that is mature and beautiful in the last year for the next planting. After soaking the seeds in cold water for a day and night, insert the small heads of the seeds into the loose soil prepared in advance. Just go to a sunny place.

2. A few days after the seedlings are cultivated and planted, the shells of the seeds can be placed on the flower racks on the balcony when they start to lift up. Keep the pot soil moist and cultivate with less fertilizer. After releasing two large leaves, it can be planted in a flowerpot with a diameter greater than 20 cm. During this period, in addition to keeping the pot soil without water shortage, be careful that insects or birds damage the main bud of the small gourd.

3. When the seedlings grow to 20 cm high, fix a pole outside the balcony window, and loop a few times on the pole to fix the rope end to the small gourd pot so that the vines of the small gourd follow your intentions Climbing, guiding the main cane every day during the climbing process is more in line with your design requirements, depending on the open and closed situation of your balcony. Do not damage the main bud, and the pole must be firmly fixed and pay attention to safety.

4. Pinch the head to urge the main stem of the fruit to not grow a small gourd. If the branch ends, don't let the lower section 23 branch at the beginning. If there is a branch, pinch it off and let it lead to the upper part. The main bud grows to 23 meters, and the main bud is pinched off, so that there are many fruits, good fruits, and a good location for appreciation.

5. Pollination results The small gourd is a night-flowering plant. It blooms before the sun comes out in the early morning. It is a good opportunity for pollination. Use a small brush to brush the male flower core, and then brush it on the female flower core, or directly insert the male flower core into the female flower. Core. If there are bees, this step is eliminated.

6, pruning and plastic surgery In order to keep the small gourd vines and leaves evergreen and beautiful, often cut off the dead branches and fallen leaves.

7. The small gourd with tattoos is a mascot, which is great for giving to relatives and friends.

The best choice for suitable selection is the Pingchuan and Erwa land with good drainage and fertile soil; the hilly land with irrigation conditions is fine. It is better to use corn, wheat, and soybean stubbles. Avoid white melons, watermelons and other melons that are planted continuously. Sweet gourds cannot be planted on plots where closed herbicides are used in the previous stubble.

Combine top dressing with flat ridges and lay grass. When the main vine grows to about 50, it is best to combine irrigation. Apply 100-250 grams of urea per plant. The top dressing should not be too close to the main root to prevent root burning. Do not scatter urea on the leaf surface to prevent leaf burning, and flatten the empty ridges to prevent weeds, and then pave the empty ridges.

The growth rate and fruit size of gourds have a great relationship with moisture. Drought and lack of water will cause the gourd to be small and grow slowly. Sufficient water supply can also effectively prevent the surface of gourds from cracking, thus affecting the appearance. .

Gourd is a kind of water-loving plant. The seedlings that are planted in the pots need to replenish water diligently during the seedling stage after the seeds germinate. The seedlings that are accelerating the growth will absorb most of the water. Only continuous water replenishment can make the stems and leaves of the gourd grow stronger, bloom more flowers and bear more fruits.

In the blooming period of gourds, even if the frequency of watering should be reduced in time, it is not suitable for watering at this time. Once the water is too much, it will directly affect the number of flowers. In order to increase the fruit setting rate, reduce watering at this time. water.

How to grow small gourd seeds

1. Gourd seed treatment

Take out the seeds in the gourd, choose a big plump, and soak it in warm water of about 30 degrees for more than 12 hours, at a constant temperature! Remove it and wrap it with moist gauze, and it will sprout in about 12 days.

2. Pot soil container selection

Gourds are more adaptable to potting soil, and general garden soil can meet the growth, but when preparing garden soil, you can add mulch and fine sand to make the soil more fertile. Fill the soil and then irrigate it, and place it. After 2 hours, you can bury the germinated seeds

Field management

1. Manual weeding, timely control of diseases and pests.

2. Combine top dressing with flat ridges and grass. When the main vine grows to about 50cm, it is best to combine irrigation. Apply 100-250 grams of urea to each plant. The top dressing should not be too close to the main root to prevent root burning. Do not scatter urea on the leaf surface to prevent leaf burning, and flatten the empty ridges to prevent grass shortage, and then pave the empty ridges, using about 1kg of straw or wheat straw per square meter.

3. Smooth the vine, pinch the tip, beat the branches, and artificially pollinate

(1) Shun vine leaves two main vines for each plant, and the two main vines are horizontally compressed. The directional soil can be cultivated once to make the melon seedlings incline downwind to avoid turning the seedlings.

(2) Pinching the tip of the first-level branch, when it grows to 3 leaves, start pinching the tip, watch and pinch off the second and third-level branches, the pinching of the main vine will be after August.

(3) Artificial pollination. Generally, sweet gourds do not bloom in the morning and on rainy days, so every morning, they branch and pinch their tips. Pollination starts at 16:00 in the afternoon. After the department (August 23), pollination can be stopped. Generally, there are two main vines. Make 6-8 pieces.

(4) Leave a driveway in the field. In principle, there should be 2 ridges on each side of the road to facilitate watering and harvesting.

3. Can the seeds in the gourd be planted after a few years?

Can still be planted.

1. Soak the seeds, soak the seeds in 40℃ warm water for 12-24 hours. After removing them, wrap them with gauze and spin dry, and sip the soaked sweet gourd seeds.

2. Intensify germination, put a layer of sterilized sawdust or sand on a wooden trough or ordinary pot, and then put a layer of gauze on it. Put the soaked seeds evenly on the gauze, cover with a new twisted towel, cover with a curtain, cover with a quilt to promote germination, and brush water twice a day with a new broom. Do not brush too much water to prevent the seed coat from accumulating water. The germination temperature is generally ℃, not less than 25℃, and the highest is not more than 32℃.