Illustration of the method of pinching gourd tip

The methods of picking the tip of the gourd are: cutting off too long side branches, picking the core, etc.

1, cut off long side branches.

When the gourd is cultivated and maintained, if the gourd plant grows too vigorously, cross it, cut off the long side branches on the gourd plant and remove the weak side branches. Wipe off the new buds that have just grown on the gourd plant and avoid some useless branches. Note: When crossing the gourd, you must pay attention to it, and you must not trim it too much or too much. Distinguish the fork branches from the flower buds, and don't cut off the open flower bones.

Step 2 tip

If 3 ~ 4 flower bones grow on the main vine of gourd, they should be sharpened in time. Determine the tip position, prepare sterilized sharp scissors, trim the main vine in time, and cut off the top branches of branches to protect the tip position.

Gourd planting skills:

1, planting time

Farmers have an agricultural proverb "Before and after Qingming Festival, plant melons and beans". Thus, the atmosphere in Tomb-Sweeping Day is also the next planting season for planting melons and vegetables in spring. However, according to the characteristics of gourd growth and the requirements of temperature, gourd seeds germinate at 65438 05℃, and the optimum temperature for seedling growth is 20 ~ 25℃. This also proves that around Tomb-Sweeping Day, that is, early April is the sowing season of gourd. You can't sow in the open field too early, because gourd is a warm-loving plant.

2. Variety selection

There are many kinds of gourds, such as big gourds, waist gourds and small Wan Wen gourds with long handles. And select excellent varieties with early maturity, strong resistance and concentrated fruit according to their own planting purposes.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia -Hulu