What is the solar term for planting melons and beans?

It is Tomb-Sweeping Day's spirit to grow melons and beans.

Planting melons and beans comes from a folk agricultural proverb: "Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, we planted melons and beans". April 5th is Tomb-Sweeping Day, one of the 24 solar terms. When Tomb-Sweeping Day arrived, the temperature rose and the rainfall increased. This kind of weather is a good time for spring sowing, and people begin to cultivate, so there is a proverb "Before and after Qingming, plant melons and beans".

During the Qingming period, the average daily temperature in most parts of China has risen to above 12℃ except the northeast and northwest regions. From north to south to the inside and outside of the Great Wall, there is a busy scene of spring ploughing everywhere. "In the Qingming period, the wheat grows in the third section", and the wheat in the south of Huanghuai is about to start heading.

Rape has been in full bloom, and wheat in the northeast and northwest has also entered the jointing stage. In the later stage, we should pay close attention to fertilizer and water management and pest control. In the dry farming in the north, the early and middle rice in the south of the Yangtze River enters the suitable season for mass sowing, so we should seize the opportunity to sow early on sunny days and "pear blossoms gradually clear". At this time, when many kinds of fruit trees enter the flowering stage, attention should be paid to artificial pollination to improve the fruit setting rate.

Precautions for planting melons and beans:

1, seed selection and planting time selection

Spring is the best period after Grain Rain. Farmers usually keep their own seeds, pick some pumpkins with good appearance and remove withered and damaged seeds. Soak in water for half an hour, and then stir in warm water of about 50 degrees, so as to wake the seeds. Soak the awakened seeds in warm water of 30 degrees for three hours, then keep this temperature and humidity for 2-3 days to accelerate germination. After germination, it can be planted. Of course, it is best to plant seeds in the same year, not every other year.

2. Selection of soil

Pumpkin mainly contains starch and sugar, so there are requirements for the soil environment for planting. Generally speaking, the sand is more suitable for growing pumpkins. Pumpkins are in great demand for fertilizer and water, but they are afraid of the tide, so they can't be planted in lowlands. Fruits produced on fertile soil and sandy soil with high soil taste better.

Step 3: sow.

Direct planting can be used. Put the germinated seeds into the dug pits. In order to ensure the emergence rate, put 2-3 seeds into each pit. It will be unearthed in about ten and a half days. Because there are 2-3 seeds in each pit, the unearthed seedlings are piled together. In the future, we should pay attention to thinning seedlings, that is, pulling out some weak seedlings and keeping strong seedlings.

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