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How to prevent and control angular leaf spot of winter melon? First, recognize the disease symptoms
Symptoms: It mainly affects leaves, petioles, and fruit. It can be affected from the seedling stage to the mature plant stage. When true leaves are infected, bright green water-soaked spots appear first, gradually turning light brown; the lesions are restricted by leaf veins and become polygonal, yellow-brown, and when humidity is high, milky white cloudy water-drop-like bacterial ooze exudes from the underside of the leaves, and the diseased tissue is brittle and easily perforated. When stems and petioles are infected, ...
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What to Do About Split Winter Melon? Detailed Explanation of Causes and Prevention Methods
When winter melon splits, it not only affects the appearance but also affects the quality and reduces its commercial value. In addition, split melons can also allow pathogens to invade the melon and multiply, causing localized deterioration or rot of the winter melon and affecting storage and transportation. Choose crack-resistant varieties. In rainy areas or rainy seasons, use deep furrows with high beds or ridge cultivation with trellising...
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How to store winter melon in a cellar to keep it fresh? Remember these six key points
First, choose excellent varieties and adopt a matching set of scientific cultivation techniques. Give full play to the characteristics of excellent varieties, improve the plant's own stress resistance, and reduce the various drawbacks caused by the application of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Second, apply organic fertilizer and inorganic fertilizer in combination. Under conditions within your capacity, apply excellent...
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Key Points of Fertilization Management Techniques for High-Quality and High-Yield Winter Melon
In Dongxia Town, Qingzhou City, the overwintering summer melons grown by vegetable farmers are mainly cultivated in a creeping manner, similar to watermelon cultivation, which results in the melon body touching the ground, uneven light exposure on the top and bottom of the winter melon, the part touching the ground turning white or developing yellow-brown necrotic spots, or even rotting, while the upper part of the melon exposed to direct sunlight is prone to sunburn...
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How to plant winter melon seeds for high yield? All the technical points are here
1. Sow at the right time and grow strong seedlings. The sowing period should be arranged according to local climate conditions, aiming to set fruit before the rainy season arrives. Generally sow from late February to mid-March, use a heat-retaining seedbed and nutritional pots for seedling raising, with about 100g of seed per mu. Before sowing, soak the seeds in hot water at about 70 degrees, let them cool naturally, soak for 1...
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Detailed Explanation of Key Cultivation Techniques for Black-Skinned Winter Melon
Black-skinned winter melon is elongated and cylindrical, with a dark green skin and longitudinal grooves when fully mature. The fruit is 60-80 cm long with a transverse diameter of 15-25 cm. The flesh is white, 5-6 cm thick, and a single fruit weighs 8-15 kg. The yield per mu is 4000-5000 kg, and the entire growing period is 160-180 days. This variety is drought-tolerant, heat-tolerant, storage-tolerant, and transport-tolerant. It has a long supply period and a refreshing...
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What are the control methods for winter melon pests and diseases?
Fusarium wilt is the most serious disease affecting autumn-planted winter melon. It strikes when the plant begins to flower and set fruit, causing the vines to wither and die. This disease is a fungal disease, and when it occurs severely, it spreads aggressively and rapidly, affecting entire patches and killing whole plants, resulting in heavy losses. Close attention must be paid to its control in order to protect the stems and vines and promote flowering and fruit set....
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How to fertilize winter melon effectively? A detailed guide to practical methods
Fertilization principles: Winter melon grows best in slightly sandy soil rich in organic matter. It tolerates heavy feeding but not poor, barren soil, and it has comprehensive requirements for nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calcium. Basal fertilizer should be applied heavily, with reasonable supplementary fertilization. Nutrient uptake is low at the seedling stage, greater at the bolting stage, and during flowering and fruiting, especially in the early and middle stages of fruit development, uptake is...
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What are the key points for cultivating winter melon in small arched tunnels in early spring?
Winter melon has a well-developed root system, luxuriant branches and leaves, and bears huge fruits; it is a high-yielding crop with strong adaptability. The entire growth period of winter melon is about 100-150 days, and its life is divided into 4 stages: from seed germination to the cotyledons flattening out and the first true leaf appearing is the germination stage; from the first true leaf emerging to the beginning of vine growth is the seedling stage; from the seedling...
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Detailed Explanation of the Intercropping Cultivation Technique for Chili Pepper, Loofah and Cilantro
By intercropping loofah and cilantro with chili pepper in greenhouses, greenhouse space can be used rationally, with a per-mu yield of 3000 kg of chili pepper, 1500-1800 kg of loofah and 550-600 kg of cilantro, giving considerable economic benefits. The cultivation technique is introduced as follows: 1. Variety selection. For chili pepper, choose the early-maturing superior varieties Wan Jiao No. 4 or Su Jiao No. 5...
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