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How to mix nutrient soil for melons? Sharing practical tips
Melon leaf blight, also known as brown spot disease, generally occurs during the peak fruiting stage. It is a fungal disease that can cause melon yields to plummet, with fewer and smaller melons and a greatly reduced sweetness. When external conditions are suitable, it can easily break out suddenly within a short period. The pathogen mainly damages leaves, and often also affects petioles, stems and vines, and fruits. Leaf blight first starts from the base...
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Control Methods for Major Diseases and Pests of Melons
Melon, also known as oriental melon, is one of the high-grade fruits that people love. It belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, Cucumis genus, melon species, and is an annual herbaceous plant. I. Variety Types and Selection of Improved Varieties Melons are generally divided into two types: thin-skinned melons and thick-skinned melons. Thin-skinned melons, also known as Chinese melons, have thin skin, crisp flesh, and small fruits with a single fruit...
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Pollution-free Disease and Pest Control Techniques for Muskmelon
The main pests harming melons include root maggots, mole crickets, cutworms, white grubs, leafminers, pumpkin beetles, aphids, and red spider mites, among others. (1) Root maggot: also called root maggot or melon maggot. It is the larva of the seed corn maggot. The body is about 5 mm long and maggot-shaped, damaging the young roots, young shoots, and tender stems of melon seedlings. Common control methods are as follows: ...
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Pruning melon vines in summer requires care: mastering the correct method is key
Muskmelon and watermelon seedlings are sensitive to environmental conditions during the seedling stage. Therefore, when raising melon seedlings under protective cultivation in spring, corresponding measures must be taken according to the characteristics of climate change. 1. Prolonged overcast and low temperatures. Due to insufficient light, the photosynthetic capacity of melon seedlings is weak, nutrient absorption from fertilizer is poor, growth is slow, leaf color is pale, cotyledons easily fall off, and seedlings easily become stunted and...
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Detailed Explanation of Key Technical Points for Raising Muskmelon Seedlings in Early Spring
To prepare the nutrient soil, use fertile soil that has never been planted with melons or vegetables and fully fermented and decomposed chicken manure or human waste, sift and mix them thoroughly at a ratio of 7:3. For each cubic meter of nutrient soil, add 2.5 kg of superphosphate, 0.5 kg of potassium sulfate, and 15-20 g of 95% hymexazol. To build an electric heating hotbed, 24-26 sq m of seedbed is needed per mu of field. The seedbed is wide 1...
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How to prevent muskmelon fruit cracking? Mastering these methods is key
The pathogenic bacteria of bacterial fruit blotch of muskmelon overwinter in seeds and on the soil surface, and can spread through wind and rain, insects, and farming operations, infecting through wounds and stomata. After contaminated seeds germinate, the pathogen invades from the cotyledons, causing disease in the seedlings. At the same time, the pathogenic bacteria can also infect crops such as zucchini, pumpkin, watermelon, and cucumber. Greenhouse...
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What to Do About Split Melons? A Full Guide to Prevention and Control Methods
1. Scientific fertilization. According to the fertilizer and water requirements of melons during their growth period, supply fertilizer and water in a balanced way, and do not blindly water and fertilize. When fertilizing, not only should sufficient base fertilizer be applied to meet the needs of the melon's early growth, but also timely topdressing should be done in the later stage of melon growth to meet the fertilizer requirements of the melon's later growth. 2. ...
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Five scientific measures for spring cultivation of mini watermelons
Cultivating mini watermelons in early spring has become a planting project favored by many melon growers, but due to climate and other reasons, the cultivation of mini watermelons still requires very scientific methods. Below, we explain 5 measures for scientifically cultivating mini watermelons: 1. Temperature management. Because the natural temperature in early spring is low, after transplanting the focus should be on keeping warm, keeping the greenhouse film tightly closed...
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Key Technical Points for High-Yield Open-Field Watermelon Cultivation in Spring
It is currently the season for sowing and raising seedlings of open-field watermelons. To do a good job of watermelon cultivation and increase farmers' income, the key technical points for spring open-field watermelon cultivation are introduced as follows: 1. Variety selection. Varieties should be chosen according to market demand, selecting those that are well-suited to the market, with good quality, high yield and strong disease resistance, such as Qinghong...
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How can spring open-field watermelons be grown for high yields?
Currently it is the season for sowing and raising seedlings of open-field watermelons. In order to do a good job of watermelon cultivation and increase farmers' income, the key points of spring open-field watermelon cultivation techniques are introduced as follows: 1. Choosing varieties. Varieties should be selected according to market demand, choosing varieties with good quality, high yield and strong disease resistance, such as Qinghongbao...
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