What to Do When Bottle Gourd Leaves Have Pests? A Full Guide to Prevention and Control
Bottle gourd is a climbing vine plant, its vine can reach 15 m long, the fresh bottle gourd has tender green skin and white flesh, the fruit is also called bottle gourd, and it can be harvested before it matures and eaten as a vegetable. We all know that climbing vine plants have relatively many leaves, so when bottle gourd leaves have pests, what should be done?
1. What to do when bottle gourd leaves have pests
Acaricides specialized for mites, such as manjing, kemang, and dicofol, can be used for prevention and control, with good results. Pests on bottle gourd leaves are mainly caused by the growing environment of the ornamental plant being too dry; if water is sprayed for a long time to increase air humidity, pests will certainly not occur.
2. Main varieties of bottle gourd
1. Huzi (variety) bianpu
Its difference from bottle gourd (the original variety) is: the ovary is cylindrical; the fruit is even in thickness and cylindrical, straight or slightly curved, up to 60-80 cm long, greenish white, with white flesh. It is cultivated throughout the country, and widely cultivated in the Yangtze River basin area. When young, the fruit is soft and juicy and can be used as a vegetable.
2. Small bottle gourd (variety)
Its difference from bottle gourd (the original variety) is: the plant bears more fruit, and although the fruit shape resembles bottle gourd, it is smaller, only about 10 cm long. It is mostly cultivated in our country.
The fruit of this variety is used medicinally; after maturity the outer shell becomes lignified and can be used as a children's toy. The seed oil can be used to make soap.
3. Huagua (variety)
The main difference between this variety and bottle gourd (the original variety) is: the gourd fruit is oblate, about 30 cm in diameter. It is cultivated in various places.
The fruit of this variety can be made into water ladles and containers; in ancient and modern times many ethnic minorities also used it as a musical instrument, one of the “eight categories of sound”; ethnic minorities in the southwest use it to make hulusheng or hulusi, with beautiful tones.