Few Female Flowers on Bitter Gourd? How to Increase Them - Practical Methods Shared

The reason for low bitter gourd yield is simply too few female flowers. When there are too few female flowers on bitter gourd, there are only a few pollinated each day, so of course the yield cannot go up. Below, the editor will introduce to everyone how to increase female flowers on bitter gourd.

In fact, flower bud differentiation in bitter gourd starts at the seedling stage, so the environmental conditions during the seedling stage have a relatively large effect on the amount of female flower differentiation. Temperatures below 20°C and short daylight (less than 12 hours) are favorable for the development of female flowers in bitter gourd. But when raising seedlings in summer, both of these are very difficult to achieve. The experience of vegetable growers is to choose a location with afternoon shade when raising seedlings. Set up a shade net above the seedling bed to lower the temperature as much as possible and shorten the time of direct sunlight.

When the number of female flowers on bitter gourd is small, it can also be regulated with chemical agents. For example, a 600-fold solution of Zuogualing and a 3000-fold solution of ethephon, but the agents must be sprayed at least half a month in advance, because these agents all work by inducing female flower differentiation to increase the number of female flowers, and the effect is not obvious within a short time after spraying. Also, do not spray continuously over a short period, to prevent problems such as plant aging, yellow leaves and short internodes.