Latest Key Management Techniques After Transplanting Winter Melon
Winter melon is a very common vegetable in China, welcomed by many people, and has a very large planting area in China. The cultivation methods of winter melon generally include direct seeding, seedling raising and transplanting, and many other methods. When raising seedlings and transplanting, winter melon seedlings need to be managed well after transplanting to improve the survival rate of the seedlings. So how should winter melon be managed after transplanting? Below, the editor will give you a brief introduction. Let's take a look together!
1. Water and Fertilizer Management
After winter melon seedlings are transplanted, the first thing to do well is water and fertilizer management. After transplanting, an appropriate amount of clear manure water can be applied to promote seedling growth, improve the survival rate of the seedlings, and provide sufficient nutrients for seedling growth. Then each winter melon seedling should be appropriately given some vine-laying fertilizer, applied into the planting holes under the plastic film. The fertilizer should mainly be urea and compound fertilizer. Then, until the winter melon plants set fruit, no further topdressing is needed. Water appropriately. When soil moisture is poor, water in time, but the amount of water should not be too much, to avoid root rot and reduce yield and quality. After fruit set and when the fruit reaches about one jin, appropriately apply more fertilizer and water, mainly urea.
2. Pruning and Trimming
Under the condition of ensuring water and fertilizer, if pruning and trimming are not carried out on winter melon, the winter melon plants are very prone to excessive vegetative growth, which will consume a large amount of nutrients and affect the yield of winter melon. Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, we should prune in time, trimming some side branches, old and weak branches, and some crossing and overlapping branches. However, each plant should retain about 3 strong side branches. Then, excess branches and male flowers should also be removed in time. After the plant grows about two fruits, pinch off the growing tips to improve field ventilation and light penetration.
3. Assisted Pollination
After winter melon enters the flowering stage, if it is allowed to pollinate freely, the pollination rate is relatively low, and the number of fruits set is not high. Therefore, after entering the flowering stage, attention should be paid to assisted pollination. Whether it is the fruit-setting rate of winter melon or the seed yield, there will be a clear increase. The flowering time of winter melon is generally around seven o'clock every morning. When the flowers just open, collect some newly opened male flowers, then dip the pollen and directly pollinate the stigma of female flowers. You can also release some bees in the field and use bees for pollination.
4. Fruit Protection
After successful fruit set, fruit protection work should be done well for the winter melons that have already formed. A layer of dry grass should be spread under the winter melon so that the fruit does not directly touch the ground, avoiding fruit rot. If under high-temperature and strong-light conditions in summer, shade work should also be done for the fruit, such as covering with grass or building shade nets. Avoid direct exposure of the fruit to strong light, which can cause sunscald on the fruit and reduce yield and quality. At the same time, we should also do well in pest and disease prevention and control, strengthen management, and ensure the normal growth of winter melon.
The above is a brief introduction to how to manage winter melon after transplanting. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and we hope it can help everyone!