Key points for snake gourd cultivation and management, latest planting techniques explained in detail
Snake gourd is an annual or multi-year climbing crop. Its gourds are very long, similar to loofah, but longer and thinner than loofah. Snake gourd has a certain planting area in both northern and southern China, and it is also a crop that combines ornamental, medicinal and edible uses. Snake gourd can clear heat and detoxify, and promote bowel movements, which brings great benefits to the human body. So how should we manage snake gourd when planting it? Let's take a look together with the editor below!
1. Reasonable fertilization
The gourds of snake gourd are thin and long, and their growth ability is stronger than most other gourds, so their demand for fertilizer nutrients is very large. First, after the seedlings are successfully transplanted, apply a sufficient amount of rooting water once to improve the survival rate of the transplanted seedlings. Then, according to the growth stage of snake gourd and the soil conditions, topdress appropriately. After the first batch of snake gourd fruits matures, apply fertilizer once after each harvest. This is because new gourds will grow after harvest, and the new gourds need nutrients the most, and most of the nutrients have been harvested in the mature gourds, leaving the plant very weak. For topdressing fertilizer, use an appropriate amount of farmyard manure mixed with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium elements. If nutrition is insufficient, it is easy for snake gourd to produce deformed gourds, small gourds and other phenomena, affecting yield and quality.
2. Timely watering
The snake gourd plant is large, and its root capacity is strong, making it relatively drought tolerant, but it still needs a large amount of water throughout its growth period. If water is insufficient during growth, it will reduce the fruiting rate of snake gourd, hinder the expansion of the gourds, cause various poorly developed gourds and even lead to premature aging of the plant. Therefore, in management we must ensure that snake gourd has sufficient water, and water it promptly when water shortage is found, especially during high temperature and drought in summer. Under normal circumstances, water once every 5-7 days, which can effectively ensure that the soil remains moist.
3. Pruning and trellising
As mentioned earlier, snake gourd is a vine plant, the gourd strips are thin and long, and the vines of snake gourd have strong growth and climbing ability, with many vines after maturity. Therefore, trellising work is very important. When the vine length exceeds 30 cm, immediately carry out vine tying work to guide the vines to climb the trellis successfully. Snake gourd has a high fruiting rate. Whether main branches or side branches, they can bear more gourds, but when they bear gourds together, the quality of the gourds on the main and side branches is relatively poor. Therefore, according to the specific planting method, we should properly prune the plants, and promptly cut off excess side branches, leggy branches and various branches that are not beneficial to the plant. This improves the quality of snake gourd and your own cultivation benefits.
4. Disease control
⟦NL>Disease control is emphasized in all of the editor's articles, because some pests and diseases may occur at any growth stage of snake gourd. We must strengthen the management of the gourd garden, promptly clean up fallen leaves and fallen gourds, and take the pruned branches out of the orchard together to reduce the sources of disease in the gourd garden and lower the incidence rate. Then regularly disinfect the gourd garden, observe the growth of snake gourd, and after diseased conditions are found, remove diseased gourds and diseased leaves and take them out of the gourd garden for disposal. If you want to know exactly what pests and diseases snake gourd has, you can visit our website to check!
The above is a brief introduction to the key points of snake gourd cultivation and management. You may have seen snake gourd relatively rarely, but with the development of China's vegetable industry, snake gourd will certainly enter people's field of vision. So those who have ideas about planting it can consider it after understanding it comprehensively. That is all for today's introduction. If you want to learn more related information, please continue to follow our website!