What are the effective methods for ensuring flower and fruit retention in pumpkins?
What methods can ensure flower and fruit retention in pumpkins? Please explain. If too much nitrogen fertilizer is applied in the early growth stage of pumpkins, the plants tend to grow excessively, causing flower and fruit drop, and it becomes impossible to ensure uniform fruit set and the final product quality. Therefore, the amount of nitrogen fertilizer used should be controlled, and the proportion of phosphorus and potassium fertilizers should be appropriately increased. When needed,...
What methods can ensure flower and fruit retention in pumpkins? Please explain
If too much nitrogen fertilizer is applied in the early growth stage of pumpkins, the plants tend to grow excessively, causing flower and fruit drop, and it becomes impossible to ensure uniform fruit set and the final product quality.
Therefore, the amount of nitrogen fertilizer used should be controlled, and the proportion of phosphorus and potassium fertilizers should be appropriately increased. When needed, chemical treatment methods can be used: choose Zucchini Fruit Setting King 1g mixed with 100g water to smear the flower center or flower stalk, or 1g mixed with 400g water as a solution sprayed directly at the flower center. When the temperature is too high, appropriately reduce the dosage ratio, and be careful to prevent the solution from dripping onto the plants, especially the growing points.
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