Tomatoes, cucumbers, loofahs, winter melons and other vegetables, as the plant continues to grow, forks will be more and more, but most people in the planting and management, generally will let it grow naturally, which will lead to poor plant growth, low fruit set rate and other undesirable phenomena. In fact, when planting and managing these melon and fruit crops, it is necessary to carry out whole branches and beating, whole branches and branches are in addition to retaining the fruit, melon branches, some excess branches to remove it, which is called beating. Don't underestimate this cane, it is a very key point in high-yield management, and it cannot be ignored at all.
tomato
1, tomato beating is to remove the side branches germinated on the main stem, generally at the base of each leaf will germinate side branches, according to the growth of the plant, the vigorous plant only retains the main stem, the rest of the branches are all removed, the weak growth of the plant can retain 2-3 stout branches, the rest of the all removed. At the time of removal, from the bottom up, check every once in a while, except for the remaining plants, all germinated branches grow to about 10 cm long, they must be removed in batches.
2, when beating the need to pay attention to: the time should be selected on a sunny day, when the branch will be left 2 cm high stubble, if directly from the main stem removed, once the germ infestation, it will soon infect the main stem, leaving stubble, can effectively prevent germs from invading the main stem, this should be remembered.
Cucumber
The whole branch of the cucumber needs to be based on the growth of the cucumber, the main vine grows vigorously cucumber, you need to remove the branches below 6-8 leaves, for branches with more than 6-8 leaves, the branches with female flowers are retained, and the branches with no female flowers and male flowers are pruned. In the future, it is often observed that whether it is the main vine or the side branches, as long as it is the branch that germinates above, the female flowers will be retained, and the female flowers will be cut off. For cucumbers that are generally growing, it is enough to keep 3-4 strong cucumber side branches on top of each seedling, and the rest of the side branches are cut off. Again, due to the different varieties of cucumbers, if the main vine is found to grow to more than one meter without female flowers, the tip can be cut off and let it germinate side branches to form melons.
loofah
The growth rate of loofah is very fast, and the melon seedlings grow very long, to ensure that the loofah has more melons, can sit on the melon, can not leave the melon prematurely, and to properly remove some side branches, generally half a meter below the growth of the branches and melon twists are also all removed, only the upper branches and melons can be retained, so that you can save nutrients and supply the upper growth. After the loofah master vine sits on the melon, pinch off the tip to prevent it from continuing to elongate, so as not to affect the sitting melon.
wax gourd
There are many varieties of winter melons, under normal circumstances, a winter melon only retains three strong melon vines, and the rest of the side vines are all removed, but each vine left behind should not be too early, generally around 20 to 25 sections of the melon. In order to allow the winter melon to sit on the melon, when flowering, choose the morning, pick the male flower from the melon vine, gently apply the male flower center to the female flower stigma, apply the pollen on the male flower to the female flower peduncle, you can also use a cotton swab to gently dip the pollen on the male flower heart, and then dip the pollen into the female flower stigma. In addition, large winter melons generally leave only one melon per tree, and small and medium-sized winter melons can retain 3-5 melons, and all the excess is removed.
Planting cucumbers, loofahs, tomatoes, winter melons, in addition to doing a good job in the management of the whole branch and forking, but also to ensure that the nutrients are sufficient, melon crops are most afraid of raw manure, that is, there is no fermented manure, it is easy to occur diseases and insect pests, so the fertilization of melon crops must be fermented well. The bottom fertilizer is applied sufficiently, and the topdressing is carried out after sitting on the melon. Before flowering to after the melon, foliar spraying is carried out in 2-3 times, and the fertilizer can be mixed with 300-500 times potassium dihydrogen phosphate with 1500 times brassica, which can increase sweetness and have no harm.
The above methods are for your reference, and all localities can flexibly grasp them according to the actual situation, varieties and growth trends.
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