Essentials of Loofah Cultivation Techniques

Selecting sowing temperature is relatively high, seedlings grow slowly at low temperatures, and seedlings can be transplanted or seeded directly. Generally, the seeds are germinated before sowing. The seeds are soaked in water for 8-10 hours. After removal, they are wrapped in a damp cloth and placed in a warm place. Seeds were sown after 3 days of emergence, and more in the Yangtze River Basin were cultivated in cold beds from late March to early April. Open field broadcast seedlings from late April to early May. Large area cultivation in South China is dominated by edged loofah, which can be divided into three sowing periods, spring sowing from February to March, summer sowing from April to May, and autumn sowing from July to early August.

Cultivation points: The roots of loofah are well developed, and mid-cultivation should not be too deep. Generally, shallow ploughing is performed 2-3 times in front of the tower, and the soil is cultivated in 4-5 times during the growth period. , To maintain soil temperature and increase the ability to absorb fertilizer.

When the loofah vine grows more than 8-10 meters in length, it must be covered with a scaffold to allow it to spread and grow. After the wide loquat is cultivated, it is set into a flat shed in two groups. The shed is 1.6-2 meters in height; narrow-line planting or interplanting is generally a hedge-type frame, using 2.6-3 meters long small bamboo poles, one per hole, and one or two straw ropes between the two bamboo poles to make the vines grow along the grass. Rope growing.

The main growth of the loofah is strong, and there are many female flowers. The result is early. In order to promote the growth of the main vine, the male and female flowers should be removed in time before the shelves, tendrils and inverted vines to save nutrient consumption. After the mother vine is put on the shelf, the vine is often trimmed. If it is too dense, trim the thin and weak side vine, tendril and evenly arrange the vine leaves on the scaffold to facilitate ventilation and light transmission, and the hedge should be removed in time. Keep the main vines.

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