A, hand twist gourd planting method
In order to make the hand-twisted gourd germinate better, fresh and full seeds must be selected before planting, soaked in water at 30 degrees Celsius for 4 hours, then wrapped in gauze and placed in the sun to accelerate germination.
When planting hand-twisted gourd, first turn the soil deep to ensure good air permeability, and then directly scatter the seeds on the soil surface. In order to prevent the seeds from being pecked by birds, cover them with a layer of soil, and finally water the hand gourd with decomposed organic fertilizer solution.
Second, the management method of hand-twisted gourd
1, topdressing
In the growing season of hand-wringing gourd, sufficient organic fertilizer should be applied, and phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be applied in the fruiting period, and topdressing should be done once every 2-3 weeks to provide sufficient nutrients for hand-wringing gourd and improve fruit yield and quality.
2. Artificial insemination
Hand-twisted gourds generally bloom in sunny days, but not in the morning and rainy days. In order to improve fruit yield, pollination needs to be completed. Choose a sunny afternoon, daub the pollen of the male flower of hand-twisted gourd on the female flower and brush it several times repeatedly.
Morphological characteristics of hand-twisted gourd
There are grooves on the stems and branches of the hand-twisted gourd, which are sticky and fluffy, and gradually fall off when they are old, and they are nearly hairless. The petiole is slender, with a length of16-20cm, the indumentum is the same as that of the stem, and there are two glands at the top.
Hand-twisted gourd leaves are oval, heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, with length and width 10-35cm, undivided or 3-5-lobed, 5-7 palmate veins, sharp apex, irregular teeth on the edge, heart-shaped base, semicircular or nearly round, deep 1-3cm and wide 2-6cm. Tendrils are slender, puberulent at first, and then gradually fall off, becoming smooth and hairless, and the upper part is bifurcated.
Hand-twisted gourd is monoecious, and both male and female flowers are solitary. Male flowers: pedicels are thin, slightly longer than petioles, and pedicels, calyx and corolla are puberulent; Calyx tube funnelform, about 2 cm long, lobes lanceolate, 5 mm long.