Winter melon planting method and time

Winter melon planting time

Winter melon is suitable for spring sowing from December to March of the following year, and autumn sowing from June to July. It is better to use seedling transplantation in spring, which can better overwinter. It is better to use bud sowing in autumn. Seedling transplantation requires soaking the seeds to germinate.

Planting Winter Squash in Spring

If sowing directly, it can be planted in May and June in the north. If it is in the warm south, the sowing time can be advanced appropriately, and winter melon can be planted in April and May. If the seedlings are raised first and then transplanted, the temperature in the seedling room can be appropriately increased during the seedling raising process. When planting the winter melon, the temperature can be between 25 and 30 degrees.

Planting Winter Melon in Summer

The sowing time in summer is from mid to early July. Winter melon can store a lot of water during its growth stage, so it needs to be watered frequently to keep the soil moist and avoid water shortage. When there is a lot of rain, it needs to be drained in time to avoid root rot.

Planting Winter Squash in Autumn

The autumn sowing time is mid-October. The issue of autumn planting and fertilization is the key. Winter melon has a large yield and requires a lot of fertilizer. During the winter melon seedling stage, one or two topdressing fertilizers are needed. About 10% of decomposed and diluted human urine and feces should be used per mu for application.

Planting Winter Squash in Winter

December is the best time for winter planting. When choosing winter melon varieties, you also need to pay attention to the variety's cold resistance, disease resistance, and storage resistance.

Winter melon planting method

1. Seed treatment: The skin of winter melon seeds is relatively thick. If they are planted directly, it will affect the germination time and germination rate of the seeds. The seeds need to be processed. First, put the winter melon seeds in 55-degree warm water and stir them thoroughly. Put them in wet gauze and then put them in a temperature of 25-30 degrees for germination. After 2-3 days, they can be planted.

2. Sowing: Winter melon can be sown directly or raised first and then transplanted. Direct sowing is to directly sow the soaked and germinated winter melon seeds. The plant spacing is 35 cm, the row spacing is 1 meter, 2-3 seeds are placed in each hole, and covered with a thin layer of soil. The seedlings can be raised in the greenhouse and then transplanted. Plant the seeds evenly on the seedling bed, spray water once a day, and transplant when 3-4 true leaves grow.

3. Management before planting: Winter melon has a long growing period and a large yield, and it has a large demand for nutrients during the growth period. Therefore, in addition to topdressing during the growing period of winter melon, sufficient base fertilizer should be applied before planting winter melon. You can choose fully decomposed farmyard manure or compound fertilizer and mix the soil and fertilizer thoroughly.

4. Growth management: Winter melon is a climbing crop. After the winter melon seedlings grow to 20-30 cm, it is necessary to build a frame and tie the vines as soon as possible, otherwise the vines will entangle with each other and affect their growth. When planting winter melon, it is generally built in a V-shape. After the frame is built, the winter melon vines must be guided to climb onto the frame.

5. Water and fertilizer management: Base fertilizer can be applied when planting winter melon. During the growth period, fertilizer for promoting seedlings, fertilizer for accelerating vines, and fertilizer for swelling fruit should be applied in time. Fertilizer for promoting seedlings can be applied after the winter melon is planted, mainly nitrogen fertilizer. Fertilizer for accelerating vines can be applied before the winter melon blooms and sets fruit, and compound fertilizer should be the main fertilizer. After the winter melon sets fruit, fertilizer for swelling fruit can be applied mainly with compound fertilizer.

6. Pest and disease control: Common pests and diseases of winter melon are wilt, downy mildew, aphids, etc. Wilt disease often occurs in early summer when the humidity is high. The occurrence of wilt disease will cause the leaves to wilt in the early stage. You can use 500 times the wettable powder of carbendazim to spray in time.