Luffa is one of the common vegetable varieties in summer. What are the techniques for planting Luffa in summer?

In rural areas, it is common practice to plant several loofahs beside the courtyard wall. When the loofah seedlings grow to 3-4 cm, the bamboo pole will lean against the courtyard wall. In this way, the loofah will climb up the wall along the bamboo pole. When loofah grows on vines, it will hang on the inside and outside of the wall, which is very conspicuous. In summer, it is advisable to choose heat-resistant, precocious and rich varieties of loofah. Summer loofah has no special requirements for land, and can be planted as long as the previous crop is not a melon.

soil preparation and cultivation: due to the heavy rainfall in summer, the soil preparation of loofah must be deep and high; In summer, the temperature is high and the seedlings emerge quickly. You can usually do live broadcast. Soak the seeds for 3-4 hours before sowing or germinate 24 hours after soaking. Two plants in a single row, with a hole spacing of 3-4 cm, 3-4 seeds per hole, covered with 1.5 cm soil, covered with gauze and watered. After emergence, leave 2 seedlings in each hole. Summer loofah is fertilized and added with water for 2-3 times at seedling stage, and then topdressing at early flowering stage, with 5 kg of compound fertilizer or 5 kg of peanut bran applied per mu, and harvested for 2-3 times each time. Then topdressing once, with 15 kg of compound fertilizer, 1 kg of urea and 5 kg of potash fertilizer each time. In summer, it is not advisable to water loofah too much at seedling stage, which is not conducive to root growth. The vines need to be watered more during flowering, and should be watered in the morning and evening on sunny days. During the harvesting period, in addition to sprinkling water, a water layer of 1-2 cm should be reserved in the ditch, and the water should be drained in time on rainy days.

inserting bamboo in the field: when the rattan is 3 cm long, bamboo and herringbone frame can be inserted. After inserting the frame, don't lead the vines immediately, but properly cover and press the vines. When the female flowers appear, pull the vines upward so that the vines are evenly distributed. When the melon. When twisting the loofah, you should hang the melon, tie the melon with a small packing rope at one end, and straighten the melon with a small stone at the other end, usually 2 ~ 3 days after picking the melon. Remove the old leaves. In the late stage of loofah harvest, the diseased leaves and old leaves below affect ventilation and are easy to spread diseases, so they should be removed in time. If you eat it at home, it will not be planted in a large area. However, in order to increase production and income, it is best to pull a rope or set up a shelf during the growth period of loofah, which is beneficial to the climbing of loofah vines, so that loofah vines will not crawl on the ground and affect ventilation. Light directly affects the output of loofah.

it takes 35-45 days from planting to initial harvesting, 5-6 days for harvesting, and 1-12 days from flowering to product harvesting, so harvesting should be timely.