Luffa is a kind of nutritious vegetable, which tastes good and grows for a long time. There is no need to use pesticides when Luffa is growing, so it is a "green vegetable". In the growth period of loofah, it grows faster, and there are many long loofahs, so it is also more fattening. We can use three kinds of fertilizers for loofah. After using these three kinds of fertilizers well, loofah will grow more and taste better. So which three fertilizers do we use for loofah?
Rotten manure
When it comes to Qingming Grain Rain, people will plant loofah in their own small yards. The seed coat of towel gourd is hard, so it is not easy to emerge when planting. Therefore, when planting loofah, soak loofah seeds in water for 2 to 3 days in advance, and then plant loofah. You can also grow seedlings in flowerpots in advance and then plant them in small yards.
When we plant loofah, or sow loofah seeds, we will tidy the place where loofah is planted, that is, sprinkle some decomposed manure, turn over the ground with a shovel, then dig two small pits after leveling the ground, water it, and then put the loofah in and bury it.
Another way is to dig a bigger pit, then put the decomposed manure under it and fill it with some soil, and then bury the loofah seeds or loofah seedlings on it to make it permeable.
When planting loofah, adding some decomposed manure can make loofah grow more vigorously, and it can also make the branches of loofah grow stronger, because the decomposed manure contains nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium elements.
nitrogenous fertilizer
During the growth period of loofah, in order to make loofah grow faster in the early stage, we can apply some nitrogen fertilizer after the loofah grows vigorously. This is to fertilize loofah, and the method that needs to be adopted is to fertilize outside the roots, that is, to spread fertilizer. This is to use nitrogen fertilizer for loofah, which can promote the growth of loofah branches and vines, so as to blossom and bear fruit earlier.
Also, when applying nitrogen fertilizer to loofah, don't use too much, because the roots of loofah are shallow and the absorption capacity of fertilizer is not too strong, so we can use the method of applying thin fertilizer frequently to prevent root burning.
In addition, after loofah bears fruit, it is also necessary to apply some thin nitrogen fertilizer, which can promote the growth of loofah fruit. When applying fertilizer at the same time, don't apply too much fertilizer at one time, and don't use it frequently to prevent the taste of loofah from fading.
Phosphorus and potassium fertilizer
In the growth period of loofah, it is necessary to apply some phosphorus and potassium fertilizer properly, which can make the branches of loofah grow stronger and thicker, so that more loofah will grow.
Applying phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to loofah is generally the method of applying fertilizer outside the roots. We can add some phosphorus and potassium fertilizer at the early growth stage of loofah when applying nitrogen fertilizer, or we can use nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer with the ratio of1:1:1,which can not only promote the growth of loofah, but also promote flower bud differentiation and let loofah find some results.
After loofah bears fruit, in addition to using nitrogen fertilizer to promote the growth of loofah, it can also be sprayed with potassium dihydrogen phosphate water-soluble fertilizer, which can play the role of picking loofah in advance, and can also make the quality of loofah better and taste more fragrant. In addition, when spraying potassium dihydrogen phosphate on the towel gourd, a small amount of urea can be added, which can make the towel gourd grow more vigorously, so that the branches of the towel gourd grow stronger and the long towel gourd will be bigger and better.
Summary: Luffa is a kind of nutritious vegetable, and it is called green vegetable because it doesn't need pesticide during its growing period. When planting loofah, we can apply some decomposed manure. After the loofah grows vigorously, we can apply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer. After the loofah bears fruit, we can use nitrogen fertilizer to promote growth and spray potassium dihydrogen phosphate to improve quality and promote maturity. In addition, after we fertilize the roots of loofah, we need to water them once to prevent the roots from burning due to fertilizer damage. Doing this well can make the loofah grow more and taste better. Is that what your family does?