(1) According to the existence of scaffolding, it can be divided into crawling cultivation and scaffolding cultivation. In the extensive cultivation of pumpkin and wax gourd, crawling cultivation can be used, and other melon vegetables are mostly cultivated in scaffolding. According to the different ways of scaffolding, it can be divided into shed planting and frame planting. Shed planting, that is, building sheds with bamboo and wood, can be divided into high sheds and low sheds. Scaffolding cultivation, that is, scaffolding made of bamboo and wood, has many forms, such as "one-stop" in the suburbs of Changsha, "human" scaffolding in the suburbs of Shanghai, one-way fence scaffolding, two-way fence scaffolding, improved "human" scaffolding and other cultivation methods.
(2) According to the existence of facilities, it can be divided into open-air cultivation and protective cultivation. Generally speaking, melons and vegetables are often cultivated in the open air when they are cultivated in season. Protected cultivation is often used for off-season cultivation or production of high-quality melons. According to the different climatic conditions in different places, for example, solar greenhouse protection facilities are often used for anti-season cultivation in the northern region, plastic greenhouses or greenhouses with small arches are often used for anti-season cultivation in the Yangtze River basin, and plastic greenhouses or insect nets are used for cultivation in the southern region.
(3) Intercropping and interplanting: The characteristics of vine cultivation of melons and vegetables are similar to those of tall crops, and intercropping and interplanting with other short crops such as peppers, eggplant, tomatoes and other vegetables. In addition, melon vegetables can be intercropped with other shallow-rooted crops by taking advantage of their characteristics as deep-rooted crops. According to local production experience, all parts of the country have explored their own cultivation methods. For example, the intercropping mode of melon vegetables with ginger, pueraria lobata and taro is implemented in the main melon producing areas of Guangdong; Study on interplanting leek with melon and vegetables in Changsha area: Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shanghai and other places adopt the cultivation mode of tomato interplanting with melon; In Chengdu, Sichuan, vegetables such as cabbage and lettuce are interplanted under the flat frame of melons and vegetables.
All localities should choose suitable cultivation methods according to the local actual situation and the growth habits of melons and vegetables.