Cat shit melon is a wild fruit, also called wild banana.

Cat shit gourd, also known as cat shit, ghost finger, cat shit tube, Mouton family cat shit gourd genus of deciduous shrub plants, up to 5 meters high. Distributed in the Qinling Mountains, Bashan mountains in the mountains in Sichuan Bazhong, Chongqing Wanzhou, Hubei Enshi and other places called "August melon"; in the Zhaotong area of Yunnan, also known as chicken intestines. Because of its fruit ripe, blue-purple, juicy, shaped like a cat shit, so commonly known as "cat shit melon", also known as "cat shit".

The ripe cat shit melon will naturally crack, the flesh is white, there are black seeds, the flavor of glutinous, taste a little like bananas, so some old folks will call it "wild banana", because it has a lot of water, in the wild is a good farmer a good summer wild fruit.

Cat poop melon planting conditions

1. planting soil requirements

Cat poop melon usually grows in the valley slopes in the thickets or deep ravines next to the shady and wet place, the soil requirements must be a deep layer of soil, fertile, drainage and irrigation is convenient, the soil pH selection of the slightly acidic to alkaline, the topsoil is required to contain a greater amount of humus.

2. Planting light requirements

Cat shit gourd belongs to shallow-rooted species, light-loving characteristics, so you must choose a sunny place to plant.

3. Planting temperature requirements

The appropriate temperature for planting cat shit gourd is the area where the annual Pinjun temperature is 10-15 degrees.