1. intertillage weeding. Paying attention to intertillage in spring and autumn can not only increase the ground temperature, accelerate the root growth of melon basket, but also remove weeds and save fertility. The intertillage should be shallow, not deep, to prevent the seed roots from being damaged.

2. Fertilizer and water management. Top dressing 2-3 times a year. 1 topdressing should be carried out when the seedling height is 50 cm, or when the vines begin to grow every year. About 30 cm away from the plant, ditch and apply decomposed human excrement and urine, manure and cake fertilizer at a dosage of 3000 kg per mu, or apply 5 kg Baneda Bika water-soluble fertilizer +5 kg bacterial fertilizer, and then cover the soil. The second topdressing should be carried out at the beginning of the first half of June, and farmyard manure should be applied per mu 1500 kg -2000 kg. Trichosanthes likes humidity and is afraid of drought. Water it once after each topdressing. When the land is flooded, it should be drained in time.

3. Establish a framework. In order to make the vines of the melon basket evenly distributed in space and ventilated, it is necessary to set up scaffolding when the vines grow to 30 cm -40 cm. Generally, the height of the frame is about1.8m. Bamboo poles with a length of about 2m can be used as columns, and one is erected every 2-2.5m, with a cross frame between 2-3 rows. Insert two small bamboo poles next to each melon basket, pull the stems and vines to the frame, and gently tie them with a string.

Step 4 trim. Leave 2-3 thick stems and vines on each plant and put them on the shelf, and remove the remaining branches and axillary buds. After being put on the shelves, the axillary buds of crazy branches should be removed in time, and thin and dense branches should be cut off.

5. Pollination. Melon basket is a dioecious plant with limited natural pollination and low fruit setting rate and seed setting rate. In order to improve the yield of fruits and seeds, artificial pollination or bee pollination should be carried out during flowering. The method of artificial pollination is to dip the male pollen with a brush at 8: 00 -9: 00 in the morning and smear the stigma of the female flower one by one, so that a large amount of pollen enters the stigma hole. Artificial pollination can greatly improve the fruit setting rate, but this method is labor-intensive and costly.

6. Cultivate the soil for winter. In the northern cold area, before freezing, farm manure was applied around the root of melon basket, and the stems and vines were cut off from the ground 1 m, and the rest were placed at the root and buried with soil to form a mound about 30 cm high.