The above requirements can be achieved by planting pumpkins in the following ways:
Apply sufficient base fertilizer. Pumpkins require a lot of water and fertilizer to grow. You must apply enough base fertilizer when planting to ensure an adequate supply of fertilizer and water during the growth period.
Topping at the right time. When the pumpkin vines grow to 2 meters, remove the growing points on the main vine so that 3 to 4 branches will grow out and bloom and bear fruit. ? Put up a scaffolding. When the branches grow to 2 meters, the vines are introduced to the shelves to improve light transmission and ventilation conditions, thereby increasing the melon setting rate by more than 40%.
Prevent leggy growth. Excessive growth of melon vines will result in fewer melons. If you cut a crack on the vine 30 cm from the root and stuff it with black charcoal, you can inhibit the excessive growth. Assisted pollination. First cover the female flowers that are about to open and can be pollinated with melon leaves to prevent rainwater from intruding. At 9 o'clock the next morning, remove the male flowers from the different plants and cover the female flowers. Remove them after 2 to 3 days. Later the stems are buried. When pumpkin grows to a later stage, the yield can be increased by 20 to 40% by using the adventitious roots grown from the vine nodes and burying the stems. The stem burying time is carried out after 2 to 3 batches of fruiting and when some sallow leaves appear on the roots. Generally, the 4 to 6 nodes closest to the roots are buried. The soil for burying the stems should be fertile soil mixed with a small amount of organic fertilizer and moist. The soil depth should be controlled at about 15 to 25 cm.