1, the method of gourd preservation.
If you want to keep the gourd for a long time and avoid its rot, you need to keep it in a well-ventilated, relatively cool and dry place. Can't put it in too humid environment, or it will get wet soon and then rot. Can't put it in a place with strong light, otherwise it is easy to dry and wrinkle, which will affect the viewing.
2, fresh gourd preservation method
The gourd that has just been picked needs to be dried in a place without strong light and relative ventilation. When its surface is slightly Huang Shi, you need to scrape off the wax on its surface with bamboo pieces, and then hang it in a dry and ventilated place without strong light, waiting to dry.
3, the old gourd preservation method
Old gourds are relatively stable in structure and easy to preserve. As long as it is placed in a well-ventilated place, kept dry and protected from moisture, it can be well preserved and prevented from rotting. In addition, if conditions permit, it can be polished by machine. This can make it more stable and greatly improve its anti-corrosion ability.
Morphological characteristics of gourd;
1. The gourd fruit is green at first, and then turns from white to yellow. Due to long-term cultivation, the fruit shapes vary greatly, depending on varieties or varieties, some of which are oblate, rod-shaped or structured, and the peel becomes woody when mature; Some are only 10 cm long (small gourd); Some are dumbbell-shaped, narrow in the middle, swollen up and down, the upper part is larger than the lower part, and the length is tens of centimeters. The seeds are white, about 20 mm long, obovate or triangular, truncated at the top or with 2 teeth, sparsely round, flowering in summer and bearing fruit in autumn.
2. The petiole is slender, with a length of 16 ~ 20cm, two glands at the top, the indumentum is the same as that of the stems and branches, the leaves are oval, heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, undivided or 3~5-lobed, there are 5~7 palmate veins, the length and width are all 10 ~ 35cm, the apex is sharp, and the edge has irregular teeth. The base is heart-shaped, curved and open, semi-circular or nearly circular, initially puberulent, then shedding, becoming smooth and hairless, the upper part is forked, and the leaves are semi-circular or nearly circular.