Chayote likes fat

Chayote is a plant that likes fat. Reasonable fertilization during the growth process of chayote can make the fruit more delicious and taste sweeter. Generally, the favorite fertilizer for chayote is nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, but different growth stages have slightly different fertilizer needs. Organic fertilizer or farmyard manure can be applied, but it needs to be watered together. Chayote likes sunshine, but does not have high light requirements, so it is not a Western plant. Only in sunny places, chayote is not an acid-loving plant, so it is more suitable for planting in alkaline soil. Chayote is a water-loving plant, and only reasonable watering can increase the water content of the fruit

Chayote fertilization time and method

1. Chayote needs top-dressing fertilizer after planting. Generally, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizers and decomposed manure need to be applied once in June. 2. During the flowering and fruiting period of chayote, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers should be applied every 10 days or half a month, and the proportion of potassium fertilizers will be larger.

Symptoms and treatments of chayote obesity

After chayote is damaged by fat, spots will begin to appear on the edges of the leaves, the color will become lighter, and they will slowly turn yellow and dry. At this time, you need to cut off the damaged parts and then water them, or accelerate the germination of the seeds before sowing, so that the occurrence of fat damage will be reduced.