1, snake bean horn plant grows to 50 cm, began to set up the frame, the frame height of 2 meters or more. In order to increase production and income, the use of improved single-stem or double-stem rectification. Open ground watering began in early May, watering in early June with wheat straw or wheat bran, fermented firewood to cover the vegetable beds, and watering every 5-10 days, every 10-15 days foliar spray fertilizer, high temperature period, as appropriate, with a sprayer from the top down spraying a water.

2, sowing date: general greenhouse greenhouse with the market demand for self-scheduling, arched double film sowing in late February, plastic film cover sowing in late March, open ground sowing in late April, can be covered with a layer of plastic film.

The seed is a woody species, more difficult to germinate. In early April can be sown, planted in mid- to early May, after planting, 85 cm below the lateral branches of all deleted, above all retained. Let it stand on its own, row spacing is 90 cm × 80 cm. Plant seedlings at about 800 per mu. Reasonable application of fertilizer. The first stage should not be more watering.

3, management: strong nature, like high temperature and humid environment, fertility temperature 25 ~ 30 degrees, avoid low temperature frost damage;

Fertilizer: cultivation of soil to well-drained soil or sandy soil is preferred, sunshine should be sufficient;

Extension

Snake gourd temperature, moisture and heat resistance, fleshy roots, root system Developed, in the 15-40 ℃ temperature conditions can grow, the most suitable temperature of 20-35 ℃, various types of soil can be cultivated. The whole life span of snake gourd is about 180-200 days. Sprawling herbs, vigorous growth. Leaves dark green, densely tomentose on both sides, palmate, leaf veins radial.

Female flowers are solitary, male flowers are racemose or compound racemose, petals are bearded and divided and curved. The fruit is elongated, pointed and thin at both ends, often curved at the tail end, with a transverse diameter of 4-5 cm and a length of 2.5 m. The young fruit is velvety, with flesh 3-4 mm thick, fleshy and soft, with a fishy odor, and turning orange-red at maturity, and the seeds are earthy-brown, with a rough surface, with 2 parallel grooves, and a thousand-seed weight of 200-250 g.

Trailing climbing, strong branching, the general length of the main vine about 3 meters; in the 11th leaf position before and after the flowering and fruiting, flowers white; fruit such as snake-shaped, single melon fruit 450-600 grams, the average of a single plant melon 24, young melon flesh was light green, skin was light green, mature melon skin from green to red, picking period for the end of June a September; the average acre output of 1,560 kilograms.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Snake Bean

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