1, land preparation and fertilization

The fire ginseng fruit is a tropical fruit, so the planting place will generally be selected in the year-round climate is relatively warm areas, followed by the planting place is relatively high terrain, and permeability and drainage should be good, preferably with a slight slope, and at the same time, planting place of the former crop can not be melon fruit and eggplant vegetables and other crops.

The whole time we have to be divided into two times, the first is the seedling land, it only needs to be leveled and fine, and then on the configuration of the nutrients can be. The second is the planting ground, it is necessary to apply a good fertilizer in the time of land preparation, and then deep turning, will be cleaned up in the field of weeds and impurities, and finally in accordance with the width of one meter two to one meter five or so for the border can be.

2, sowing seedlings

Generally in April and May and August and September each year for sowing, in the sowing of money need to do a simple treatment of the seeds, put into the warm water soaking and constantly stirring, two hours after the fish out into the medicine and stirred, and then put the seeds in the twenty-five to thirty degrees Celsius temperature for germination, one day after the sowing can be carried out.

Seeding time need to a quiet seedbed watered, and then the seeds mixed with a layer of fine sand evenly spread on the seedbed, and finally covered with a layer of agricultural plastic film to keep warm and moisturize can wait for the emergence of seedlings.

3, transplanting and planting

When the fire cucumber seedlings grow five or six leaves, that is, ten to fifteen centimeters or so, you can pull out the seedlings for transplanting, in the pulling out of the seedlings should pay attention to not pulling off the roots, at the same time can be accompanied by some of the soil in the seedbed, so that the seedlings are more likely to survive after transplantation, and finally in accordance with the density of two meters per row to two meters and five meters, a meter per plant to one meter and a meter and a half to planting. planting.

4, field management

Planting should be watered immediately after planting, which can improve the survival rate of seedlings to a certain extent, followed by four or five days after planting to check the growth of the field of fire cucumber seedlings, timely replenishment of watering and fertilizer, and so on, until the plant is fully alive and grow a large number of roots, it will be necessary to carry out weeding and combined with the watering of the ploughing.

Basically, three to four times a year, four to five times watering, especially in the flowering period of the fire fruit need more water, usually every week or so need to water once. A year probably need to carry out three to four times fertilizer, seedling, flowering, early fruiting, fruiting, etc., mainly to chemical fertilizer-based fertilizer.

When the fire cucumber seedlings grow to about forty or fifty centimeters to build a bracket, so that they grow along the bracket, which not only reduces the pests and diseases, but also can greatly improve the yield.

5, pests and diseases

The fire cucumber is very strong, basically very few pests and diseases in its entire growing period, but in the high temperature and high humidity environment will cause downy mildew and powdery mildew, you need to strengthen the management of water and temperature in the field to prevent, and at the same time you can use triazolone to prevent and control, and the next is the occasional tigress, you can use the ground to prevent and control the star. The second is the occasional groundhog, which can be controlled by using groundhog.

Expanded Information:

The flesh of the fire cucumber is delicate and seedy, like a cucumber, gelatinous, with fine, juicy flesh, like jelly, with a refreshingly sweet flavor. Its flavor is similar to a mixture of cucumber and zucchini, and a light herbal fragrance will remain in the mouth after consumption.

Native to the Kalahari Desert region of southern Africa, the fruit is now cultivated in New Zealand, the U.S., Australia, Chile, Germany, Zimbabwe, and other countries, where it was once an important source of vitamins and water for locals because of its root system's ability to reach underground aquifers.

The fire cucumber fruit contains 170 milligrams of potassium, 34 milligrams of magnesium, 10 milligrams of calcium, 36 milligrams of beta-carotene, 0.03 milligrams of vitamin B1 per 100 grams of pulp, as well as vitamins B2, B3, B6, and anthocyanins and water-soluble dietary fiber.

It is because of the richness of so many nutrients, can help brain workers to quickly replenish nutrition, fire cucumber fruit also has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect, can improve insomnia, improve the quality of sleep.

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