loofah

, Luffa. annual

Sex plants. Edible tender fruit is a vegetable that blocks up the deficiency in summer and autumn. Mature fruit has developed fiber, which is called ""

",regulating menstruation, removing dampness and removing dampness.

And can also be used as a washing material. Stem juice can be used

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Characteristics?

Developed department, strong absorption capacity. The stems are tendril-shaped, five-edged, green and strong in branching. Each node has tendrils. Palm-shaped or heart-shaped. Monogamous,

Yellow, male

General form,

. The fruit is short-cylindrical to long-cylindrical, with or without edges, and the surface is wrinkled or smooth. The seeds are oval and flat. Ordinary loofah seeds are thin, smooth, winged, gray or black,

100g-120g.

The seeds are thick, black, wingless at the edge, and there are pincer-like seed tumors at the umbilical edge.

About 220 grams. ? Luffa is resistant to high temperature, and the suitable growth temperature is18℃-24℃. Among melons, Luffa is the most resistant to moisture, and the temperature required for flowering and fruiting is higher. In hot summer and autumn, as long as there is no shortage of water and fertilizer, flowering and fruiting have been very vigorous. In arid environment, there are many and old loofah fibers. Luffa

The development of long light is diffuse, and the development of short light is decisive. ? (2) Type and variety? Luffa for vegetables, in

There are two species in the world, namely common loofah and towel gourd.

Luffa. ? 1. The common loofah fruit is long and cylindrical, with dense hairs, no edges, smooth skin or fine wrinkles, and tender meat.

Excellent varieties include Nanjing long luffa, stick hammer luffa, Shanghai fragrant luffa,

Wuhan Han

Wait. ? 2.

It's on the outskirts of Guangzhou

Luffa, melon stick-shaped, with obvious

The fiber of melon is developed. Common loofah

Thin, vulnerable to melon flies in the south, and

Thick, melon flies can't lay eggs in young fruits. The famous varieties of ribbed loofah are

Green, black towel gourd, etc. ? (3) Cultivation techniques? 1. Seeding and seedling raising?

Sow in early March to late April. Before Qingming

Should be in a hotbed,

Or transplanting seedlings in a plastic shed without

The seedlings should be in two pieces.

Stage colonization. belt

Seedlings can be planted when there are 2-3 real leaves. ? Loofah can also be used

After live broadcast. ? The amount of seeds used per mu (l mu = 667 square meters) varies according to the planting method. For direct seeding, 3 seeds per hole need seeds15g-20g. One plant is planted in each hole of seedling transplanting, and only seeds10g are needed. ? 2.

Loofah cultivation in front of and behind the house is very extensive and rarely managed. But a large area

Luffa has a lot of management work. The main ones are setting up supports, watering and fertilizing,

, weeding, ridging, artificial vines, tying vines, etc. ? Cucumber racks are used for large-scale cultivation of long loofah in Nanjing. Preserved after cucumber harvesting.

, pull away

, clear

, and then in two beds.

Put another bamboo pole on it and put 4 rows.

Connect them into a flat shed, and each loofah is inserted into a bamboo pole to lead the vines to the shelves. Loofah needs more fertilizer and water. After planting live trees, water the seedlings with dilute manure, and then water them every 3-5 days in sunny days.

When you go to the shed and start to fruit, you should pour heavy fertilizer once each. During the fruit-bearing period, you should water the dry land frequently, and apply topdressing 2-3 times as appropriate. When the towel gourd is put on shelves, the plants grow rapidly, so it is necessary to tie the vines in time to avoid being blown off by the wind. Tendrils, lateral tendrils and excessive tendrils are also removed during pruning.

Leave only a small amount.

, sparse deformed melons and rotten melons. ? (4) harvesting

Luffa 40 after colonization

appear

, began to bear fruit, 50

It can be harvested. Generally, it will be harvested in June and listed in large quantities in July and August. Harvest it every other day, and it can be harvested every day in the peak harvest period. Luffa can be harvested in first frost, but

After the growth is slow, the quality is not good, and the vine is usually pulled in mid-September. ?

It is better to take root melons, which bear fruit early, have a long growth period and full seeds, and their offspring grow fast and bear more fruits early. However, the root melon of the long loofah will contact the ground and rot, so it is appropriate to use the loofah just planted in the shed as a seed. ? During the growth period, melons with the morphological characteristics of this variety, large fruit stalk and positive fruit shape should be selected as seeds. After selection, mark it, harvest it when the fruit looks yellow and hardened, hang it in a ventilated place, and pour out the seeds after drying. Luffa longissima is due to poor seed development near the fruit stalk, while the top seeds are abundant and full for seed production. Therefore, after harvesting, the long loofah should be cut off and peeled off.

Tie the two ends tightly with ropes and hang them in a ventilated place for storage.