Chaenomeles likes warm environment. It is planted 3 times a year in spring, and the appropriate temperature can improve the survival rate of planting. When planting fingered citron, you should choose mature and fat melon seeds, pick fresh melon seeds, dry them in a ventilated and cool place, and bury them in sand soil for storage.

2, accelerating germination and planting

The cultivation of bergamot should choose loose and fertile soil, and sand and gravel soil can be added to the soil to promote the germination of melon seeds. Take the seeds of Chaenomeles out of the soil, wrap them in plastic bags, seal them, control the ambient temperature at15 ~ 20℃, and after rooting and sprouting, put the sprouting end up and bury them in the soil.

3, seedling pruning

During the growth of fingered citron melon seedlings, it is necessary to pour water to ensure that the soil is in a moist state. When it was first planted, the seedlings were fragile and needed shade protection to avoid sunburn in strong sunlight. After the seedlings grow, they need to be cored in time, and some slow-growing branches and buds can be removed to promote the germination of new branches and buds.

4, colonization management

After entering the Grain Rain season, the temperature starts to rise, so the fingered citron can be transplanted and planted. Transplanting Chaenomeles into the soil, watering and delaying seedlings. Chaenomeles grows rapidly. As a vine, it needs topdressing in time. You can insert small sticks around the plants to adapt to the climbing and growth of bergamot.

morphological character

Fingered citron is a perennial herbaceous vine with massive roots, with climbing or artificial stems and furrows. Petiole slender, glabrous, 5~ 15 cm long; Leaf blade is membranous, nearly round, with larger lobes in the middle, smaller lateral ones, tapering apex, small teeth on the edge, heart-shaped base, deep bending, nearly round, deep1~ 3cm, wide1~ 2cm;

Dark green above, slightly rough, light green on the back, pubescent, and dense on the veins. Tendrils are thick, furrowed, hairless, 3-5-pronged. Monoecious. Male flowers 10~30 flowers are born on the upper part of the total pedicel 8~30 cm long and form a raceme. The inflorescence axis is slightly stout and hairless, and the pedicel length is 1~6 mm; Calyx tube is short, lobes spread, nearly hairless, 5~7 mm long and 1~ 1.5 mm wide; Corolla radial, wide 12~ 17 mm, divided to the base, lobes ovate-lanceolate, 5-veined;

Stamens 3, filaments united, anthers separated, anthers inflected. The female flower is solitary, and the pedicel length is 1~ 1.5 cm; Corolla and calyx are male flowers; Ovary obovate, 5-ribbed, sparsely hairy, 1 room, with 1 pendulous ovule, style 2~3 mm long, stigma 2 mm wide. The fruit is light green, obovate, with sparse short bristles, 8~ 12 cm long and 6~8 cm in diameter, with 5 longitudinal grooves on the upper part and 1 seed. The seeds are large, up to 10 cm, 7 cm wide, oval and compressed. The flowering period is from July to September, and the fruiting period is from August to1October.