Single-vine main vine melon pruning method. The mother vine is the main vine, the main vine is not centered, the side vines are immediately removed. This pruning method is perfected early, but the production volume is low. Suitable for mature species. Mature planting. Sparse planting and trellis planting.
Single vine. The method of melon branching in the daughter vines. In the case of the main vine without centering, leave the middle of 4-5 nodes above the sub-vines to bear melons, leave 2-3 leaves on the sub-vines to be centered before melons, and consider thinning out the upper sub-vines as appropriate. Single-vine type. The main vine centering method. When the seedling is 4-5 leaves, pick the heart, leave a healthy sub-vine as the main vine, and leave a melon on the 10-15 nodes of the sub-vine here. This method is suitable for high temperature. Seedlings are easy to grow steeply when selected.
Double vine. The method of melon planting in the sub-trailing. When the main vine grows to 3--4 leaves, leave 3 leaves and pluck. When the sub-trail grows to 15cm up and down, leave 2 strong sub-trails, and remove the rest from the tip. Leave a melon on each of the 8 - 12 nodes of the sub-vines. The grandchildren are allowed to grow and develop. The initial production of this type of pruning method is low, but the total value and quality is high.
Double vine type. Sun vine melon pruning method. When the main vine grows to 3--4 leaves, leave 3 leaves to be plucked. When the daughter vine grows to 15cm up and down, leave 2 strong daughter vines. 2 daughter vines grow to 7--8 holiday picking, leave the grandchildren vine melon. 2--3 days before the female flowers of the grandchildren, leave 2 leaves to pick heart at the time of flowering. Leave 2--3 melons per plant, after the melon, the grandchildren on the upper end of the child vine can be allowed to grow and develop, or can be thinned out partially. The method is mature, but the production is slightly lower.
This type of form is often used in the open field thin-skinned white orchid melon method. When the main vine is 4 leaves, pick the center, leaving three to several strong sub-vines. When the daughter vine grows to 10 - 12 leaves, pluck the heart, the 6th - 7 section of the grandchildren grow out of the vine to bear melons. It is also possible to produce melons at 4-5 nodes, depending on the spacing of the plants. In order to better make the grandchildren grow and develop faster, nutrient supply is abundant, can be in the female flowers open to the outside 2 days before leaving 2 leaves plucking. This type of method of hanging fruit nodes, hanging fruit early and neat, production is also higher.
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