2. Intertillage weeding: Intertillage weeding should be carried out before planting, and the roots should not be loosened as much as possible, and the soil should be properly cultivated to form small ridges. With the elongation of melon vines, it gradually covers the ground and is not suitable for intertillage.
3. Pressing and pruning vines: When the vines are stretched to about 60 cm, press the vines for the first time. The method is to dig a ditch with a depth of 1 7-9 cm next to the vine, then gently put the vine into the ditch, and then press it with soil, so that the top of the growth will be exposed 12- 15 cm, and the high-density cultivated ginger-handled melon basically does not press the vine, or only presses it. Zucchini is a plant with strong apical dominance, and its lateral branches generally do not germinate before enucleation. Cut off the tender shoots at the first 5-7 leaves of the first female flower, and then a large number of back branches germinate, leaving 1-2 side branches at the base and front respectively, and cut off the remaining side branches when they are stretched to about 40cm. Pick the first 5-7 leaves of the lateral branch female flower again.
4. Artificial pollination: the ginger-handled melon is artificially pollinated and cultivated in facilities at flowering stage, without insect vectors. The rainy season is not conducive to pollen transfer and fertilization, and artificial pollination is needed; Each male flower pollinates 3-4 female flowers, and the remaining male flowers can be picked and sold on the market; Pollination should be carried out in the sunny morning, and the open male flowers should be lightly rubbed on the stigma of the female flowers to achieve the purpose of pollination. On rainy days, the female and male flowers are covered with small plastic bags on the first day of flowering, and the female flowers are picked after pollination for 3 days.