Ripening time of wax gourd
Wax gourd blooms in May and June, and will bear fruit soon after flowering. Generally, flowers will grow after withering. Early-maturing varieties were listed in August, and late-maturing varieties were listed in June at 5438+00.
Wax gourd varieties and harvest season
1. There are many varieties of wax gourd, which can be divided into early-maturing varieties and late-maturing varieties according to maturity period, small-fruit varieties and large-fruit varieties according to the size of wax gourd, and pink-skin varieties and green-skin varieties according to the presence or absence of wax powder in melon skin.
2. Among them, the common varieties of small-fruit wax gourd are a bunch of bells, five leaves, early wax gourd and round wax gourd, which belong to early-maturing varieties. Fruits need 265,438+0-28 days from flowering to maturity, and are usually harvested in August-September.
3. The common varieties of large fruit-type wax gourd are Guangdong green-skinned wax gourd, gray-skinned wax gourd, beef spleen wax gourd, Hunan Longquan wax gourd, pink-skinned wax gourd, Taiwan Province white-skinned wax gourd, Shanghai white-skinned wax gourd and Beijing local wax gourd. It takes one month from flowering to maturity, and it usually matures in September -65438+ 10.
Planting conditions and producing areas of wax gourd
Wax gourd likes warm environment, and the optimum temperature for its growth and development is 25-30℃. It likes sunny environment, and it needs long sunshine and plenty of light during the whole growing period. Wax gourd has low requirements on soil, so it can be planted on sandy loam or dry loam, but attention should be paid to avoid continuous cropping.
Wax gourd has strong adaptability to the environment, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, cultivated in all regions of China, wild varieties in southern Yunnan, eastern Australia and Madagascar.