In rural areas, people grow various vegetables to eat every season, and pumpkins are also one of the vegetables commonly grown in spring and summer. Xiangju Xiaocai’s mother grows pumpkins every year, and Xiangju Xiaocai herself I’m also planting pumpkins this year; in fact, the young shoots, male flowers, and pumpkins on the pumpkin vine are all edible. Does picking the young shoots have any impact on the fruit of the pumpkin? I can seriously say that when it comes to country side dishes, it all depends on your picking conditions. Frequent picking, no matter how well you fertilize, will result in no fruit or the pumpkins will be small or wither before they grow up. In the end, I didn’t have to pick melons to eat.

The mother of Xiaocai grows pumpkins just like other vegetables. She uses farmyard manure, not only ordinary manure but also chicken manure, duck manure, plant ash and the like, which are rich in nitrogen. Nutrients such as phosphorus and potassium meet the needs of pumpkin vine growth and flowering and fruiting.

Because they are grown for their own consumption, my mother does not spray pesticides, so although the melon vines grow well and bear fruit, many pumpkins are bitten by insects when they are relatively small. It was broken, and some even the mother flowers had not yet bloomed. The little pumpkins were also bitten by insects and turned yellow and finally withered. In the end, there were too few pumpkins that could survive and grow up, and it was not cost-effective; so my mother planted them later. Pumpkins do not deliberately keep the fruit, but pick flowers or young shoots from time to time to eat. If there are better-looking female flowers that are about to bloom and bear fruit, just leave the vine unpicked. Anyway, you can't eat it all at once. many.

My mother grows pumpkins in the yard. In the summer, when I am too lazy to go to distant vegetable fields to pick vegetables, I pick the young shoots/male flowers of the pumpkins, peel off the outermost layer of burry skin, and then boil them. Eat, it’s delicious; and my mother often fertilizes the pumpkin vines, so the picked pumpkin vines grow new vines very quickly. However, because they are picked and eaten all the time, many male and female flowers are not grown properly. When the vines grow up and bloom, the vines are picked, and there is no chance to bear fruit.

In addition, a pumpkin can grow many branching vines. The longer the vines grow, the longer the branches will be and the farther they are from the roots. The absorption of nutrients will also be affected to a certain extent, although some My mother originally kept the female flower on the vine to bloom and bear fruit, but it was eaten by insects. There were other female flowers and male flowers on the vine, but the overall growth was not very good. In the end, it was difficult to form a good vine. Fruity, five or six pumpkins a year are considered good. I remember that one year the situation was better, four big pumpkins grew, and some years there were not even one. Fortunately, there were young shoots that could be picked and eaten, so it didn’t count. White.

In fact, every time you pick the tender shoots of the pumpkin, that is, the pumpkin vine, it is a trauma for the pumpkin vine. The wound needs a certain amount of time to recover. Frequent picking of the tender shoots will make the pumpkin vines grow longer. Not good enough. Although the fertilizer applied is not bad, it is just like us. A person is always sick and needs surgery. Although he takes various supplements after surgery, his body is not good enough compared to ordinary people and his immunity is low. .

In addition, although the pumpkin vine has male flowers and female flowers, it is not a problem to produce small fruits after the flowers fade. However, if the young shoots are often picked, the vines will be damaged and the vines will be reduced. Photosynthesis and nutrient absorption will be difficult. Once the number decreases, the immunity against pests and other diseases will decrease, and it will be more difficult for the fruits to grow.

So, if the pumpkin vine is specially planted to bear pumpkin fruits, do not frequently pick the young shoots. If it grows more lush, you can just pick some appropriately to control the growth. In addition, pest control is also required. Good to ensure that the pumpkin will grow well.