As one of our country's specialty vegetables, its vine is similar to the winter melon, and the melon it bears is also very similar to the winter melon in appearance, only the head of the melon is a little smaller, so it is also called a small winter melon in some places.

Before sowing, use 1 percent of potassium permanganate solution, invade the seed for 15 minutes, and then wash it with water, soak it in water for a total of 8 to 10 hours. Then fished out and washed, wrapped in gauze, germination in 30 degrees Celsius conditions, until the seeds show white can be opened to sow. Sets of melon in the planting before, should first make a 2m or so in the soil bed, bed spacing can be planted roughly two rows of knuckleheads, planting hole distance of 45cm or so, each planting need to be planted at most two plants, each acre planting amount should not exceed about 3,000 plants.

Main diseases: virus disease, anthracnose, blight, epidemic. Epidemic disease is a devastating disease of winter melon, complete extinction is possible, the spread of epidemic disease depends on the moisture humidity, mulch cover effectively block the mycelium upward development. If the northern region where the temperature is low can be used to plant the canopy bracket, planting watering three to four times, both Shi good root water, stretching water, wait until the melon and then on the water,, do not appear drought, melon vines grow to eighty centimeters when inserting the bamboo Division of the trailing, remove the side vines. In the seedling period of water and fertilizer demand is not large, in the flowering period to increase the amount of water and fertilizer, so that we can grow excellent quality of winter melon, fertilizer to farmyard manure, nitrogen, phosphorus and potash fertilizer as a supplement, watering watering point of farmyard manure water effect is better. When pests and diseases are serious, you can use 1000 times the liquid Tephritid to control aphids and whiteflies, once a week, spraying 2 times in a row. Spraying should be stopped 7 days before harvest.

Spray 2-3 times dilute human and animal manure during the seedling period, and diligently apply concentrated manure or rotted cake fertilizer, or compound fertilizer during the fruiting period. Throughout the growing period, pay attention to loosening the soil, weeding, cultivating the soil, timely watering in the dry season, timely drainage in the rainy period. Special attention should be paid to seasonal arrangements. Sunny weather, higher temperatures, higher humidity and other conditions conducive to fruiting; dry air, low temperatures and rainy days, insect activity is not conducive to pollination; and reduce the pollination capacity of the stigma, and thus poor fruiting.