This is a snake gourd, with young fruits as vegetables, but young leaves and young stems can also be eaten.

Snake gourd cultivation management points

1, reasonable fertilization

Snake gourd melon and thin and long, the ability to grow than most other melons are stronger, so the demand for fertilizer nutrients is great. First of all, after the successful planting of seedlings, we should apply enough rooting water once to improve the survival rate of planting seedlings. Then according to the growth stage of snake melon and soil conditions appropriate application of Bika water-soluble fertilizer, snake melon after the first batch of melon maturity, every harvest should be chased a fertilizer. Because after harvesting there will be new melon growth, the new melon is the most in need of nutrients, and most of the nutrients are in the mature melon inside the harvest, the plant is also very weak. Fertilizer fertilizer using the right amount of farmyard manure mixed with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium elements, if the nutrition is not enough easily lead to snake melon deformed melon, small melon and other phenomena, affecting the yield and quality.

2, timely watering

Snake gourd's plant is large, the root capacity is strong, relatively drought-resistant, but in the whole reproductive period but need a lot of water. If there is insufficient water in the growth process, it will reduce the melon rate of snake melon, resulting in snake melon expansion is hindered, there are a variety of stunted melon or even lead to early plant failure. Therefore, we should ensure that snake gourd has sufficient water in the management, and timely watering when water shortage is found, especially in the summer high temperature and drought. The normal situation is generally 5-7 days of watering once, can effectively ensure that the soil is in a moist state.

3, the whole branching frame

As I said earlier, snake gourd is a trailing plant, the melon is thin and long, and snake gourd vine growth climbing ability is strong, after maturity, the number of vines. Therefore, it is very important to set up a frame, when the length of the vine is more than 30 centimeters, it is necessary to immediately tie the vine to guide the vine to climb the frame successfully. Snake gourd has a high rate of melon, whether it is the main branch or branch are able to hang more melons, but *** the same section of the melon, the main branch of the melon quality are poor. Therefore, we need to prune the plant according to the specific planting method, cut off the excess branches, long branches and all kinds of branches that are not beneficial to the plant in a timely manner. Improve the quality of snake gourd and its own breeding efficiency.