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Planting method of flying saucer melon

Skyler White
2020-07-28 11:11:24
As the name implies, UFO melon gets its name because it looks like a UFO, and many people like to call it another popular name, squash. At first, UFO melon was introduced into China as a kind of vegetable. Because of its unique appearance, it has been appreciated by many people and gradually developed into an interesting ornamental plant cultivation. So how to plant flying saucer melon?

Ecological habits

Flying saucer melon has a very high requirement on the environment temperature. Generally, it is the most suitable to grow when the temperature is controlled within 13 ℃ - 28 ℃, if it is lower than 10 ℃, it will no longer grow. Also pay attention to the humidity, moisture and soil of its growth.

Planting method

Raising seedlings

Soak the selected seeds in the water temperature of 30 ℃, about 10 hours. The seeds are then placed in a greenhouse at 28 degrees Celsius for germination. Take good care of it, you can transplant it to a certain height.

Sowing

To plant flying saucer melon, we need to first fertilize and plough the land, divide it little by little, the distance between each tree is about 70cm, and then plant seedlings in the soil, the distance between each two seedlings is 100cm, which is the best.

Plucked flying saucer melon

Management

After transplanting, fertilizer and water were added to help the seedlings get better nutrients. At the same time, do a good job in daily management, clean up weeds and dry disease leaves on time, ensure full sunlight, nutrients directly to fruits. Flowering need artificial pollination, want more fruit, this period of time must not be lazy.

Diseases and insect pests

The saucer melon is very susceptible to the invasion of aphids. The prevention method is to spray insecticide with butyl emulsion. Secondly, whitefly can be prevented by spraying aerosol.

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