Balcony loofah cultivation method, balcony turned into a small vegetable garden

The loofah can not only be used as a vegetable, the vine can also beautify the balcony, and it will kill two birds with one stone. Today, we will share with you the method of planting the loofah on the balcony, and the balcony will become a small vegetable garden.

1. Planting loofah on the balcony requires preparation of a container large enough. The larger the volume and depth of the planting container, the better. At least 15 cm of soil thickness and 10 liters of soil capacity should be guaranteed. Only in this way can the loofah grow later.

Ps: There are flower friends planting loofah with small pots, although it will be long, but the effect is much worse. This flower friend can weigh it.

2. Find the right soil, add compound fertilizer, mix well, or buy nutritious soil directly. Because the flower pot is limited, the fertile soil is a powerful factor for the late force of the loofah.

3, space, loofah is different from other vegetables, need to climb the vine, so before planting the loofah, we need to make reasonable planning of the balcony, do the preparation of loofah climbing, because the layout of the balcony is different, so the flower friends are free To play, just let the loofah have a place to climb the vine, and the other is to pay attention to light and ventilation, which is very important.

4, seedlings, we can first use small pots to raise seedlings, half in the spring seedlings, soak the seeds in warm water at 25 ° C -30 ° C for 4-6 hours, after washing the surface of the seeds sticky night, you can plant, Cover the soil about 1 cm.

5, colonization, generally seedlings a week after seeding, the first true leaf time seedlings in the seedlings, remove old, weak, diseased seedlings, pay attention to ventilation and cooling, daytime temperature control at 25 °C-28 °C night to maintain 15 °C-18 °C To prevent the length of the body, a week before the planting, ventilation and refining, until the seedling grows to 3-4 leaves, the temperature can be transplanted at around 20 °C.

6, daily management points:

When the melon grows to a meter long, I don't hurry to put it on the shelf. I will bury the melon in the soil around the root. This is the pressure vine. When the loofah vine is long again, the vine can be put on the shelf. The melon frame can be adapted to the local conditions. According to your own situation, decide how to place.

When the main vine climbs to about 4 meters to 5 meters, you can pick the heart, that is, the head of the melon can be smashed, causing the loofah to grow more vines. After the emergence of female flowers, artificial pollination can be carried out in the early stage, and it is ok to rely on bees in the later stage. Keep 2-3 female flowers on a vine, then pick the heart, this will ensure the quality of the melon, and at the same time promote new vines.

When there are too many male flowers, you need to pick flowers, which is to cut off the excess male flowers, leaving only a small amount of male flowers to save nutrients. As for how much to cut and how much to stay, you can do it yourself. When picking flowers, you can cut off the leaves by the way, cut off the dense leaves, old leaves and yellow leaves, and ventilate and lighten, reducing the occurrence of loofah pests and diseases.

The loofah generally begins in June and enters the fungus period from July to August. It is harvested every other day and can be harvested every day during the harvest period. Loofah can be harvested to the frost, but after the cool autumn, the growth is slow and the quality is degraded.

The loofah is kept in the roots, the root melon is early, the growth period is long, the seeds are full, and the offspring grow fast, and the results are early and early. However, the root melon of the long loofah will contact the ground and rot, so it is appropriate to plant the loofah just put on the shelf.