瓠 melon

The gourd is a year-old vine herb. Also known , flat, gourd. Serve with tender fruit. Native to India and tropical Africa. In ancient Times, China used its
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as a container and also for medicinal use. The Book of Poems is well documented. The ruins of Yuyao Hemdu in Zhejiang Province and Luojiayuan in Tongxiang have unearthed the fruit and skin remains of gourds, indicating that the history of gourd cultivation in China can also be traced back to the Neolithic period.widely distributed throughout the country, and mainly south of the Yangtze River.

Form and type
the root system developed, stem for cranberry, up to 3 to 4 meters long, strong branching. Single leaves, each other, leaves are heart-shaped, with hair on them. The same plant of flowers. Sometimes it also produces flowers of both sexes, but the fruit is often malformed and has no edible value. Flowers are white, mostly open at night and in the evening or early morning when the sun is shining. Male flowers are mostly born in the middle and lower part of the main vine, while female flowers are more born in the upper part of the main vine. Side cranberns from the 1st to 2nd d'ad quarter can produce female flowers, so the results of side cranbers mainly.fruit, 1
0 to 20 days after flowering can be harvested, its tender peel and fetal seat tender and juicy, edible
;fruit shape variation is many, can be divided into: (1)or pudding. Fruit long cylinder-shaped, up to 50 to 70 cm, diameter 6 to 10 cm, the upper and lower weight is almost equal, there are stick-shaped; (2) Long-handled hoist. The first end of the fruit is cylindrical, near the end of the fruit terrier has a slender fruit neck; Fruit spherical to flat round, old ripe fruit can be used as a lady; (4) fine waist gourd or common name gourd. The middle section of the fruit has a "thin waist", both ends are spherical, (5) ornamental gourd or small gourd. The fruit is only about 10 cm long and has a thin waist or a long fruit neck. The chromosomes of the five variants are all 2n-22 and can interbreed with each other.

Cultivated
melons as warm plants. The growth temperature is 20 to 25 degrees C. Cultivation is usually first seedling, and then planted to the dew. The skin is thicker and germinates more slowly. Climbing cultivation of mu planted about 1000 plants,
stents
cultivation of acres planted about 2000 plants. In order to give birth to the main cranberry, more female flowers, when the main vine gives birth to 4 to 6 dests, you can remove the top buds of the main vine. Can also be used
hormone
treatment, prompting the main cranberry early birth of female flowers, early results.melon on fertilizer and moisture requirements are higher, to be used to base fertilizer, and many times to pursue the use of quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer. Intolerant of waterlogging, drought, in rainy areas should pay attention to drainage, drought should be timely irrigation. The main pests are aphids and cucumbers, and the main pests are viral diseases, withering diseases, epidemic diseases, anthrax, white powder diseases, etc.

Use
fruit water content of 95%, per 100 grams of fresh weight of about
vitamins
C10 to 15 mg, as well as a small amount of sugar and phosphorus, calcium and so on. Light taste, soft quality, suitable for cooking, not raw to eat. Some varieties have a bitter taste due to the sugar content of gourd glycoside in the fruit. The production of the selection of bitter-free parents and control pollination, the seeds of the offspring are no bitter taste.