Pumpkin is considered a favorite fruit of many people because of the benefits it brings, we can see pumpkin in every daily meal of Vietnamese families. How to grow pumpkin is not difficult, but how to grow and give high yield, you need to know how to take care of pumpkin. The following article we want to share with you about how to grow pumpkin at home to increase yield. Let's follow along!
Grow pumpkins at home
Table of contents
1. Characteristics of Pumpkin
2. Uses of pumpkin
3. Preparation when planting pumpkin
a. Alike
b. Land for planting
c. Planting pots
4. How to grow pumpkin at home
5. How to take care of pumpkin
6. Pumpkin Harvest
1. Characteristics of Pumpkin
Pumpkin is a herbaceous plant, belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae, they live by crawling on the ground or can live on vines. The leaves of the pumpkin often grow alternately with each other and both sides of the leaves have a hairy layer. The pumpkin is shaped like a cylinder, the color of the pumpkin is orange when ripe, the inside part contains many seeds and the outside of the skin consists of many notches.
2. Uses of pumpkin
Pumpkin is commonly used in every Vietnamese meal such as cooking soup, boiling dishes or making juice. The nutritional content in pumpkin helps to protect eyesight, reduce the risk of chronic diseases, and increase the body's resistance. In addition, pumpkin is a fruit that has a safe weight loss effect for women.
Pumpkin contains many nutrients
3. Preparation when planting pumpkin
Before starting to plant pumpkin you need to prepare:
a. Alike
Normally, pumpkin is usually grown by sowing seeds, pumpkin has types such as: long fruit, flat fruit, gourd ... You should order seeds at reputable stores to ensure good germination.
b. Land for planting
Pumpkin is a drought tolerant and well-adapted type, but to grow well, you should choose an alluvial soil containing a lot of nutrients, you can mix soil with rice husks or you can buy organic soils. engines are marketed as Tribat land. Note that before sowing seeds, you must treat the soil by clearing weeds and spreading lime 15 days before to remove pathogens in the soil.
c. Planting pots
In addition to planting directly in the ground, you can grow pumpkins in pots, you should choose pots of large size and good drainage to ensure that the plants do not die due to waterlogging.
4. How to grow pumpkin at home
Here we want to share with you how to grow pumpkin at home to help plants increase yield:
Step 1: Seed treatment
You proceed to soak the seeds in warm water about 30 degrees Celsius, after 8 hours you take the seeds out and incubate them in a damp towel for 1 night so that the seeds can crack and remove the pathogens in the seeds.
Step 2: Start sowing seeds
You proceed to make holes in the soil with a depth of about 1cm and take the seeds that are incubated in a damp towel, sow them directly into the hole and then cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil. Then you should water a little water to create moisture for the seeds to germinate and place the plant in a well-lit place. So you have done how to grow pumpkin by seeds. Next, you just need to pay attention to take good care of the tree so that the tree can grow to achieve high yield.
5. How to take care of pumpkin
Watering: During the 7 to 10 days of planting, you need to pay attention to the moisture of the soil to water the plants, on average, twice a day. At the time of flowering, you need to water more because at this time the plant needs a lot of water to develop flowers and create good conditions for flowers to pollinate. In the heavy rainy season, you should limit watering and planting beds for plants to avoid the case of plants dying due to waterlogging.
Fertilizer: At the stage of 3-4 leaves, you should dilute the water with DAP fertilizer to irrigate the plants. Note do not water the leaves, should only water the base of the plant. At this stage, you must combine fertilizing and weeding, cultivating to help plants grow.
Pest control: The types of pests that often appear in pumpkin are green worms, earthworms, thrips, aphids... You need to pay attention to regularly monitor the plants to kill pests as soon as possible, can use drugs such as Vertimec, Oshin, Confidor… to kill pests. In particular, you need to pay attention to pruning old, diseased leaves, plowing the soil regularly to create ventilation for good development.
6. Pumpkin Harvest
After 3 to 4 months of planting, pumpkin can be harvested, the time of harvest also depends on how you take care of the plant. Pumpkins with a hard yellow outer skin, yellow stalk and white chalky outer skin are a sign that the fruit is time to harvest.
Harvest pumpkins right in the garden
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Thus, how to grow pumpkin at home is not difficult, as long as you pay attention to good care, the results will be very high. Hope the above article will help you read a part in your pumpkin growing process. Good luck!
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