Selection of varieties of ornamental pumpkins

Golden eggs, silver eggs, Wuzhishan, golden boys, jade girls, incense burners, white jade, golden apples, small wall clocks, a little green, a little yellow, small pillows , Crown, etc., are all varieties of ornamental pumpkins suitable for use as potted plants. To prepare nutrient soil for ornamental pumpkins

You can choose to use pond mud or garden soil that has not been planted with melons. After drying, disinfecting and breaking it, mix it with peat soil, perlite, river sand and other substrates, and then add composite Fertilizer is mixed into nutritious soil. Place the coarse grains at the bottom of the pot, filling only 3/4 of the pot with soil.

Sowing of ornamental pumpkins

25 degrees is the suitable temperature for the growth of ornamental pumpkins. Spring and autumn are the sowing seasons. Before sowing, the seeds must be soaked and germinated. Wrap the seeds with clean gauze, soak them in warm water at 30 degrees Celsius for 4-5 hours, wash the seeds clean and pick them up to germinate. Pour the nutrient soil thoroughly and then sow seeds. 3-4 seeds per pot are suitable. After sowing, the soil covering depth should be 1 cm, and the seeds should be watered. Planting ornamental pumpkins in pots

Choose a flower pot of suitable size. When potting, spread a small amount of river sand on the bottom of the pot, add an appropriate amount of sesame paste residue as base fertilizer, fill in nutrient soil, and plant the plant. Firm the soil and water thoroughly.

Timely shaping of ornamental pumpkins

Top the ornamental pumpkins when the plants grow to about 15 cm to promote the development of branches. Top the branches again when they reach a height of 10 cm, usually 3-4 times. When the plant grows to 25-30 cm, a trellis should be set up to guide the vines. The material can be bamboo fence or iron branches. When the leaves are too dense, remove them to increase ventilation, enhance light, and make the plant look beautiful.