How to plant and manage Buddha's hand melon, cultivation techniques and management of Buddha's hand melon.

How to plant and manage佛手 (Fingered Cucumber)Today's life experience sharing on how to plant and manage fingered cucumber and the green plant maintenance tips for fingered cucumber planting techniques and cultivation management, let's learn about it together.Fingered cucumber belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, fingered cucumber genus, perennial fibrous vine, also known as falcon person melon, Anjing melon, longevity melon, harvest melon, foreign melon, clasping melon,捧 melon, Turkish melon,棚 melon, tiger melon, etc. The shape of fingered cucumber fruit is like two palms put together, which has the meaning of Buddhist blessings and is loved by people.Fingered cucumber is a high-yield crop for both vegetables and feed, with strong adaptability, fewer diseases and pests, and labor-saving management. Fingered cucumber is a perennial vine plant that can continuously harvest melons for 10-20 years after planting once, and it also belongs to the lazy person's melon. Fingered cucumber that has grown for more than two years can yield 10-15 tons per mu. Fingered cucumber is tasty, juicy, and easy to digest, making it a good feed for pigs. Meanwhile, fingered cucumber planting does not occupy arable land and can use shrub forests, trees, ditches, and pigsty roofs to build shelves for fingered cucumber to climb and bear fruit, achieving multiple benefits. The vines can provide shade for pigs from the strong sunlight during the high-temperature season of summer and autumn, reduce the temperature inside the pigsty, and also harvest melons to feed pigs. Fingered cucumber is nutritious and attractive, and its market price is also acceptable during the off-season of summer and autumn vegetables. It can be sold as a vegetable and is easy to store. To achieve higher yields, planting time, planting methods, and management points are closely related and interconnected, and none can be missing. In our village, more than ten households cultivate fingered cucumber, selling the tender fingered cucumber in the market, and using the high yield to feed pigs, which is of very high nutritional value.I. Planting Time for Fingered Cucumber: In cold regions, it can only be transplanted after the frost breaks in spring, and the seeds are sown in March-April. In warm regions, it can be planted in autumn. By the end of November, select mature fingered cucumber and store it in a dry place. The seeds must be harvested before the first frost with yellow skin and smooth surface and stored with sand. Fingered cucumber does not germinate easily, so it is necessary to choose the ones that have already germinated for planting.II. Cultivation Methods for Fingered Cucumber: Fingered cucumber is planted using whole melon planting and branch propagation methods.III. Water and Fertilizer ManagementIV. Building Shelves for Fingered Cucumber to ClimbV. PinchingVI. Pest and Disease ManagementVII. Overwintering Method for Old Melon RhizomesThe above sharing on how to plant and manage fingered cucumber and the full content of fingered cucumber planting techniques and cultivation management, hoping it will be helpful to green plant enthusiasts!