How to climb the loofah frame, how to build the loofah shelf

The loofah is very powerful.

Our loofahs are planted next to the wall, and if you set up a few bamboo poles next to it, you can leave it alone, and the wall will be green in half a month.

Plant a well-growing loofah seedling into a large pot. With the loofah stem as the center of the circle, thin bamboo poles, dry branches with many branches, triplywood slats, and ropes drawn upwards are inserted at equal distances around the circumference of the circle with a radius of 10 cm.

Then apply enough fertilizer to the loofah seedlings, water them enough, put them on a sunny balcony, and observe and record the growth and climbing of the loofah every day.

After a week, the tip of the loofah slowly elongates.

After two weeks, the elongated stem tip gradually moved closer to the branched dead branches. Three.

After a week, the tip of the stem is already tightly wrapped around the branched dead branch.

A little more than a month later, rattan.

and the leaves have moved closer to the multi-forked dead branches and have begun to grow upwards along the multi-forked dead branches.

At the same distance, the loofah chooses a multi-forked dead branch as the object of climbing. If the multi-forked object is far away from it, and there are some other climbable objects nearby, which one will the loofah choose? Is it to look for a closer object to climb, or to look for a forked branch that will allow it to hold the vine in place?

Insert two wooden sticks of the same diameter and length at a distance of 5 cm and 8 cm from the loofah seedlings, and insert a multi-forked dead branch at a distance of 10 cm. After a month, the loofah vine wraps around a wooden stick at a distance of 5 cm and begins to grow upwards.

What would it do if there was no creep to climb near the loofah? So I made further observations on the characteristics of the loofah's selection of climbing objects.

I cleaned up all objects in the vicinity of the loofah seedling pot so that it was free of creeping objects within a meter of it. Then provide sufficient water, nutrients and light for the loofah seedlings to ensure that the loofah can grow normally.

There are three common ways to build a loofah shelf:

1.Erection frame, with bamboo poles or other poles according to the same distance inserted on the mud ground to stand, and then each one is connected with a rope or cloth knot, because there is no support, so it will be easy to fall, it is best to stand on the left and right of each loofah shelf to play a fixed role in order to prevent the bamboo frame from collapsing. In this way, the loofah will grow all the way up, but with certain limitations, the loofah can only climb to the length of a pole.

This method is relatively simple, saving time and materials.

2.Flat frame, on the basis of the vertical frame, and then on the top like a shed to cover the roof, so that the loofah naturally finds space to grow on the top. Therefore, its growth space is much larger than that of the vertical frame, but it takes a lot of materials and time, and once it is built, it is not a problem to use it for two or three years!

And the yield of loofahs is much better than the appearance.

3.Planting and erection, seedlings can be planted about 30 days old. The planting methods used in the seed production of loofah are different in different places, and appropriate planting methods are adopted according to the characteristics of loofah varieties.

The planting density of ridged loofah and medium and long loofah is larger, generally planting 1 200 plants (spring) - 1 500 plants (autumn) per 667 square meters.

Ridged loofah and medium-length loofah can also be cultivated by dense planting fence type seed production, that is, furrow width (even ditch) meters, double row planting, plant spacing of about 35 cm, planting about 2 400 plants per 667 square meters, and using column type frame cultivation. For extra-long loofahs, the planting density is generally low, 500-600 plants per 667 square meters, single row planting, row spacing of 3-4 meters, plant spacing of about 25 cm, and flat shed cultivation.

The loofah climbing vine is 7 to 8 meters long. Set up a frame to tie vines, and adjust the plants The stem stool of the loofah is up to 7 8 meters long, and when the vine grows to about 25 cm, it is necessary to build a frame. Hope mine is useful to you, thanks!

Tie several bamboo poles or branches together, or stand two bamboo poles one meter apart, tie a rope in the middle, and let the loofah vine climb up the rope along the bamboo pole.

In fact, you just have to think, where is the loofah going to crawl? There must be sunlight to bear fruit, make a big pot, the loofah nutrition is enough, it will crawl everywhere, try it yourself, you will have more experience, the loofah is not a precious plant, it is worth trying.

The first is trellis cultivation, that is, a parallel scaffolding of about 1 meter is erected on the empty shelves of two rows of loofahs, and the melon vines are climbed on their own after being put on the shelves. This method is simple to erect and easy to obtain; The disadvantage is that the trellis is small and low, and because the loofah vine has many leaves, it is easy to cause the plant to grow because of poor permeability.

The second method is to hang the vine, pull a wire on the upper part of the loofah plant, hang a thin rope or nylon grass rope on the wire, and lead the loofah vine to the rope and climb upward. This method is simple and easy to implement with little investment; The disadvantage is that the melon vine that grows vertically can withstand the shed in 7 or 8 days, and often needs to put the vine downward, which is very labor-intensive, and it is easy to break the melon vine when putting the vine.

The third method is to use bamboo poles to insert them diagonally in the shed to form a fence-shaped frame. This method is more expensive frame material, the investment is slightly larger, but when the loofah is on the shelf, it can be taken and the "zigzag" vine tie, the elongation space of the vine is increased accordingly, the trouble of putting the vine is reduced many times, the leaves can be fully illuminated, it is conducive to more melons, after the vine climbs full of shelves, take a vine, because the vine is bent for a long time, the plant is not easy to grow, in the shed cultivation, most people think that this is the most desirable way to build a frame.

When erecting the frame, it is necessary to pay attention to the shelf to be firm to prevent the frame from falling down and collapsing after watering. In addition, when inserting the rack, it is necessary to prevent the rod from piercing the agricultural film, and special attention should be paid to the low edge of the shed.

The form of the loofah's bracket varies from place to place, some use herringbone brackets, some use flat scaffolds (generally 2 meters high), and some directly bury bamboo tails instead of scaffolding, but it is better to use flat shed brackets. When the length of the main vine reaches 50-65 cm, it is necessary to build a scaffold. The scaffolding should be tied and buried tightly to prevent it from being blown over or collapsed by the wind.

Generally, each shed is a shed, and the entire melon shed can also be connected into a piece. The loofah planted on both sides of the ditch, the trellis can be erected in the ditch, and the loofah vines on both sides of the bank are concentrated to climb the trellis.

After the scaffolding is laid, it is necessary to manually lead the rattan and tie the rattan to assist it on the shelf. When the main vine and the side vine are on the scaffolding, it should be arranged in the appropriate position, so as not to overlap and crowd each other, affect the ventilation and light transmission and the seat melon.