What season does gourd usually become?
The gourd fruit is green at first, and then turns from white to yellow. Due to long-term cultivation, the fruit shape varies greatly, and varies with varieties or varieties. Some are dumbbell-shaped, narrow in the middle and swollen up and down. The upper part is larger than the lower part, and it is several tens of centimeters long. Some are only 10 cm long (small gourd), and some are oblate, rod-shaped or structural. When they mature, the skin becomes woody. The seeds are white, obovate or triangular, truncated at the top or 2-toothed, sparsely round, about 20 mm long. It blooms in summer and bears fruit in autumn.
In early August, melons were harvested one after another. 1 When the melon in the crop grows to about 15- 18kg (it can be harvested by pinching with nails), it should be harvested on the first day, and peeled first and then peeled the melon strips on the second day. Don't peel melon strips on rainy days. The vines of the gourd can reach 15 meters long, and the fruits range from 10 cm to one meter, and the heaviest can reach one kilogram.
Gourd likes warm and sheltered environment and needs many places to grow. The seedlings are afraid of freezing. Fresh gourd skin is light green, pulp is white, and the fruit is also called gourd, which can be harvested as a vegetable when it is immature.
The length of vines, the size of leaves and flowers, the size and shape of fruits are different in different cultivation types of gourds. Fruits are rod-shaped, spoon-shaped, dolphin-shaped, pot-shaped, etc. The name of the species also depends on the shape of the fruit. In addition, in ancient times, people dried the gourd, hollowed it out, and made it into things to hold things.
Extended data
Gourd can not only charge, but also be medicine itself. Gourd is sweet, smooth and non-toxic, and its vines, whiskers, leaves, flowers, seeds and shells can be used as medicine to treat many diseases. According to ancient medical books, gourd flowers are sweet, flat and non-toxic, which can be used as detoxification drugs, especially for various fistula sores. Tendrils and whiskers are as medicinal as flowers and can treat leprosy.
Gourd tastes bitter, cold and toxic, and can be used to treat odontopathy, swollen or exposed gums, loose teeth, etc. It can also treat facial features, edema of limbs, urinary tract obstruction, nasal congestion and all carbuncle and malignant sores. In particular, the gourd shell has the highest medicinal value, sweet taste, flat nature and no toxicity. Used for clearing away heat and toxic materials, moistening lung and relaxing bowels. The older the gourd shell, the higher the curative effect.
Gourd is one of the oldest crops in the world. Archaeology in China discovered the gourd and seeds 7,000 years ago at Hemudu site in Yuyao, Zhejiang, which is the earliest gourd found in the world. There are many records of gourd in ancient China, and there are also many names for it. "Hey", "Hey", "Hu", "Gan", "Hulu" and "Pru" all refer to gourd. "Pot" and "Lu" were originally two vessels for holding wine and rice. Because the shape and use of gourd are similar to them, people combine "pot" and "Lu" as the name of this plant.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Hulu (Cucurbitaceae)