How to Graft Cucumber to Pumpkin
Last Update ：2024.12.19
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Choose pumpkin seeds with good affinity. You can use black seed pumpkin or white seed pumpkin. Plant the pumpkin first. Sow cucumber seeds after 5-6 days, and choose varieties with higher quality and better yield. When the pumpkin seedlings grow to 8-9 cm, the true leaves have grown. If the true leaves of the cucumber have just grown, you can cut off the head of the cucumber, cut the stem in half, and insert the cucumber diagonally onto the pumpkin stem.
1. Plant pumpkins first
1. Plant pumpkins first
Pumpkins have deep and well-developed root systems, so pumpkins can be grafted onto cucumbers. In this way, the disease resistance will be stronger after grafting, and the yield will increase accordingly. You can choose pumpkin seeds with good affinity, so that the two will grow more easily without rejection. You can use black seed pumpkin or white seed pumpkin, but ordinary pumpkin seeds are not suitable. After selecting the variety, plant the pumpkin first so that the plant will grow first and the stem will be thicker than the cucumber root.
2. Plant cucumbers again
After planting pumpkin seeds, wait about 5-6 days before sowing cucumber seeds, so that the growth rate will be slower. Selecting seeds with higher quality and better yield can ensure good yield.
3. Grafting
etc. When the pumpkin seedlings grow to 8-9 centimeters, the true leaves have already grown, while the true leaves of the cucumber have just begun to grow. This is the best time for grafting. Use a sterilized razor blade to remove the head next to the cotyledons, and then cut the top stem into two halves with a moderate depth, not too deep. Cut stubbles from the cotyledons of cucumbers and insert them into the stems of pumpkins, where they will grow on their own. During the entire operation, you must pay attention to sterilization and disinfection, otherwise you will be infected with germs and die.
2. Plant cucumbers again
3. Grafting
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