447.8 kg giant white gourd how can such a big white gourd be planted
Two rolls of thick red cloth wrapped around the body, and the thick bamboo pole passed through the red cloth and was firmly placed on the four young men. The villagers nearby cheered them with a voice of "Hey Yo".
Yesterday, Teng Yanming, a villager in Changkou Town, Fuyang, Hangzhou, welcomed a happy event. Under the guidance of Zhang Gangming, a vegetable expert at the Agricultural Station of the District Agricultural Technology Promotion Center, the 68 year old super large white gourd that he spent five months carefully maintaining came out.
White gourd was carried on the scale by four strong men, weighing 447.8 kg, which is equivalent to the sum of the weight of four adult women.
Facing the amazing weight of white gourd, Lao Teng was calm: "it's not enough. I'll continue to plant it next year. I believe there is still room to play the potential of white gourd weight."
This year's white gourd weighs 57 kg more than last year
The past five months have been a real day and night care
Before weighing, the white gourd lay on the vegetable field in Hongxing Village, Changkou Town, Fuyang. A small simple plastic sunshade was placed above it, and the layers of vines wound around the white gourd shed. The big white gourd is round, long, symmetrical at both ends, thick waist, round belly, and the skin is glittering white. It is not smooth like ordinary white gourd, but uneven and feels a little rough.
Teng Yanming said with a smile, 'these are the manifestations of eating too much white gourd. If there is excess nutrition, it will bulge one bag after another.'
It's not the first time for the villagers to observe the big white gourd. Last year, Teng Yanming planted a giant white gourd for the first time, weighing 390.8 kg. He came out first in the sixth national 'white gourd King Competition' held in Ningbo. 'at that time, we didn't see such a large white gourd. It's amazing. Generally, the white skin white gourd is about 20 kg to 80 kg. The white gourd I grow can be as heavy as 15 ordinary white gourds. "
This year, Teng Yanming saw the growth of white gourd and knew that he would break his own record.
The villagers specially measured the three circumference of white gourd with a tape measure. It is 153 cm long, 72 cm wide and 197 cm waist. It is said that it weighs 447.8 kg, which is 57 kg heavier than last year's big white gourd.
How is such a big white gourd planted? Is the variety particularly good?
Teng Yanming smiled and said that in fact, the variety is an ordinary white skin white gourd, which has been planted locally for decades. 'it depends on careful maintenance all the time and a large amount of fertilizer.'
"Since transplanting seedlings on March 27, I've really been more meticulous than taking care of children. It took me five months to achieve this result." Teng Yanming said that this year has abundant rain, which is more suitable for the growth of winter melon than the slightly dry weather last year.
The staff of Zhejiang agriculture office of Zhejiang Provincial Department of agriculture and rural areas said that if there is no heavier white gourd before the end of the year, Lao Teng's white gourd is expected to set a new record of Zhejiang agriculture.