When planting bottle gourd, we should choose fertile soil with flat terrain, deep soil layer, loose air permeability and convenient drainage and irrigation. In order to achieve the goal of high yield and high quality of bottle gourd, the selection of soil is very important. Only the soil that contains more nutrients and has not planted bottle gourd in recent 2-3 years can make bottle gourd grow better. The acidity and alkalinity of the soil for planting bottle gourd is also very important. It is best to plant it in slightly acidic soil. 1、 What kind of soil is better for planting bottle gourd? It is better to use fertile, deep, loose, breathable and good drainage soil for planting bottle gourd. Bottle gourd is not resistant to barren. Only when it is planted in the soil with more nutrients, deep soil layer and good ability of water and fertilizer conservation, can it better promote its growth and development. Maintaining sudden looseness and air permeability is conducive to the growth of bottle gourd roots. Strong root growth can promote the absorption and utilization of soil nutrients by bottle gourd, and improve the yield and quality of bottle gourd. Bottle gourd has higher requirements for soil water content, because it is neither drought resistant nor flood resistant. Therefore, the growth needs of bottle gourd can be met only when it grows in the soil with ponding and convenient irrigation in drought. 2、 What kind of fertilizer is better for planting bottle gourd 1. Base fertilizer: because the growth period of bottle gourd is relatively short, it is necessary to apply high-quality rotten farm fertilizer or cake fertilizer to each mu of soil before planting bottle gourd. Because the effect of organic fertilizer is slow, in order to make bottle gourd absorb fertilizer in time, some quick acting fertilizers need to be applied.
2. Topdressing: the nutrients needed by bottle gourd are different in different amounts of fertilizer applied in different periods. At the initial stage of growth, nitrogen fertilizer should be mainly used, and an appropriate amount of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer should be assisted to prevent the overgrowth of bottle gourd. In the later stage of bottle gourd growth, it can also be combined with leaf fertilizer to topcoat the bottle gourd outside the root. （ChongHuGuaYongShenMeTuBiJiaoHao）