Labor saving ability of training and fruit thinning of suppressed-branching melon [Cucumis melo] in creeping cultivation
2006
Kaneko, K.(Ibaraki-ken. Agricultural Center, Kasama (Japan). Horticultural Inst.) | Miyagi, M. | Sakuma, F.
The labor saving ability of suppressed-branching melon was compared with a normal-branching variety 'Andesu 5gou'. To save labor in pruning of lateral shoots, 3 methods (pruning of lateral shoots under the 10th nod and thinning fruits, pruning of lateral shoots only which elongate over 30 cm and thinning fruits, non-pruning shoots and non-thinning fruits) were compared. Pruning of lateral shoots under the 10th nod ensured 50% of labor reduction and 75% of labor reduction in painful postures. Pruning of lateral shoots only which elongate over 30 cm ensured 60% of labor reduction and over 70% of labor reduction in painful postures. Non-pruning shoots and non-thinning fruits ensured 80% of labor reduction and removed labor in painful postures. But it has smallish fruit with low quality content. It is considered that suppressed-branching melon ensured 50-60% of labor reduction and over 70% of labor reduction in painful postures by pruning of lateral shoots under the 10th nod and thinning fruits or pruning of lateral shoots only which elongate over 30 cm and thinning fruits.
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