瓜类蔬菜种类较多,均属于葫芦科一年生或多年生草本植物。主要包括黄瓜、甜瓜,南瓜、西瓜、冬瓜、丝瓜,苦瓜、佛手瓜、西葫芦及蛇瓜等等。其中西瓜和甜瓜食用成熟果实,冬瓜和南瓜的嫩果和成熟果实都可以食用,其他瓜类蔬菜主要食用嫩果。其生产发育特性与水肥管理如下:一、根系发达。瓜类蔬菜除黄瓜以外,根系都比较发达,但容易木柱化,受伤后再生能力弱,因此生产上必须采用直播或护根育苗。茎节容易产生不定根,可以吸收水分和养分。 More types of melons vegetables, all belong to Cucurbit annual or perennial herbs. Mainly includes cucumber, melon, pumpkin, watermelon, melon, sponge gourd, bitter gourd, chayote, zucchini and snake melon and so on. Watermelon and melon edible ripe fruit, melon and pumpkin tender fruit and ripe fruit can be eaten, the other melons vegetables mainly eat tender fruit. Its production and development characteristics and management of water and fertilizer are as follows: First, the root system developed. In addition to cucumber melon vegetables, the roots are more developed, but easy to wood pillars, regeneration after injury is weak, so the production must be broadcast or nursery root nursery. Stems prone to adventitious roots, can absorb moisture and nutrients.