佛手瓜是一种多年生宿根草质藤本短日照植物,春夏生长,秋季开花结果,可以食用果实、嫩茎以及地下块茎等。佛手瓜喜温,不耐热、不耐寒,喜光且耐阴、耐旱、不耐湿,对土质要求不严格。佛手瓜苗(嫩茎)作为一种特种蔬菜,市场需求量越来越大,种植面积不断增加。传统栽培习惯采用高棚架疏植方法,采收迟,产量低(亩产1 200 kg左右),经济效益低。经过对照试验,采用矮棚架密植方法或爬地密植 Chayote is a perennial perennial herbaceous short-day shrub plants, growing in spring and summer, autumn flowering, you can eat fruit, tender stems and underground tubers. Chayote hi temperature, heat-resistant, not cold, hi light and shade-tolerant, drought-resistant, moisture-resistant, the soil is not strict requirements. Chayote seedlings (tender stems) as a special vegetable, the market demand is growing, planting area is increasing. Traditional cultivation practices using high scaffolding cultivation methods, late harvest, low yield (about 1 200 kg per mu), low economic efficiency. After a controlled experiment, the use of scaffolding close planting method or climbing densely landscaped