The invention discloses a melon-cotton stereoscopic
intercropping method suitable for planting melons in
open field. The method comprises the following steps of: applying a high-quality decomposed
organic fertilizer after soil is moist in spring, ploughing the soil, and forming a trapezoidal high
ridge with the upper opening width of 70 to 80 centimeters; controlling the
ridge interval to be 1.2 meters, controlling the
ridge depth to be 30 to 40 centimeters, covering the trapezoidal high ridge by using a film with the width of 1.58 meters, pressing the mulching film against the surface and two sides of the ridge, and firmly burying the bottom of the film; and holing and planting at the positions 10 centimeters away from the two sides of the ridge surface, building an A-frame on the two sides of the high ridge, binding
horizontal and vertical wooden poles and iron wires on the A-frame, dragging the melon stems to the A-frame for stereoscopic growth,
pruning single stems, controlling the fruit setting nodes in 8 to 12 nodes, preventing
powdery mildew by using high-efficiency low-
toxicity germicide, and controlling the number of plants per acre to be about 1,800. The method solves the problems of the contradictions in the aspects of water, the
fertilizer, illumination and the like during the common growth period of the melon and the cotton. The planting mode has the advantages of improving
land use rate, producing high-quality safe agricultural products and having wide demonstration effect and high application value.