Surely we are familiar with watermelon fruit. Fruit that has a natural shape round or oval is very popular by the community, because this fruit has a high water content so that if we consume it can relieve thirst.
But did you know that this watermelon has a good prospect to cultivate, the profit earned can be more than 100% of our total production. Therefore there is no harm in our watermelon cultivation.
Here are the steps to how to grow a practical watermelon and for abundant crops.
1. Terms Growing Watermelon Plant
Watermelon plants are suitable for areas with rainfall ranging from 40 to 50 mm each month. The fruit is suitable for planting in areas or places with temperatures of approximately 25 degrees Celsius during the day. So, if we want watermelon cultivation we do not need to fear the condition of our land because it can grow in the land plateau or lowland. For air humidity the watermelon plants are suitable for dry areas and tend to be poor of water vapor. because it is the original habitat of the watermelon plant is in Africa, so for you who want watermelon cultivation, land conditions in need to be considered.
Watermelon plants are suitable for land that has no shade of land or is suitable for areas exposed to direct sunlight. Lack of sunlight can interfere with the development of watermelon plants, and most likely the harvesting process will retreat. While the condition of the soil or watermelon plant land suitable for the loose area has a high nutrient. The pH of the watermelon plant is suitable in the range of 6 to 6.7. If the soil conditions do not meet the criteria should be done calcification process until the soil pH accordingly.
2. Seed Preparation
The best kind of seeds for us to cultivate are the hybrid watermelon seed species imported. This type of seed has two kinds of triploid and haploid. If the triploid seeds should be the first thing you need to do is slicing the seeds or stretched because this watermelon seed shell is quite hard. As for haploid watermelon seeds is easy enough to sow because its seed shell is not as hard as triploid.
Next is the process of soaking watermelon seeds. after being stretched the watermelon seeds soaked in water with a mixture of warm water, growth hormone, fungicides and bactericide. The immersion time is about 30 minutes, then the watermelon seed is removed and drained until the seed is dry. Then the watermelon seedlings ready to dikecambahkan and ready to be planted.
3. Land Processing
What needs to be done when preparing land preparation before planting is cleaning the planting media. Try not to have weeds in the field. After the soil is clear of weeds or any kind of disturbing rocks, then make a bed so that water in the soil can be easy to flow. Keep in mind that watermelon plants do not like wetlands. Try not to have the land inundated.
4. Initial fertilization
We recommend to add nutrients such as organic fertilizer and manure before planting. If you feel the nutrients in the soil is enough you can directly do the planting process.
5. Make Planting Hole
Create a planting hole on a watermelon with a depth of about 8 to 10 cm. This planting hole should be made a week before the planting process
6. Planting Process
Before the seeds of watermelon planted in the field should be planted hole area with gembor so that the land is ready to receive the seeds well. Seedlings also need to be soaked first with a particular solution or so-called growth stimulant solution. This solution is useful for immunization of watermelon seeds so as not easily attacked by diseases or pests. The length of the immersion process is about 5-10 minutes. The next step is to separate the watermelon seedlings from the planting bag. Be careful in separating the seeds of watermelon so that the roots are not damaged.
7. Maintenance Process
In this section you need to do is thinning and embroidery process. Thinning step is done if the plant is too dense, the way is by cutting and pruning leaves or stems that are no longer needed. while for the stitching step can be done by replacing the seeds that have died with new seeds are healthier.
In addition, weeding process is also done. The trick is to remove the branch that is considered not useful. At the end of secondary branch enough leaves leaves only leaves.
8. Fertilization
Watermelon cultivation should use organic fertilizer. To support the development of watermelon fruit and healthy leaves, use Topsil D. As for the ripening of watermelon fruit using Topsil B fertilizer for good fruit.
9. Watering
In general, watermelon farmers use the Farrow Irrigation system, where water is diluted using a channel between beds. The frequency of water in the dry season is 4-6 days. Also make sure the water splash volume is not excessive.
10. Harvesting
Watermelon can be harvested from the age of 70 to 100 times. watermelon ready to be harvested if there has been a change of fruit color. The trunk itself will look smaller and then dry. That is the characteristics of watermelon is ready to be harvested. Try harvesting time 18: 13: 10 when the weather is sunny and not rain to dry the crop
That's How to Plant Watermelon Fruit. Hopefully the article above can be useful. Thank you and congratulations to plant watermelon.
