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In this article I will discuss about how to watermelon cultivation in a practical way and can produce abundant fruit. Steemian friends must be familiar with this one fruit right? Fruit with a round or oval shape is very popular by the public. In addition to having a sweet taste, watermelon also has enough water content so that if you consume it can relieve thirst. Therefore many who use this fruit as a meal to break the fast.
The large number of people's need for this fruit makes a new business opportunity. Yes, you can also steemian friends cultivate plants to achieve a fairly high profit. To grow watermelon is not too difficult. Origin in taking care of this fruit, you will get abundant crops.
Steps of Planting or Watermelon Cultivation
The high market demand for watermelon fruit so that the opportunity to earn income from the cultivation of this fruit is very large. But to get the most out of the cultivation of this plant you must know how to grow watermelon well and correctly. Therefore for the cultivation of watermelon that you can succeed you can follow the steps to plant watermelon fruit below steemians friend ..
Terms of Growing Watermelon Plant
Watermelon plants are perfect for the environment that has a rainfall of about 40 to 50 mm each month. In addition, watermelon fruit will grow well when planted in areas with temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius during the day. In addition, areas suitable for watermelon cultivation are dry areas and tend to be poor with water vapor. Therefore choosing areas that meet the above criteria will help you in maximizing the results of watermelon cultivation.
Watermelon plants suitable to be planted on land that there is no shade or open land exposed to direct sunlight. Because of the lack of watermelon plants will affect the development of watermelon plants. In addition, the lack of sunlight will make the harvesting process hampered because the watermelon takes a long time to mature perfectly. While the condition of the soil or plant watermelon is 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.
Land of Watermelon Planting
Plantation Land Processing :
Before moving the seedlings of watermelon on the planting area first done cleaning the planting media. Try to keep the land that is planted with watermelons free from intruders such as weeds, rocks and other wild plants. After new clean land for beds so that water in the ground can be easy to flow. Watermelon plants do not really like wetlands so you need to keep the land dry.
In contrast to other plants to get maximum results you try to add nutrients to the land that will be used for planting. You can use organic fertilizer or manure before planting process. If the nutrient content on the land is enough you can start the process of planting watermelon.
The next step is to make a planting hole in the bed with a size of 30 cm x 30 cm x 30 cm while for the hole planting to 8 to 10 cm. This planting hole should be made a week before the planting process. In order for plants to grow properly you can add fertilizer with a composition of 4 kg, fertilizer DS 28 gr, ZK 20 g fertilizer, and 15 g of ZA fertilizer.
Seeds of Watermelon Fruit
Preparation Seeds Watermelon.
To produce a good plant, of course you have to use good seeds and watermelon seed species are good to be cultivated is from the type of imported hybrid watermelon. Type of seed has two types of tripoid and haploid. Type triploid benis usually has a characteristic of watermelon seed shell is quite hard so it needs to be renggangkan because of its shell. As for the type of haploid watermelon seed is quite easy to cultivate because the seed shell is not as hard as triploid.
When the type of seed has been selected next is the process of soaking watermelon seeds. After the beans are stretched directly immersed in water with a mixture of warm water, growth hormones, bactericidal and functional. Seeds are soaked about 30 minutes then the seeds are removed and drained to dry. Watermelon seeds are ready to be added and planted. Ordinary seeds that have been seeded can be transferred to the planting area when it has been around 4 weeks.
Planting Seeds of Watermelon
How to Plant Watermelon.
If the seedling is about 4 weeks old then it is time to move the plant to the planting land that has been prepared previously. Before the seedlings are transferred into the bed, the land should be watered until it seeps into the soil so that the soil is more loose and to keep the soil. After that new seedlings of watermelon planted in holes that have been prepared before then close kebali hole with a thin soil until the end of the base of watermelon seedlings.
Maintenance of Watermelon Plants
In order to produce watermelon has a good quantity and quality of course must be done routine maintenance every day. Perform regular watering every day morning and evening especially when the dry season. Humidity of planting land should always be considered for the plant can grow maximum.
In addition to routine watering should also do weeding to clear the land from weed plants or grass penganggu so as not to take the nutrient content on planting land. So the needs of watermelon plants can be met well. To meet the nutritional needs need to be given fertilizer with certain types and doses.
To maintain the nutrient content in the plant needs to be given NPK fertilizer or manure that dipermentasikan. Spread the fertilizer on the land around the watermelon plant with a cage from the planting hole more than 10 cm.
Harvesting Watermelon
Watermelon age is ready to be harvested every area vary, depending on the weather of an area. But watermelon that is ready to be harvested usually has the characteristics of the fruit leaves have begun to wilt, and when beaten sounded puk (sound heavy). Watermelon can be harvested every day, the number of harvested fruits can be adjusted to market demand for fruit conditions are maintained. To harvest it you can use scissors or a knife to cut the stalk about 3-5 cm from the base of the fruit.
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