Watermelon

Watermelon Farming

Agriculture Technology

Watermelon is one type of fruit that is very popular in Indonesia; with a sweet taste and high water content, watermelon can be an alternative choice of fruit healthful and refreshing. There are several types of watermelon are quite popular; watermelon red and yellow watermelon and watermelon non-seed is the type most known. While others such as watermelon inul watermelon and watermelon boxes also began to be known by the public. As for tips on how the cultivation of watermelon that can be practiced to maximize crop yields are as follows.

Selection of land cultivation of watermelon is one of the important factors in the success of the cultivation of watermelon. Watermelon require climate or warm weather to grow properly. Watermelon seeds require temperatures of around 25 to 30 degrees Celsius to germinate and grow; temperatures around 20 to 25 degrees Celsius for growing, fertilization and pollination temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius and temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius to obtain perfectly ripe fruit. It became a factor in choosing the appropriate land for the cultivation of watermelon.

Tillage cultivation of watermelon is also very important; for the type of sandy land is hardly required special processing; but for the type of soil is not sandy it is necessary that the processing of the soil becomes loose or crumbly. Then on land that has been prepared made beds as places to plant watermelon seeds; the use of organic fertilizer or manure can improve soil fertility will help watermelons grow well. The distance between the plant about 100 cm with a width of approximately 3 meters seedbed planting system for single and 6 to 7 meters for double cropping systems with a raised bed height of approximately 50 cm.

One part is to prepare the way of the cultivation of watermelon seeds watermelon; prepared by planting seedlings or sow seeds; germinated seeds by way of wetted and cured in paper or newspaper cover for 1 to 2 days. After the process of seeding the seeds will germinate and then transferred to nursery media. Seedlings with roots candidate along 2mm can be sown in polythene bags with a depth of 1 to 1.5 cm. Put a polybag or nursery bag in the sun and watered 1 to 2 times a day until the seedlings 12 to 14 days before being transferred to the planting area.

Once the seeds are planted for 12 to 14 days then there will be 2 to 3 leaves that grow; the transfer of the afternoon should be done by inserting seedlings along the ground into the soil by removing polybag used to seed. As for how planting watermelon with a distance of planting a tree with a single system that is ideal is 90 to 100 cm x 3 meters; whereas the dual system or the two rows of plants with a distance of 90 to 100 cm x 6 or 7 meters.

After the watermelon seedlings were transferred to soil the black plastic silver can be applied; with plastic applications, the fertilization can be done before or during the process of transplanting is done. Beds can be irrigated until quite wet and organic fertilizer before the seedlings are transferred to the fields. The pile is then flattened so that the plastic can stick perfectly. Black plastic silver as part of an intensive watermelon cultivation techniques can be applied to the position of black face down and applied when the sun is shining or About 09.00 until 14.00.

As one of the plant care process is the use of manure; select manure true condition - completely finished. Manure that has not finished will make watermelon plants stunted or wilted. Organic fertilizers can be used as an alternative in addition to the use of ZA fertilizer, Urea, TSP, and KCl. The type of soil is also taken into consideration fertilization; sandy soils require more fertilizer than other types of soils over clay.

The alternative way is the intensive cultivation of watermelon with black plastic applications of silver; fertilization can be done only once. In addition to the applications that are tightly by soil beds and black plastic will prevent the grass and weeds around the plants to grow watermelons. Plastic with silver side facing the sun also serves to maintain the temperature of the soil and keep the soil moist so it reduces the need for watering.

Watermelon plants need penyuluran twigs; it is intended that the branches are not too coincide. Positions that coincide twigs can cause the flowers fall off easily and facilitate the onset of disease. Pendangiran needed to land without aplikaasi black plastic silverware. When the watermelon seed begins to grow as long as 50 cm, the litter can be mounted; when watermelons began to appear also need to be given the pedestal.

Perempelan fruit carried out on fruit that grows at the base of the plant stem watermelon as part of a way of intensive cultivation of watermelon; reserving 1 or 3 waste watermelon located approximately 1 meter from the base of the stem. Watermelon major types should leave 2 pieces only in the trunk; whereas for this type of small watermelon can be spared as much as 3 to 4 pieces. Harvesting can be done after 65 to 75 days after planting the seeds removed.