Watermelon is one of your favorite summer treatschildren, and adults. This is a fairly unpretentious plant that can be grown both in the southern regions and in the central part of Russia. Watermelon refers to drought-resistant and sufficiently thermophilic plants.
Since the peel of the seeds of this culture is sufficienthard, they are pre-prepared. This allows you to achieve a higher yield and get rid of some pests. Seeds for several hours need to warm up at a temperature of 60 degrees Celsius. Then, for disinfection, they are placed for some time in the solution of potassium permanganate. The last step is soaking seeds in a 2% solution of baking soda.
Watermelon, the planting of which involvespreliminary preparation of beds, grows well only on virgin soils. However, it is sometimes problematic to find such a site. In this case, you can use the methods of crop rotation. The most acceptable precursor crops for watermelon are onions, root crops, or cabbage. You can not plant it after potatoes, squash, squash or cucumber.
On seedlings, the seeds are planted in 2-3 pieces in a containerdiameter of not less than 12-15 cm. This is necessary in order to make it easier to make a transplant. In spring, a watermelon, planted only a few times dug up, very loose ground, is transferred to an open sunny place. You can add a little sand to the ground to increase its moisture and air permeability.
Scrofulous plants are usually planted from each otherfriend at a sufficiently large distance. This also applies to such a "sweeping" representative of this family as the watermelon. Planting is done most often using a 100x100 scheme. But it is possible to leave such distance only between rows, inside them the bushes are located in seventy centimeters from each other.
Watermelons, planting and caring for a specialcomplexity do not differ and do not require special time costs, water only three times a season. The first time at the beginning of germination of seeds, the second when forming whorls, in the third - before the fruits begin to ripen. Every time after watering, which should be moderate, the soil is carefully loosened and bog bush. This is necessary for better ventilation and the formation of additional roots. The first results can be obtained 3-5 months after planting the seeds. The watermelon plant is unpretentious, however, when growing it requires compliance with certain technological rules.