How To Grow Watermelons?

The Watermelon is catalogued to be mutually a fruit and also a plant from a vine-like herb which originates from Southern Africa. Most watermelons contain a green skin with a pink juicy flesh which can at times be red, orange, yellow depending on the kind of watermelon or even green if it is not yet fully grown. The fruit is considered to be very tasty, refreshing and is normally eaten at any time of the day because it is not heavy on the stomach and it has a pleasant refreshing flavor. Watermelon has Vitamin C, as well as beta carotene and lycopene. Instead of always having to buy watermelon from the food store, you can plant your own watermelon. Despite the fact that it may be more difficult but the returns for producing a successful produce is even greater.

Required Tools:
Shovel
Fork

Required Materials:
Water
Watermelon seeds
Compost
Fertilizer
Bone meal
Fertile sand

Instructions are as follows:

1. First find a location that gets a lot of sunshine. The area should supply good air flow and also be guarded from chilly winds for windy seasons such as during the spring and fall.

2. The site should be arranged by digging up the area using the garden gears like the spade and fork. Then put in plenty of organic contents such as well drained compost and fertile loam within the soil in order to provide the right condition that the watermelon seeds require to flourish properly.

3. Watermelon seeds can be purchased at a nursery or a farm house. The seeds is supposed to be planted after both air and soil temperatures have gotten to about 65 degrees around two to three weeks following the last frost if you live in a cool atmosphere.

The seeds can be sown right into the garden which is better for harvesting melons during a time when the fruit has enough time to fully develop. Watermelons don't grow very well after being transplanted from a pot so it is not recommended.

4. Dig a hole in the earth around one foot deep and around two feet in diameter and a around a shovel full of compost as well as a trowel or two of bone meal. Dig every hole so that they have plenty of space between each other. They should be anywhere from three feet for small bush types to 12 feet apart for giant ramblers.

5. During the growth process, add thick portions of organic mulch to keep in the right amount of dampness and deter weeds and keep the melons fresh while they mature. You can also utilize a black plastic mulch that have slits cut for the plants, and this will hold in the heat better than any other soil sheeting. You can also cover the plants with floating covers to keep the air humid and give the young fruits an inch of water a week.

6. When the flower starts to appear, then take off all the covers so that oxygen can flow and pollination can take place for the bees and other insects. Compost should also be used every three weeks to commence the fertilization.

7. The melon fruit must be left for around a month after being planted so that they can full blossom, and then they can picked.

Tips and Warnings

* If you are very specific about the acidity of the earth where the watermelons will be grown, you can test it with an acidity test kit. Watermelons thrive best in soil that has near neutral PH but can also endure in acidity going up to 5.5.

* Grow only one variety of watermelon if you want to keep some of the seeds for the following annum, all watermelons cross-pollinate effortlessly.

* Individuals who plant watermelon crops should rotate their crops every year with plant disease resistance varieties to drive away parasites such as cucumber beetles that transfer the disease. You can also plant radishes in your melon patch to ward off these problems. Watermelons are especially vulnerable to fusarium which are mostly located within northern areas.