Who has the desire to eat sweet and juicy melons and watermelons? These fruits will become even tastier if you grow them yourself. But not all lovers, and even more so beginner melon growers, manage to achieve glorious harvests. Often they are dissatisfied with damaged and sparse seedlings. To avoid many mistakes, you should listen to the advice of experienced farmers.
Secrets of growing gourds: planting watermelons and melons
In Ukraine and southern Russia, the planting of watermelons and melons usually begins by the end of April and ends by the first decade of May. Usually, dry winds begin to blow by this time, and the upper layers of the soil are already well dried up. Let's pay attention to the features of planting these crops. The most common and easiest way is manual. This is a very interesting process.
Planting watermelons and melons
Before you dig a hole, you need to rake the top dry layer of soil and deepen the blade of the sap undera certain angle into moist soil. The hole is made so that one of its edges goes 10 cm deep, and the second is flush with the soil surface. The bottom of the hole should be no more than 30 cm long and 5 to 8 cm wide. From the excavated soil, you need to make an embankment on the north side of the hole and save it until the next weeding in order to get better soil warming.
Pour a handful of complex fertilizers or mixed simple fertilizers into the prepared hole. Fertilizers are mixed with the soil. After that, evenly, from a shallow to a deep edge, place from 7 to 10 seeds, or more. Next, the seeds are covered with a layer of moistened soil (two or three centimeters) and trampled down with a foot or rammed with a palm. Another six to seven centimeters of moistened soil are poured over the trampled layer, and then the ground is completely leveled. Do not press too tightly, as this will make it difficult for sprouts to appear. Planting watermelon in open ground follows the same method.
Planting watermelons in the Urals
Such a seasonal crop as watermelon is grown in different parts of Russia, and the Urals is no exception. It should be noted that watermelons are very fond of warmth and grow best in southern sunny places.
To begin with, let's take into account that not all varieties are suitable for the climate of the Urals, but only early-ripening ones, because there are not enough warm days, and even fewer hot ones. For varieties such as "Spark", "Sugar Baby" and "Skorik", the ripening time is no more than 70 days. During this time, evenIn the Ural climate, watermelons have time to grow and ripen.
Before planting, the seeds must be warmed up. Envelopes with seeds should be laid out in a fairly warm place for up to a week. The most suitable period for landing comes in the last days of April.
Planting watermelons and melons is best done in a greenhouse or greenhouse. The sequence is the same as in normal conditions. You should make holes and plant a few seeds in each. The depth to which the seeds are lowered is from 1 to 1.5 centimeters. After planting, the hole must be watered. As weeds appear, they should be removed.
Have a good harvest!
