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How to Cultivate Melon Fruits

Melon is one type of fruit that is generally preferred by the community. It tastes sweet and makes this fruit become the idol of many people, during the dry season where the air is hot. In addition, melon fruit also has a distinctive aroma that smells the fruit is more tasty when enjoyed.

For those of you who hoby cultivated, it really does not hurt if you try to plant melons among some plants you have in the yard or garden behind your home. Moreover, the land in Indonesia in general has a fertility rate that is good enough to grow melon trees.



Melon Cultivation

How to plant melon is quite simple. We just take some seeds from the middle of the melon fruit and put it on the soil that we have loosened and given water first. Then we leave it alone until the seeds grow into melon trees. Then we just take care of it by giving water regularly until the melon tree grows bigger and fruitful.

Meanwhile, melon cultivation can also be a business opportunity that can bring huge profits, given the melon is a very popular fruit. But the way of melon cultivation is not the same as how to plant a melon tree that is only used as a hobby. To be successful, we are required to focus on the cultivation and also to know the correct techniques for growing melons. Below we will learn the correct and effective technique of melon cultivation

Tips on Cultivating Melon

Before starting melon cultivation, it would be nice if we first learn some tips that we can use to run this business well and smoothly. The first tip is that we must first have the desire or love to cultivate this melon fruit, so that when working later we can wholeheartedly and not just sekedarnya. Furthermore, we must prepare a good land, which has a fertile land and large enough for the cultivation of melon fruit that we will do.

Furthermore, we should have found out some basic things in running this melon cultivation business, such as where we can get seeds to plant, where we can get the right fertilizer for melon plants, and also how we will market the results of our cultivation later . The last tip, which is also very important, is to learn how good and correct melon cultivation techniques, which include how to breed, how to plant, how to care, and also how to harvest.

How to Land Selection for Melon Cultivation

To get the perfect result, then we need to pay attention to some important things. One of them is land selection. The best land for growing melon plants is land located at an altitude between 300 to 1000 mdpl. While the water or rainfall is ideally required ie around 2000 to 3000 mm per year. Melon plants require long sunlight, which is about 10 to 12 hours per day. Then for air humidity, it would be good if the land used for this cultivation has an air humidity of about 75%.

Melon Fruit Nursery

For nurseries, we can use polybag plastics are arranged in such a way. Furthermore, if there are already seeds that begin to grow, then we move them into polybag plastic bags. Before planted in the land we have prepared before, melon seeds will first be grown in polybags for several days. Usually, melon plants will be ready to be removed for planting on the land when it has reached the age of approximately 10 days.

Technique of Planting Melon Fruit

The next important factor that we must understand in running the melon cultivation is the technique of planting melons on the land properly and correctly. Planting can not be done carelessly. We have to make a neat line pattern so that our cultivation business can be more easily and smoothly. For melon seedlings that have been around 10 days, we can begin to move to the land that we have set. For the time of planting, the most appropriate time to plant melon fruit that is during the dry season.

We need to set the spacing well, which is about 70 x 60 cm. For how to plant, we make first holes in the field with a depth of about 8 cm, then we planted melon trees that are ready to plant in it. Furthermore, melon plants should continue to be treated by providing fertilizer and irrigating the land. When the melon tree has been fruitful, then we must select the fruit that grows and leaves 2 or 3 pieces just so that the fruit produced has a maximum quality. Usually, at the age of about 3 months after the planting period, melons can be harvested.