If earlier we were looking forward to August to eat sweet juicy melons, now breeders have brought out such varieties that can be grown in their summer cottage.
In climatically cool areas, you should choose early ripening melons for growing.
Variety of melons
There are a lot of melon varieties. Consider the most popular ones.
Amber. The variety is medium early. Brings a crop for 70-85 days from shoots. Scourge long, medium power. Fruits are bright yellow, smooth, oblong-oval in shape. The weight of ripe melon is 1-2,4 kg. The flesh is juicy, white, sweet.
Millennium. The variety is early ripe. Hybrid. Suitable for open ground. Scourge short. Fruits are smooth, mesh, oval-round shape. The flesh is sweet, white.
Honey melon. The variety is medium early. Fruits are yellow-greenish, smooth, elongated, roundish-oval in shape. The flesh is sweet, yellow, green, yellow-red.
Moon. The variety is medium early. Gives a harvest for 75-80 days from shoots. Fruits are yellow, smooth, mesh, oval. The weight of the ripened fruit is 1 kg. The flesh is not too juicy, sweet, cream-colored.
Collective farmer. The variety is mid-season. The harvest gives for 75-90 days from the date of shoots. Fruits are orange-yellow, smooth, spherical. The weight of a mature melon is up to 0,5 kg. The flesh is sweet, viscous, white.
Altai. The variety is early ripening. Yield gives in 65-70 days after germination. Scourge long. Fruits are oval, weighing 0.6-1.2 kg. The flesh is sweet, juicy, aromatic. The variety is suitable for growing in cold Siberian conditions.
Planting melon and caring for her
Sowing melon seedlings
Selecting the desired variety, you can start sowing melon seedlings. It is best to do this April 1-10. Seeds need to soak, germinate. The soil should be taken neutral in acidity, not very fat, fertile.
After germination of the seedlings, the polyethylene must be removed, and the container with the seedlings should be moved to a bright place. The seedling is ready for planting when there are four or five true leaves.
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At the end of May, seedlings can be transplanted in open ground. It is better to choose a place where legumes, cabbage, and potatoes used to grow. Melon grows well in windless, sunny areas.
First you need to dig the hole at a distance of 0.5 m, add humus (two kg each), pour in plenty. In the porridge formed in the hole you need to plant the melon seedlings, sprinkling it with dry earth. Melon seedlings can not be buried.
Top dressing
The first dressing to make nitrogen fertilizers (mullein, chicken droppings, saltpeter) 10-15 days after planting in the ground. The second and subsequent - every 10-12 days from the first feeding, but fertilizers should already be complex mineral (chicken manure with the introduction of ash).
Pinching melons
The top after the appearance of the fifth-sixth leaf on the melon seedlings must be pinched, after which side shoots will appear. You need to choose two strong escapes, the rest must be removed, and the plant itself is tucked. On one bush leave 3-5 ovaries, the rest must be removed.
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For a melon, watering is sufficiently moderate every 4–5 days, since it grows almost without water on a melon vine. If the weather is overcast, one watering per week is enough. Watering should be at the root or between the rows, avoiding moisture on the leaves.
If there was abundant dew in the morning, then it is no longer necessary to water. If the soil is too dry - you can not flood the plant, otherwise the fruit may burst. And in general, after the appearance of the ovaries, watering is best reduced to a minimum.
It is necessary to loosen between the rows, so as not to injure the roots. As necessary, do weeding, so that weeds do not suck moisture from the soil.
Harvesting, storage of crops
Melon fruits are harvested depending on ripening. If you had to save the harvest from frost, collect not quite ripe melons, then they will mature perfectly at home. To store melons, it is better to place them in drawers, the bottom of which is covered with straw or sawdust. The shelf life will increase if you remove the melons in a dark cool place.
In open ground, you need to protect melons from frost and, if necessary, cover with foil.
When grown in a greenhouse, it is not necessary to allow waterlogging, regularly airing the landing site. It is advisable to spray sugar melon melon in order to attract insects for pollination.
Try, pick varieties and at the end of summer you will savor fragrant melons from your own vegetable garden.
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