How to plant watermelon seeds in pots

Watermelon is sweet, juicy and diverse. It can cool down and relieve summer heat, clear away heat and diuresis. It is one of people's favorite fruits in summer. And besides the flesh can be eaten, the watermelon seeds inside can also be potted. The following is to introduce how it is planted in pots.

How to plant watermelon seeds in pots?

1. Preparatory work

Watermelon root system is developed, in order to meet the root growth, need to have enough nutrients, and the basic source of nutrients is the substrate, which requires a large enough container. Generally, the diameter is about 30cm and high 50cm; in addition, in order to permeate, the bottom of the container needs small holes to flow water; the matrix needs to be loose, breathable and nutritious, and generally choose the mixture ratio of soil without bacterial infection, peat soil and organic fertilizer.

two。 Seed treatment

Watermelon seed coat is hard, seedling emergence is difficult, soak the seeds in 50 degrees warm water before sowing, constantly stir until the water temperature drops to 20 ~ 30 degrees, then soak for 24 hours, then wrap the seeds in wet cloth, put them in 20 ~ 30 degrees to accelerate germination, wash them with 20 ~ 30 degrees warm water once a day, and sow seeds when the young roots are exposed for 5 to 6 days.

3. Sowing seeds

Sow the treated seeds into the basin soil, loosen them appropriately, and then irrigate the right amount of water. The temperature can be controlled at about 22 degrees.