What kind of fertilizer is used to grow watermelons

As one of the best fruits to relieve summer heat, watermelon has a wide planting area in our country, and high yield is one of the pursuits for growers. Do you know what kind of fertilizer to use for that kind of watermelon?

1. Application of base fertilizer to watermelon

Base fertilizer is not only the basic nutrition supply of watermelon growth, but also one of the medicine means to improve soil nutrients, so when applying base fertilizer, one is to use rotten manure such as chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and other manure, or to buy commercial organic fertilizer and cake fertilizer; the second is to apply a certain proportion of chemical fertilizer, mainly directly purchased compound fertilizer or diammonium hydrogen phosphate.

two。 Topdressing of watermelon

The application of flushing fertilizer or dilute manure water at the watermelon seedling stage is usually applied once every 7-10 times. If the watermelon seedlings grow well and flourish, they do not need to apply seedling fertilizer; watermelons begin to climb with liquid fertilizer, manure, urea, calcium superphosphate and potassium sulfate, which can be avoided for watermelon fields with sufficient base fertilizer and good growth; apply special fertilizer or manure, urea, calcium superphosphate and potassium sulfate during watermelon fruit expansion. In addition, some foliar fertilizer can be sprayed to promote growth during the fruit expansion period.