Hami melon planting techniques and common variety classification!

We have all eaten cantaloupe, and it is very popular in the market, whether in summer or winter. Fragrance and sweetness are its characteristics, and each variety has its own subtle differences. Now, in addition to Xinjiang, many farmers are interested in planting cantaloupe. Here, the editor summarizes the planting techniques and common variety classification of cantaloupe. Let's take a look.

I. planting techniques of cantaloupe

1. Select the place

When choosing to sow the land, you should try to avoid the wind, the soil is fertile, the soil had better contain a small amount of sand, and the soil with a PH value of 5-7 can be sown.

2. Land preparation

When preparing the soil, you should first clean up all the dead branches and weeds in the field, then spread the base fertilizer evenly on the ground, and then plough deeply and flatten it, waiting for sowing.

3. Seed selection

There are many varieties of cantaloupe seeds, which should be selected according to the natural environment of their own region, such as queens, golden Phoenix, heart brittleness, early gold, newly cultivated 86-1, etc.).

4. Fertilization

The melon fields cultivated with plastic film mulching generally do not apply organic fertilizer, but if the base fertilizer is insufficient, some cake fertilizer can be applied. Topdressing must be carried out before the female flowers bloom and dig holes 20 centimeters below the edge of the ditch between the two melon seedlings. After the first fruit harvest, the second topdressing can be carried out.

5. Covering plastic film

Choose 70-90 cm wide transparent film or silver gray film to cover both sides of the ditch, 10 cm away from the bottom of the ditch along the ditch wall up, requiring the film close to the ground and the ditch wall, to be flat, compacted, compacted. It is generally used to spread film first and then sow seeds. In order to avoid the harm of late frost, you can dig holes and sow seeds in the peritoneum, but break the membrane in time to liberate melon seedlings. Otherwise, it is appropriate to cause burning seedlings and lack of plants.

5. Pest control

The main insect pests are aphids and red spiders. Deltamethrin can be used to control. The main diseases are powdery mildew, anthracnose, vine blight, downy mildew and bacterial angular spot, which can be controlled by powder rust, chlorothalonil, metalaxyl manganese zinc, agricultural streptomycin and so on.

II. Classification of Hami melon varieties

1. Xizhou honey

Xizhou honey is light hemp green, greenway, fine reticulation, orange flesh, fine meat, crisp, good flavor, sugar content of 20%, the best produced in eastern Xinjiang.

2. Donghu melon

The net is beautiful and tastes like fragrant pears, sweet, crisp and tender, with attractive aromas of milk, fruit and wine.

3. Black eyebrows

The shape of the oval garden, the skin has more than a dozen dark green vertical stripes, just like beauty Xiumei, melon meat green, fine and juicy, high sugar content, sticky hands, eat it after winter, but also aroma, sweet and refreshing.

4. Red in snow

The thick-skinned melon bred by Xinjiang Hami Melon Research Center is an early and middle ripening variety. The fruit development period is about 40 days. The fruit is oval, the pericarp is white, occasionally has sparse net pattern, is white and red when ripe, the flesh is light red, the flesh is delicate, crisp and refreshing, and melts immediately at the entrance.

This is the end of the introduction about cantaloupe today. No matter which variety it is, it has its advantages and disadvantages. When you plant cantaloupe, you should examine the market in advance before making a decision, and do not blindly follow the trend.