When are melons and cantaloupes on the market? When will it be planted? What varieties do you have?

Cantaloupe and melon belong to a kind of fruit, the reason why they are divided into two names, on the one hand, it is due to regional factors, on the other hand, it is also related to the variety of muskmelon. So when do they usually go on sale? When will it be planted? What varieties do you have? Depending on the variety, the melon season can last from March to October. In the north, cantaloupes begin to appear on the market after the wheat is harvested from September to October.

When are melons and cantaloupes planted?

Melon: melon seedlings are planted in strawberry ridges from late March to early April.

1. Soaking seeds to promote sprouting: the seeds to be sown need to be carefully selected. Dry the seeds for 2 days before sprouting, then soak the seeds in warm water of about 50 ℃ for about 15 minutes, and pay attention to stirring, then soak the seeds for 5 hours after natural cooling, remove and wash them, and then sterilize and disinfect them with medicine solution.

2. Planting: muskmelon seedlings were planted in strawberry ridges from late March to early April, with a distance of 50 cm. When planting, add appropriate amount of soil fungicide and phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to the hole, 2 melon seedlings in each hole, and pour enough water.

3. Pruning: Qi Tian No.1 muskmelon is mainly the fruit of son vine and grandson vine, which should be mastered flexibly when pruning. When the melon seedlings grow to 4 true leaves, there is a vine growing in the axils of 1-4 leaves. Generally, the vine near the root is removed, leaving the first 3 vines. When each vine is 4-5 leaves, it is necessary to leave grandchildren to bear melon.

4. Fertilizer and water management: muskmelon needs a large amount of fertilizer in the growing season, not only applying sufficient base fertilizer, but also topdressing. Phosphorus and potassium fertilizer can improve the quality of muskmelon, generally applying more potassium fertilizer and less nitrogen fertilizer.

5. Temperature management: melon is a temperature-loving crop, and the temperature required for each growth period is different. After general planting, we must grasp the temperature management in the early stage, adopt the management method of high temperature, keep it at about 25-35 ℃ (15 ℃-45 ℃ can also grow normally), florescence is 25 ℃, if the night temperature is lower than 17 ℃, the florescence will be delayed, and the most suitable temperature for fruit ripening is 30 ℃.

Cantaloupe: cantaloupe is normally suitable for planting from March to April.

1. Seedling raising: 65-hole black seedling hole plate can be selected, and the seedling age is about 35 days (the average temperature is above 15 degrees). The seedlings can be planted in the field at the age of 3 to 5 leaves.

2. Planting: transplanting in the first and middle of May, the planting density can be suitable according to the variety, pay attention to water management after transplanting, shorten the slow seedling period as far as possible, and hole watering, which can not only preserve the ground temperature but also provide sufficient slow seedling water. Cover with plastic film to moisturize and increase the ground temperature. Water-retaining agent can also be used when transplanting, which can reduce the number of watering, and can be irrigated again in the whole growing period.

3. Fertilization: one full application of base fertilizer, ditching 30 cm away from the plant, 50-100 kg potassium sulfate compound fertilizer per mu, or 2-3 square of mature livestock and poultry manure. Or 50-100 kg ternary bio-organic fertilizer, foliar spraying of potassium dihydrogen phosphate and Fengshou No.1 in the middle and later stages can balance vegetative growth and reproductive growth and improve fruit setting rate.

4. Medication: apply 2-4 kg of tianoxijing or phoxim or avermectin per mu with fertilizer to control underground pests, nematode diseases or soil-borne diseases; the prevention of virus diseases should be strengthened in the process of planting and management. foliar spraying of phytopathrin and protective fungicides once every 10 days or so.

5. Watering: usually less watering, seize the critical period such as expanded melon water, at the same time to apply quick-acting compound fertilizer to ensure adequate nutrients of muskmelon, timely watering in case of drought.

What are the varieties of melon and cantaloupe?

Muskmelon:

1. Xiangfei: Hami melon, which is early-born, disease-resistant and suitable for cultivation everywhere, is an improved variety of "Hongxin crisp" in Xinjiang, with the advantages of early birth, disease tolerance, strong fruiting ability and so on. And maintain the "red heart crisp" meat crisp and tender quality. Fruit spinning type, pericarp yellowish green, fruit surface with sparse reticulation, fruit weight of about 2 kg, flesh thick light orange, sugar content between 13-16%, mature about 40 days after flowering, strong resistance to storage and transportation.

2. Orange dew: a new type of advanced greenhouse reticulated orange meat variety. The fruit is high spherical with coarse reticulation and ripens about 55 days after flowering. The fruit weighs 1-1.5 kg, the pericarp is gray-green, the flesh is orange, the meat is soft and tender, the flavor is particularly delicious, and the sugar content is generally more than 14%. Not easy to crack fruit, strong storage and transportation, not pedicel.

3. Changxiangyu: big fruit reticulated orange flesh cantaloupe, strong in growth and more resistant to Fusarium wilt. The fruit is long oval, gray-green skin, fine and stable reticulation, fruit weight of about 2.5 kg, orange-red pulp, sugar content of about 16 degrees, soft and fragrant meat. The whole growth period is about 90 days.

Melon:

1. Mupao melon (variety): it is different from the original variety in that the plant is slender; the flowers are small, twins or 3 are aggregated; the ovary is densely puberulent and hispid, and the fruit is small, oblong, globose or turbinate, fragrant, not sweet, and the pulp is very thin. There is a little cultivation in the north and south of China, which is generally wild, as well as in North Korea. It is often not eaten as an ornamental.

2, vegetable melon (variety): fruit oblong cylindrical or nearly rod-shaped, 20-30 (- 50) cm long, 6-10 (- 15) cm in diameter, the upper part is slightly thicker than the lower part, both ends are round or slightly truncated, smooth glabrous, light green, with longitudinal lines, flesh white or light green, no sweet flavor. Flowering and fruiting in summer. Widely cultivated in the north and south of China, the fruits are vegetables in summer and are often soaked in soy sauce to make melons.