Does Jincheng No. 5 watermelon have high sugar content? Is Jincheng No. 5 watermelon easy to water?

Have you ever eaten the watermelon "Jincheng No. 5"? This watermelon is an excellent variety from Lanzhou, Gansu. Its main feature is its yield. The watermelon yield of this variety is very high, with an average yield of 5700 kg per mu.

Jincheng No. 5 watermelon has the same stress resistance as "Xinong 8", but its yield is about 10% higher. The whole growth period of the variety is 105 days, the fruit is oval, the light green bottom is covered with dark green stripes, the skin thickness is less than 1.3 cm, the flesh is red, the flesh is tender, succulent, the taste is sweet, the central sugar content is 12.5%, the single fruit weighs about 8 kg, and the large one can reach 15 kg. Watermelons are relatively large in size.

Jincheng No. 5 watermelon seed has excellent planting performance in many producing areas and is suitable for lazy melon planting without pruning and branching. Easy to set fruit, blossom and fruit 32 days later, the color is double red, not hollow, easy to go to water. The largest single melon planted by grafting in Zhongwei is 50 jin. Planted in the greenhouse in Pucheng, Shaanxi Province, the products are precocious, redder in color, strong in disease resistance, resistant to continuous cropping, tough and crack-resistant. The damage rate of long-distance transportation is low. It is deeply loved by growers and melon merchants.

Jincheng No. 5 watermelon is a hybrid generation of middle and late ripening watermelon variety. the first female flower appeared in the 12th ~ 15th nodes of the main vine, and then appeared every 4 ~ 5 nodes. It takes about 38 days from flowering to fruit ripening. Sowing in the open field from late April to early May, 600-800 seedlings per mu.