What are the effects of weather on watermelon before harvest? Taiwan's fruit variety watermelon becomes smaller

The weather is so hot, at this time, to a piece of cold watermelon, is not very summer? Warm winter and drought have affected this year's summer fruit production, and so have watermelons. The weather pattern is that the sun rises again after showers, and the climate condition before harvest is not good, which affects the size of watermelons.

The watermelons of the Shoufeng Township Farmers' Association have become famous. The long-round red meat watermelons have their own loyal customers, and the brand strategy works. When the watermelons are still waiting in the fields to grow up, some people on the website have already issued pre-orders, and every year they will go north to the Banqiao Peasant Association for sale.

Huang Qixiang said that the watermelons of the Shoufeng Peasant Association are contracted with farmers, with a planting area of nearly 7 hectares. According to the contract, farmers must plant in accordance with the requirements of the peasant association, from the introduction of seedlings, planting, harvest, and field management along the way. all must meet the requirements of the peasant association, that is, the poor climate this year only affects the size of the watermelon, not the quality.

The watermelons of the Shoufeng Peasants Association have a special way of taking care of them, but because of "too much work", not many fruit growers are willing to do so, even if it is not a secret. To take care of watermelons, we should rely on microorganisms to protect the plants and inhibit the occurrence of diseases and insect pests. Huang Qixiang said that earthworm poop has a rich bacterial phase. Feeding it with molasses and adding some organic materials to make the bacterial phase more active, and then spraying it on the leaves of watermelons can effectively reduce diseases and insect pests.

Huang Qixiang said that even in Shoufeng, only the watermelon fields of the farmers' associations will use microorganisms to control diseases and insect pests. Most farmers are reluctant to use this method because it is too laborious, but the watermelon fields contracted by the peasant associations should be sprayed on the leaves once the seedlings come in, and the procedures are complicated.

The watermelons in this phase of the Shoufeng Peasant Association cover an area of nearly 7 hectares, with a harvest of about 2000 large watermelons per hectare, but not all of them are good. About 80% of the watermelons that can be sold meet certain standards, that is, 1600 watermelons. The harvest in one season is about 10, 000.

Selling watermelons depends very much on the weather, says Huang Qixiang. if the weather is continuously hot, the sales speed of watermelons is amazing. Because it is too hot, people will feel that it will relieve the heat when they see watermelons and eat them, just as the climate will also affect the growth of crops. The rate of sale of watermelons is significantly related to the temperature in the main areas of consumption.