How to Grow Watermelons

Create soil tissues. Using a tractor or hoe, create mounds (like hills) to plant seeds. The distance between the mounds is from 1.2 m to 1.8 m, depending on the amount of land you have. Upgrading each mound will ensure that the soil is loose enough to help the roots grow, provide enough oxygen for each plant, and avoid waterlogging on the roots. This also helps maintain moisture in dry weather.

Drills. Create a flat, slightly concave surface at the top of the mound, and use your fingers or a tool to poke three to four holes into the soil, each about 2.5 cm deep. Sow one to four seeds in each hole, then rake back the soil, and lightly press the ground so that the seeds are well coated and prevent moisture from escaping around the seeds.

Notice the sprouts of melons. Seeds will usually germinate and reach young plants within 7-10 days, depending on soil temperature and seeding depth. Keep the soil around the seeds moist during germination; Water so that the water can penetrate the small roots that are forming.

• When the seedlings have grown, keep only the two strongest plants, to give the strong plants space to grow.
• Do not let the soil dry out; You should water at least once a day.

Fill each mound with suitable material when the sapling has reached a height of about 10 cm. You can choose pine straw, linen, or fertilizer. Try to mulch as close to the stem as possible to prevent weeds, keep moisture, and prevent the soil around the young roots from overheating in the sun.

Reduce watering when plants are flowering. After flowering, water the plant every three days if it feels dry. However, do not over-water, as watermelon plants have low water requirements.

• Keep leaves and fruit dry. You can place the watermelon on a clean piece of wood, slick rock, brick, etc.
• On hot days, leaves can wilt even though the soil is still moist. If you see leaves wilting in the evening after a hot day, water them deep into the ground.
• Increase the sweetness of melons by not watering for a week before harvest. However, do not do this if the vines are wilted. Once the fruit is harvested, return to the original watering for a favorable second crop.

Clean the lawn regularly. Be sure to remove weeds around the base of the tree, along and in front of the vines.

Make sure the melon is ripe. Under perfect growing conditions, watermelons will grow to absolute sweetness within four months of warm weather. Harvesting melons before they are ripe will make them less tasty.

• To tell the ripeness of a melon, tap it. A dull sound means the melon is ripe. Also, flip the skin underneath – the melon is ripe when the bottom has turned white or light yellow.
• Dry tendrils near the stalks of melons are also a sign that the melons are ready to be harvested. ^[3]