It is easy to grow up watermelons even in Siberia, applying easy ways to growth melon what usually apply to growth of cucumbers and tomato. It is necessary as always warmly, light and of course timely watering and weeding that will provide with tasty harvest. Well and, of course, as well as for everything growing, it is necessary to apply fertilizing.
Instruction
1. In Siberia short summer therefore it is necessary to grow up watermelons always in the seedling way as without in seedling way use only in tropical countries. It is important to choose correctly seeds, the watermelon grade the Spark and Skorik most often approaches. Maturing of watermelons of these grades in 60-85 days. Sugar fruits, velvet and long stored. And also frigostable that perfectly is suitable for the Areas of Siberia. Seeds of early ripening watermelons land in March and April, replace seedling in soil in month after landing when the plant becomes strong.
2. It is necessary to plant seeds in the earth before not big processing. To lower seeds in weak solution of potassium permanganate, and to spill the earth boiled water, also for disinfecting. It is the best of all to sow seeds on one in separate glasses. Well peat glasses will approach for this purpose, before change in soil roots will not be wounded. Also light that seedling was strong is necessary for plant. Even if from lack of lighting the plant will be extended, it is informidable, after change in soil watermelons strength will be gained, will get stronger, and will grow leaflets.
3. It is possible to plant seedling of watermelons both to the greenhouse, and to the open ground and also in hotbed. The hotbed for watermelon can be made, applying cow manure or cow mixed with horse. At manure bed two pluses. It is known that at manure degree of humidity more than 15, so in it will happen various reactions to allocation of huge amount of heat and, therefore, in hotbed there will be constantly warm soil. And also carbon dioxide – basis of power supply of plants.
4. When using film for the shelter, dew which getting on plants is formed in the mornings shown as lens and does burns. But if burns have occurred, then it is possible just to remove such leaf. Therefore it is better to use dense ukryvny material. From above on manure to fill earth layer not less than 20 cm and it is possible to plant seedling, without forgetting to use the shelter. Since morning at bright sun when air is rather heated-up, it is necessary to open hotbeds for airing. And also in order that bees could pollinate flowers when they appear. The more comfortably for condition watermelons – the harvest is better. Therefore late spring and it is better to keep watermelons in the shelter in the early summer at night.
5. Some have no opportunity to make hotbed of manure, but it is possible to make normal. Having applied for this purpose on bottom of hotbed to spread drainage from dust, sawdust, not the necessary branches which can be collected when cleaning the site. The second layer plant debris and the humus mixed with ashes. And also to add the necessary number of the earth to hotbed level. It is possible to plant seedling of watermelons also to the open ground, at the same time without forgetting about the shelter. Sprouts at first can be protected the cut-off bottles or ukryvny material. Gradually seedling will get used, and the shelter not to be necessary.
6. After on lashes ovaries about egg were formed, their quantity should not exceed from one to three. After lash prishchipyvat or cut off secateurs. If not to cut off lash, then berries just will not manage to ripen and will be small. This process does not take a lot of time, it is possible to examine plants when watering.
7. Watering of watermelons is recommended not by ice water, it is the best of all to water with otstoyanny water in barrels in advance, watering plants at the roots. Watermelons consist for 90% of water therefore in hot weather the watering has to be abundant. When watermelon grows more than 10 cm in the diameter, the sun needs to open it. That is to remove excess sheets from berry that did not shade and still to put fruit on wooden plate or plastic in order that the bottom of berry was whole.