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Want to learn how to grow watermelons on your site? This article will tell you how to grow big and sweet berries, despite the unsuitable climatic conditions. But, choosing the variety for planting should take into account the region in which you live.
How to grow a watermelon
The first thing is to soak seedlings. This is done just like any other crop. The main thing to put the seeds in a moist environment. After 3 days there will be the first bore, but do not rush to the landing, it is necessary to wait for about 3 days. If you find seeds from which sprouts not hatch, then throw them away, still in the future will not be able to harvest them.
Correctly selected the capacity for planting seedlings key to successful seedling. 5 liter plastic bottles use the Crop. Due to the large space in the container plant roots can grow more, and fruits appear much earlier and will be larger. Be sure to make an incision on three sides by container and wrap it with tape. This procedure is carried out for easier and safer transplanting plants in the open ground, without damaging the root system. If during the time the transplant root system is damaged, you should not expect a good harvest of seedlings.
Do not transplant seedlings in beds too early, at this stage it should be not less than one month.
In any case not fertilize seedlings nitrogen. Before landing this week make the soil ash. For a solution, take a 3-liter jar with boiling water, which should add 200 gr. ash. All mix well and leave to infuse for a day. After expiration of that time all the ash settles, but will remain on the surface of the slurry saturated potassium salts.
Next, 200 g. dissolve in the liquid container with 2 liters of water, mix and fertilize seedlings.
So now it was time to transplant the seedlings in beds, not forgetting to water it regularly, get rid of weeds, and, of course, after a while to collect large, juicy and sweet arbuziki.
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