Miluorong Media News (reporter Peng Xiao) "This is the new melon species we introduced, 'Green Tiger', it is a thin-skinned red hanging vine melon, which has now grown 6-7 leaves..." Recently, on the right side of the greenhouse in Dajing Village, Dajing Town, a piece of green melon seedlings is particularly dazzling, and the person in charge of the greenhouse, Wu Aihui, is sorting out the watermelon seedlings, and he told reporters that in 10 days or so, the vines will be hanging, and they can be listed in mid-to-late May.
Green Tiger is a new variety of seedless watermelon selected by the watermelon scientific research in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, with a full growth period of about 100 days. The melon is spherical in shape, and the melon skin is covered with dark green stripes on a green background, smooth and without grooves. It is red in color, tight and crispy, and the thickness of the peel is about 1.0 cm, which is suitable for vertical cultivation.
"The temperature in the greenhouse is controllable, which can meet the growth conditions of watermelon, we purchased the seeds of green tiger seedless watermelon in early March, tried to plant 4 acres of field, and carried out the transplanting of melon seedlings on the 5th." Wu Aihui introduced that after more than a month of growth, 6-7 leaves have now grown, and they will bloom after 10 days, so they will build a hanging trellis to help watermelon grow, and it is expected to be listed around May 20.
Watermelon mu yield can reach 7000-8000 jin, the package price of 3.5 yuan, is expected to have an income of about 26,000 yuan per mu, in addition to the cost, there is a net income of 10,000-15,000 per mu. Wu Aihui while sorting out the watermelon seedlings, while happily calculating the account, planting the second season of watermelon in late June, can be listed in September, the watermelon market time difference, the yield per mu is higher than the first season, and wu Aihui is more confident in planting melons.
"Whether it is green tiger seedless red watermelon, or 'Dongting No. 3' and 'Jinli Huang' seedless yellow watermelon, we all use organic fertilizer as the bottom fertilizer, early marketing, good quality." Yang Xibao, director of the Agricultural Technology Station of Dajing Town, introduced that this year, Dajing Town will broaden the planting methods, develop dryland planting watermelons, and plan to plant 5,000 mu of watermelons. In addition, 4 or 5 new varieties have been introduced for trial planting, and it is expected to be available in June. He said that Dajing will continue to improve the efficiency of Dajing watermelon with good quality and extend the listing time of Dajing watermelon, and build the industrial brand of Dajing watermelon.
First Instance: Liu Qinjin
Second Instance: You Lan
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