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Enter the countdown to eating melons! It is quietly growing

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Enter the countdown to eating melons! It is quietly growing

As the pace of summer approaches,

will usher in the annual melon eating season,

Jinshan "Little Crown" watermelon

It has also entered a critical period of pollination and fruit set.

Enter the countdown to eating melons! It is quietly growing
Enter the countdown to eating melons! It is quietly growing
Enter the countdown to eating melons! It is quietly growing
Enter the countdown to eating melons! It is quietly growing
Enter the countdown to eating melons! It is quietly growing

Jinshan "Little Crown" watermelon adopts artificial pollination technology and bee pollination technology to ensure yellow and black seeds when harvested. The best time for pollination is in the morning on a sunny day, when the male flowers are large and yellow in color, while the female flowers usually choose the second flower counted from the bottom of the seedlings upwards, pluck the open male flowers, remove the corolla, and then gently apply the pollen to the stigma of the female flower.

Enter the countdown to eating melons! It is quietly growing

The bee pollination technology promoted in Jinshan District is also very popular with farmers, and a box of bees is placed in a greenhouse, and through the hard work of the bees, not only ensures the fruit setting rate, but also ensures the natural quality of the watermelon. After the bees have been successfully pollinated, the farmers can thin the fruit according to their needs.

Enter the countdown to eating melons! It is quietly growing

Field management during the fruit-setting period is also crucial, pest control is mainly prevention, pesticide control and physical control are combined, so as to achieve safe and green medicine. Only by doing a good job of plant tidying up in time, cleaning up excess vines, and ensuring the supply of nutrients can we ensure the healthy growth of watermelons.

Enter the countdown to eating melons! It is quietly growing

Jinshan "Little Crown" watermelon planting area of more than 1,200 acres this year, growers in order to extend the market period, to take batches of planting, batch harvesting, now some of the watermelons have the size of a fist, the largest has the size of the bowl. Under the green leaves, it is quietly growing. This year, the launch of Jinshan's "Little Crown" watermelon has been slightly delayed compared with previous years, and it can be tasted as early as early May, and the market period is expected to last until the end of June.

Reporter | Gu Qingfan

Correspondents | Yang Tenglei

Edit | He Xiaoyan

Editor-in-charge | Yu Lanting, He Xiaoyan

Enter the countdown to eating melons! It is quietly growing

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