Green Treasure Melon Cultivation Techniques, Management Methods and Maturity Time

Green Treasure melon, also known as Fushou melon, is a new and precious vegetable melon. Green Treasure melon can actually be seen in our daily lives. The Green Treasure melon looks like a watermelon, with solid green flesh. The Green Treasure melon is one of the world's eight major fruits. Its fruits are uniform, and the rind is dark green. So what are the cultivation techniques and management methods for Green Treasure melon? Let's take a look together.

Cultivation Techniques and Management Methods for Green Treasure Melon

1. Cultivation Techniques for Green Treasure Melon

1. Seedling raising

The optimal cultivation season in open fields is spring sowing and summer harvest. In the south, sowing and seedling raising are mostly done in mid-to-late March, with a seedling age of 25-30 days; direct sowing in holes can also be done in April.

2. Planting

Plant in mid-to-late April. Avoid continuous cropping; choose sandy loam soil with deep, loose soil. Before planting, apply sufficient basal fertilizer: 3000-4000 kg of decomposed barnyard manure and 30-40 kg of superphosphate per mu. Plant spacing is 40-45 cm. For two-vine pruning, plant 1800-2000 plants per mu; for multi-vine pruning, plant 1000-1200 plants per mu. Because thin-skinned melons need larger plant and row spacing and grow slowly in the early stage, they can be intercropped with other crops to improve land utilization.

2. Management Methods

1. Fertilizer and water management

After flowering and fruit setting, apply additional fertilizer appropriately depending on plant growth, using about 10-15 kg of compound fertilizer per mu, applied in furrows between rows. During the growing period, 0.2%-0.4% monopotassium phosphate can also be sprayed on the leaves as a foliar fertilizer. Appropriately control irrigation during the seedling stage, increase irrigation during the fruit enlargement stage, and control irrigation when the fruit stops enlarging.

2. Pruning management

Thin-skinned melons mainly bear fruit on secondary vines and tertiary vines, so two-vine pruning or multi-vine pruning methods should be used. Two-vine pruning is suitable for varieties that bear fruit on secondary vines. Pinch off the growing tip when seedlings have 4-5 true leaves, select and keep two healthy secondary vines to grow, pinch the secondary vines when they have 8-12 leaves, select tertiary vines growing from the middle and upper parts of the secondary vines to keep fruit, and pinch the tertiary vines after leaving 2-3 leaves; multi-vine pruning is suitable for varieties that bear fruit on tertiary vines. Pinch off the growing tip when seedlings have 4-6 leaves, select and keep 4-5 side vines, pinch the side vines when they have 6-8 leaves to promote tertiary vine growth and fruiting.

Maturity Time of Green Treasure Melon

The maturity time of Green Treasure melon is basically from May to August. Harvest at 90% maturity. For Green Treasure melon varieties, it generally takes 21-23 days from female flower opening to fruit maturity. When the fruit gives off fragrance and the hairs at the base of the fruit stalk fall off, harvest promptly for market.

Field Management of Green Treasure Melon

1. Fertilizer and water management. When planting, water thoroughly to help seedlings recover. Generally do not water before flowering to prevent excessive water from causing excessive vegetative growth and causing flower and fruit drop. After fruit setting, when the melon grows to the size of an egg, apply fertilizer once, and water promptly after fertilizing. Apply 20 kg of ternary compound fertilizer, 10-15 kg of urea, 10 kg of potassium sulfate, or 800-1000 kg of diluted manure water per mu. Stop watering 7-10 days before harvest to increase the sweetness of the melon.

2. Pest and disease control. The main diseases of greenhouse melons are damping-off at the seedling stage, anthracnose, downy mildew and powdery mildew. Irrigating the seedbed with 0.05% potassium permanganate and 1000 times Previcur can effectively control damping-off. Spraying the seedbed or plants with Ridomil wettable powder can control the occurrence and spread of anthracnose, downy mildew and powdery mildew. The main pests are aphids and cabbage caterpillars.

Methods for Judging Harvest of Green Treasure Melon

1. Fully show the characteristics of the variety. Generally, when the fruit matures, the rind color changes to varying degrees. For example, from the original green to grayish green, grayish green or yellow; from white to milky white or yellow; from light green to white, etc. At the same time, the rind of a mature melon

2. Is glossy, and the patterns are clear. Some varieties can also give off aroma. For varieties with ridges and grooves, the ridges and grooves are obvious when mature. For varieties with netting, the fruit surface netting protrudes and hardens, marking maturity.

Green Treasure melon is a newly bred first-generation hybrid thin-skinned melon variety, and it can also be seen in our daily lives. Green Treasure melon is an early-maturing variety. There are methods for planting any fruit, including planting Green Treasure melon. Only with good cultivation can good fruit grow.