Is watermelon a warming or cooling food? A look at the 2019 price trends

As the “king of fruits” in summer, watermelon is one of the best-selling fruits of the summer, and it can be seen everywhere in streets, alleys and supermarkets. So is watermelon a warming or cooling food? And how did prices trend in 2019?

1. Basic introduction to watermelon

1. The origin of watermelon

There are differing accounts of where watermelon originated. One says watermelon came from Africa and was introduced as a fruit from the Western Regions; another says Shennong discovered watermelon while tasting hundreds of herbs. The more widely accepted view is that watermelon originated in Africa and was introduced to China from the Western Regions only in the 4th or 5th century. Today, however, watermelon is distributed and grown all over the world, and cultivation is also very widespread across China, with the watermelons of Xinjiang, Lanzhou in Gansu, Dezhou in Shandong and Liyang in Jiangsu being the most famous.

2. The value of watermelon

Watermelon flesh is rich in protein, glucose, sucrose, fructose, malic acid and more. Eating it helps with urination, prevents heatstroke and cools the body, relieves summer heat, increases skin elasticity, beautifies the skin, protects the liver and reduces wrinkles. For pregnant women, eating watermelon helps promote body fluids and quench thirst, and removes greasiness and irritability. In addition, watermelon rind and watermelon leaves contain nutrients such as vitamins and are also edible.

3. Watermelon yield per mu

The factors affecting watermelon yield per mu include growing techniques, seed quality, variety and weather. Generally, large watermelons yield 7000-10000 jin per mu, while small watermelons yield 3000-5000 jin per mu.

2. Is watermelon a warming or cooling food?

Many people who are well informed about and pay attention to health preservation will usually find out whether something is warming or cooling before eating it. Yet when it comes to whether watermelon is warming or cooling, many people are still unclear, so let us discuss it properly below.

1. Watermelon is a cooling food that can relieve summer heat, so it should not be eaten in excess; otherwise it will damage the spleen and stomach and may also worsen dampness in the body.

2. Although watermelon is sweet and helps with urination, note that people with spleen and stomach deficiency-cold, cold accumulation and abdominal pain, frequent urination, large urine volume, or chronic enteritis, gastritis and duodenal ulcers, that is, those with a cold-deficient constitution, are not suited to eating watermelon. If they really want some, they should “taste only a little and stop”.

3. How did watermelon prices trend in 2019?

Now, due to environmental influences, climate change is also very unpredictable, and in recent years summer temperatures have continued to be hot, so the watermelon market is quite good. Therefore, the prospects for growing watermelon in 2019 are still good. Let us take a look below at the 2019 watermelon price trends.

1. At present, in Liangzhou District, Wuwei City, Gansu Province, purchases start at three jin, with a price of 2.1 yuan/jin; in Ruili City, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, the Tianwang series starts at 10 jin, with a selling price of 0.8 yuan/jin; and in Dehong, Yunnan, large flower melons are priced at 1300/ton today;

2. The table below is a reference table of watermelon market prices in the Changsha area of Hunan over the past few days.

That is all of the content introduced to you by the Tuliu website editors. When growing watermelon, be sure to strengthen management, as watering, fertilizing and pests and diseases will also affect watermelon yield.