How do you farm sea melon seeds (Musculus senhousei)?

Sea melon seeds, also known as Musculus senhousei or thin-shell, are a shellfish seafood product, rated by gourmets as the most delicious seafood, expensive, with rich economic value, and in recent years artificial farming has begun, so today the editor will introduce to you the farming method of sea melon seeds.

1. Farming conditions

Sea melon seeds are generally farmed in coastal areas. When farming, you should choose areas with relatively small wind and waves and relatively slow currents. Next, the bottom of the farming site should be soft mud and sand. Sea melon seeds are suitable for growing in water temperatures from minus two degrees to thirty-five degrees, and a water salinity of seven percent to thirty-two percent is acceptable. Finally, note that the farming site should be chosen far from pollution sources to ensure the water quality of the farming area.

2. Farming site preparation

Sea melon seed farms are generally built in coastal areas with rivers, reservoirs, etc., using the principle of low-dam water storage for farming. The farm should have dikes, ring ditches and water gates built well, with the area determined by the farming quantity, and the farm should be built according to the local terrain. The dikes are generally forty to fifty cm high, trapezoidal in shape, eighty to ninety cm wide at the bottom and forty to fifty cm wide at the top. Ditches are dug around the farm, with both depth and width of thirty to forty cm. The water gate is built at the estuary to reasonably control the water level. Finally, the bottom of the farm pond should be leveled and raked smooth.

3. Pond clearing management

Before sowing sea melon seeds, we need to clean the pond in the farm. Before sowing seedlings, spread an appropriate amount of quicklime or bleaching powder into the pond to clear out organisms in the pond that are harmful to the survival and growth of sea melon seeds. Pond clearing should be done on a sunny morning, so that the clearing is more thorough. After disinfection and sterilization are completed, drain the water from the pond, and finally level the pond.

4. Scientific seedling sowing

Because the climate in different regions of our country differs somewhat, the sowing time for sea melon seeds also differs, but in most regions it is carried out in May and June each year and in November each year. Sowing is generally done at low tide; at low tide, drain the pond dry, then evenly scatter the sea melon seed seedlings over the pond surface, and then add an appropriate amount of water for farming. Generally, three hundred thousand to four hundred thousand seeds can be sown per mu; try to choose larger-sized ones, as this can reduce the number of seedlings sown.

5. Grow-out management

During the farming of sea melon seeds, the most important things are controlling the water level, preventing collapse, preventing floods, and regulating salinity. During farming, we should change the water regularly, while checking the growth of the sea melon seeds, and regularly level and clean the pond, promptly clear out other natural enemy organisms from the pond, and reasonably control the water level, lowering the water level in spring and autumn and raising it in summer and winter. Next is checking the condition of the dikes and doing repair work in time, and also paying attention to weather changes and making disaster prevention preparations in time.

The above is the farming method for sea melon seeds summarized by the editor. I hope it can help you!