As an agricultural sideline product in the fruit and vegetable category, watermelons see much greater price fluctuations than grain crops because of the high uncertainty in market supply. Right now, watermelons in most regions are still in the early stage of the season, and prices are generally on the high side. When watermelons flood the market in large quantities later on, probably no one can give an accurate answer about this year's watermelon market.

For this year's watermelon growers, Science and Agriculture believes that to achieve high returns, the first thing to focus on is not the market price this year, but first ensuring that the watermelons are of very high quality. At this stage, the market supply situation and market information for watermelons are basically beyond your control; the only thing you can control is ensuring your watermelons have high quality.

Yesterday, a netizen sent a private message asking for advice, saying that watermelon rinds were showing signs of rot. Judging from the photos, it is quite likely caused by excessive rain in some areas recently, which made the soil too wet, causing the watermelons to rot after being soaked for a long time; some also call this fruit rot disease. Watermelons are now basically about to ripen across the board. At this juncture, maintaining high quality and reducing possible problems with watermelons is the key to making a profit.

Science and Agriculture also suggests that everyone consult relevant materials more often, so that if problems arise, they can be dealt with promptly and the disease can be prevented from spreading and causing more serious losses.

As for the current watermelon market, supermarket watermelons are basically holding at around 4 yuan per jin, which is still a fairly high price, but prices later on definitely will not reach this high. For most watermelon growers, the reason for low returns from watermelons is still that they cannot find sales channels. For example, watermelons in cities are in short supply, while watermelons in some producing areas are unsalable!

Therefore, for most watermelon growers, finding a good sales channel for their watermelons as they are about to ripen is also the key to determining this year's returns.

Finally, Science and Agriculture also reminds all watermelon growers not to use ripening agents just to get to market quickly. This method will lower the quality of the watermelons. For customers and consumers, you may have sold your watermelons, but you have lost your credibility. The loss outweighs the gain! Maintain high-quality watermelons and win over consumers with quality; only then can you win the long term and the future.

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