Methods and key technical points for cushioning and positioning watermelon fruits

(Agricultural Wealth Network) After the young fruit loosens from the vine, fine soil, chopped grass or wheat straw should be placed beneath the young fruit to prevent it from falling among soil clods and suffering mechanical damage that causes deformity, and also to prevent it from falling into muddy water and becoming diseased and rotting. Positioning the fruit means that after the young fruit has set firmly, the soil surface beneath the young fruit is worked fine and patted level to form a slope-shaped raised platform, and then the fruit is placed along the slope. When the fruit grows to 1 to 1.5 kg, the soil beneath the fruit is loosened and leveled again.