Melon The collective farmer. Cultivation, care, timing of maturation

A ripe aromatic melon, as well as a juicy striped watermelon, is considered a product associated with the onset of summer.

Melon. The sun. Summer

Fresh, this vegetable, characterized by a pleasant sweet taste, is a storehouse of vitamins useful to the human body. And what jams and jams are obtained from a melon, the first mention of which is found in the Bible - just lick your fingers! Her wedges in dried and dried form - a vivid reminder of the hot summer. Melon is considered a paradise fruit, delivered to the earth by the archangels.

Description of the cultivator

Melon The collective farmer is one of the most popular varieties, characterized by a globular shape and a yellow-orange skin color, which is covered with a fine mesh. It is deduced in the thirties of the twentieth century. The average weight of the fruit is about 1.5 kilograms. Melon variety A collective farmer is characterized by a yellow flesh, sometimes with a greenish tinge. To taste the flesh is very sweet (for which the consumer is especially appreciated), crispy and dense. The positive quality of this variety is high transportability. But the product can not withstand prolonged storage. Unlike other varieties of melon the collective farmer is able to withstand low temperatures. Disease resistance is average. Melon maturation of this variety takes place 77-95 days after planting.

Against the background of the usual yellow-baked melons, it's amazing to know that there is a melon on the planet that resembles a strawberry to taste. It is grown in the Caucasus. One of the most favorite is the Chardzha melon, otherwise known as Zimovka for high storage quality. Apples are similar to the brown and red melons of Dudaim; A giant berry from Tajikistan with a wrinkled skin and huge size resembles a huge reptile.

Useful properties of a melon

Melon is an easily digestible, useful product that has a beneficial effect on human health, helping with the depletion of the body and anemia. It is recommended for babies and elderly people. Thanks to the dietary properties of melon, including the variety Kolhoznitsa, is often included in the diet of dieters, due to low caloric content. She can cure rheumatism, kidney disease, liver, heart and normalize high blood pressure. Thanks to the content in the yellow beauty of silicon, the structure of the hair improves, the skin becomes velvety, the bones become stronger. The presence of vitamin C increases immunity and protects against colds. The pulp contains a hormone of happiness, which improves mood. According to the melon, the Arabs predicted the future by taking cracks on its skin for the ciphered messages of the Most High.

Important factors for obtaining a high yield

To get a good harvest of the vegetable should ensure its correct planting and care for it. Planting of melon seeds The collective farmer is made according to the scheme 1 * 1 meter at the end of April, at the end of May the seedlings are planted under the film, in early June (in the unlikely event of nocturnal frosts) - into the open ground.

In the process of growing it is worth remembering that this melon is contraindicated:

• Acid and weakly acidic earths, which are characterized by a high density, which prevents access to air and nutrients to the roots of the plant; The soil must be neutral or slightly alkaline;
• Cold drafts, stagnant and very humid air - the plant loves heat and sunlight;
• Watering with cold water and cool weather; Moisten the soil is recommended infrequently, as the surface layer dries up;
• Dung as fertilizer and an overabundance of organic and mineral fertilizers; Solutions are recommended for weak concentration with systematic loosening of the soil.

Lighting as an important growth factor

When growing in a greenhouse for a melon variety Kolkhoznitsa, which is a plant of a short day, it is important to ensure optimum lighting. Flowering can occur when a 12-hour day, with a larger reduction of the day, the plant may simply not blossom. Excess of light is also not very useful to the plant, so melon planting is best done in early spring. This will reduce the number of female flowers on the plant. The timing of planting seeds is of great importance when waiting for a crop. When organizing artificial lighting, it is worth remembering that the most comfortable wave for a melon Kolkhoznitsa - 550 nm at high illumination, at a lower - 675 nm. The optimal time for landing is March; Planting in December and January will not allow the normal formation of pistillate flowers, even if such agrotechnical methods as pinching and special treatments by growth regulators are applied. Growing melons in the greenhouse can occur until the fall.

Agrotechnical activities

Agrotechnical measures for the care of melons include watering, feeding and providing the optimal temperature regime. Melon - a plant that is thermophilic, so the optimum temperature for it is + 25-30 degrees. This is the greenhouse for this purpose. When these conditions are created, the seeds will germinate quickly, at a higher or lower temperature the process will brake. For the growing season, dry air and + 28-30 degrees - exactly the conditions under which the plant will give the expected tasty and fragrant result.

Features of watering and feeding

Melon is a plant that is resistant to drought, so it is not afraid of lack of moisture. Nevertheless, watering is an important factor of care, directly affecting the quality of the crop. To mature the melon product requires a sufficient amount of moisture. Depending on the period of development, the maximum melon watering is required to be performed during flowering and fruit setting. When watering it is important to pay attention to the fact that water does not fall on the aerial part of the plant and the root neck, otherwise it can cause the appearance of fungal diseases and decay of the plant. Before the ripening of fruit, the humidity in the greenhouse should be 60-70%. Next, the plant should be provided with a dry climate.

Definition of product ripeness

A good crop will be facilitated by planting the plant in fertile soil and periodic top dressing with mineral preparations containing calcium, sodium, phosphorus. Solutions should be of low concentration; Manure fertilization is highly discouraged.

Many consumers when buying a southern fragrant product for excellent taste qualities are often chosen exactly melon Kolhoznitsa. When this fragrant fruit ripens and how correctly to determine its ripeness? Such a variety should have well-defined grooves on the skin; An important distinctive feature is the dry peduncle. It is worth paying attention to the smell; In a ripe product, which ripens after 77-95 days after planting, it will be thin, honey, sweet-melon. The absence of flavor will indicate the excessive use of chemicals during cultivation. Determine the ripeness of melons is not so difficult. You can tap it, like a watermelon; A deaf sound will tell about the maturity and good taste of the fruit.

Diseases of melon

Like most garden products, the melon can be subjected to fungal and viral diseases, sharply reducing the quality of the fruit. Sources of infection are soil, weeds, seeds, plant remains of the previous year. The most common disease is powdery mildew, manifested as a gray-whitish scurf on the stems and leaves of the plant and causing them to dry out. Loss of the aerial part causes the stop of fruit ripening, the quality of which will deteriorate noticeably. The disease stops in development in cool weather and a fairly humid soil. Melon The collective farmer is a variety characterized by high resistance to this disease.

Fusarium wilt is a fungal disease transmitted through the soil by seeds and plant remains, spreading in all parts and damaging the plant at all phases of its development: from the emergence of shoots to the end of vegetation. Disease can manifest with lightning speed and destroy the plant in a couple of days. Death from Fusarium wilt threatens 90% of affected plants. Such diseases of melon can be overcome in various ways. For example, by using agrotechnical measures and chemicals.

From viral diseases melon Collective farmer can be infected with a virus of cucumber mosaic and a virus of watermelon mosaic. They are transferred from sick plants to healthy aphids and appear on leaves in the form of a mosaic coloring. As a rule, this occurs in the second half of the vegetation period. Harvest after the defeat of such viruses is halved.