Planting watermelon seeds should choose the appropriate time, specifically according to the varieties. Now cultivated watermelon varieties are more, early spring can be planted in March. If it is a fall watermelon, it is recommended to choose in the summer around July planting, so that probably the fall can be harvested. In addition, the specific also depends on the climate of the location.
Two, planting methods
1, seed treatment: watermelon seeds must be selected full, so that the germination ability, the germination rate is higher. Seed treatment before sowing, placed in 55 degrees of warm water soaked, which can kill the epidermal germs. You also need to germinate the seeds by laying them on a damp cloth and moving them to a container afterward. Pay attention to keep warm and warm, the wet cloth to keep moist, so that the treatment in a few days the seeds will germinate.
2, dealing with the soil: if you choose to plant in pots, potting soil can be mixed with garden soil and the right amount of sand, but also mixed with the right amount of fertilizer, to improve the degree of fertility. If it is ground planting, before planting must be processed, can be sprinkled into the appropriate amount of farmyard manure, and then deep turning of the plot, to ensure that loose, fertile, so that after planting the watermelon seedlings will be more exuberant growth.
3, into the soil planting: the plot of land can be sown after treatment, directly planted seeds in the soil surface, the appropriate amount of mulch. But also on the top of the arch, so that the temperature is stable, only three or five days time will grow seedlings. When the seedlings grow to 5 centimeters high, they can be transplanted and planted.