Xinjiang cantaloupe melon will usually be naturally ripe in the summer and fall of each year, the specific ripening time for July to September, but if the use of greenhouse, greenhouse planting methods, then its ripening period will be between May and October.

The varieties of cantaloupe are Donghu melon, black eyebrow, red heart crispy, etc. Donghu melon is usually on the market in June, and its flavor is very sweet, the black eyebrow is probably on the market in May, and the red heart crispy is usually on the market at the end of April. Cantaloupe planted after about three years to blossom and fruit, about May a large number of market, it is down to the market time is September.

The cantaloupe is not ripe is not recommended to eat, because there is no ripe cantaloupe flavor is not sweet, it is best to eat cantaloupe in July, this time the cantaloupe flavor is the sweetest, usually choose the cantaloupe when you can smell the flavor, if it is sweeter then it is ripe. Cantaloupe want to mature earlier if you can apply more fertilizer before it blooms, which can promote its rapid flowering, thus speeding up the time of maturity.

Precautions for planting cantaloupe

During the growing process of cantaloupe, it will consume a great deal of nutrients, so according to the growth of cantaloupe you can carry out appropriate fertilizer. When the cantaloupe seedling grows to about five centimeters can be appropriate to chase the application of urea, which is recommended to dilute the urea with water before applying. And flowering fertilizer must be before the female flowers bloom, usually dug between the plants can be applied into the hole, fruiting fertilizer is usually after the first fruit picking.

For cantaloupe, its growth and development not only need light and temperature, but also need to pay attention to the demand for water, proper watering, can ensure its normal growth of rain. In the flowering of cantaloupe, this stage of cantaloupe water demand is very large, according to climate change and the dry and wet condition of the soil reasonable watering, to avoid the soil is too dry or too wet. It is also possible to increase the permeability between the gardens by fighting and leading the vines, so that the plants can better photosynthesize, accumulate water and increase production.