Who among us does not know such a delicious fruit, like a melon ? It is very unusual and very useful. In many countries, where it is grown since ancient times, melon is called the "fruit of paradise".
We use it with pleasure as a dessert and appreciate for its incredible taste and pleasant aroma. And it's not a secret to anyone how often this melon plant is. It is not always possible to buy and eat plenty. But if you have at least a small piece of land, then it will not be difficult to grow this miracle.
The melon has a very wide variety of varieties, and one of the best is the melon variety of the collective farmer.
Melon Kolhoznitsa - description
Melon The collective farmer 749/753 is the most common variety, among truck farmers and amateurs of this culture. This variety was created back in 1943.
The collective farmer is a medium-ripened variety, its ripening period is from 75 to 95 days. The fruits of this melon have a globular shape of orange-yellow color, and the peel is seemingly covered with a coarse mesh. The average fruit weight is up to one and a half kilograms. The flesh is dense, crunchy, juicy, sweet and deliciously tasty.
Melon The collective farmer is not intended for long-term storage. But it has amazing taste qualities and it has good transportability, which are the main values of this variety. Although this is not all. The collective farmer is resistant to low temperatures, and this is quite a rare phenomenon for melons.
Grow this variety can be both in greenhouses, and in the open ground.
Melon Kolkhoznitsa - growing in a greenhouse
In order to grow melons in a greenhouse , you need to plant seedlings in pots or special cassettes in advance for three seeds. Do this in early May, twenty days before landing in the greenhouse, which usually takes place at the end of May. Plant the plant in the ground to avoid damage to the roots, you need directly in the peat pots.
The basic requirements for growing are good lighting, moderate humidity (melons do not like waterlogging). In the process of vegetation, approximately in the middle, it is generally necessary to stop watering and ensure good lighting. During this period, it is worthwhile to ventilate the greenhouse well, open it to the sun, especially when the weather is clear.
If you can not create a dry microclimate during the growing season in your greenhouse, then our advice to you is that it is better not to start growing melons.