Water Melon Farming tips 🍈🍉

Watermelon Farming Tips 🍉

They do well in sandy loam soil; the soil must be well-drained. Watermelons thrive in hot or warm weather – cold weather can cause serious damage.

Average temperatures ranging from 18 to 35 degrees Celsius are optimum for farming watermelons.

Temperatures outside that range can inhibit the proper development of the fruit crop.

Here is a little secret when it comes to getting significantly big watermelons: you leave at most just 5 melons (per plant) when you do the pruning.

This will optimize their growth as opposed to having several of them per plant.

It is also advised that there be bees present for pollination purposes. Anything between 2 and 6 hives per hectare would do.

Planting watermelons between June and August is recommended for low-veld areas.

As for any other place in Zimbabwe you can plant between August and October.