How to grow a watermelon on the windowsill

                                                How to grow watermelon

                                           mini herb garden - watermelon




                                            
 

Get watermelon fruit at home in May may not be more difficult than getting zelentsov cucumber in March or red tomato fruit in April. A dry room air will even be favorable to it.

Cultivation of seedlings can not deal with, and sow immediately to a permanent place. Assuming that the plant must have a strong and branched root system to better eating mode in capacitance can be selected as a plastic bucket 10 liters . Need a highly fertile soil with humus and all the mineral elements , including a suite of trace elements. The soil should be prepared one month before sowing, to proizvestkovav acidity 6,0 ¬ 6,5 pH.

Sowing make the middle container to a depth of 3 cm , two or even three seeds. After the seedlings can be left one ( larger ) plant . For initial testing of culture in the indoor environment to grow no more than two plants. You can place them on a wide windowsill or in front of a window. The frame should be tight to prevent cold air does not enter the plant. We need to perforate the bottom of the bucket and put on a tray to drain the excess water , if that happens from irrigation. Translucent vessel wall to wrap chemlibo black avoiding greenness roots matching the walls .



In greenhouse conditions for the first fruits of watermelon to about 3 months. Half of this time is spent on the growth of the vegetative mass of plants , the second half - on the growth and maturation of the fetus from the moment of tying . This period can be kept in the room.
Before the day will have a length of 12 hours, watermelon necessary supplementary lighting . To do this, use a fluorescent lamp mounted to the window, and reflectors for volumetric lighting . By nature, watermelon has a thin stem , and even more delicate shoots and small leaves . Nutrition in full prosperity and balance of elements may slightly increase these organs. First, the plants are needed in equal measure nitrogen and phosphorus , and for fruit - high in potassium and low nitrogen . In accordance with such regularity give fertilizing. Potassium and phosphorus increase the sugar content of the fruit , nitrogen - reduces .

Onto any support stem can grow up to 1 m or slightly higher , then pinched . Pinch out the side shoots leaving a few leaves above a flower with an ovary . Should not be left on the plant for more than two fetuses. Hand pollinations were performed using at least three Netherbloom .
Upon reaching the orange fruit size , it is placed in the grid frame to which the tie . The fruit of greenhouse watermelon is usually thin-skinned , but small - 600 ¬ 800 g