Growing watermelon at home quite easily. With the right approach in May, you can get a full fruit.
Seeding can be done immediately to a permanent place, without planting seedlings. Given the size of the root system of the plants of the future, it is necessary to use a bucket or tub volume of about 10 liters.
Preparing the ground for about 30 days prior to planting of fertile soil with humus and trace elements. It is subjected to a pre-liming.
In the middle of the bucket at a shallow depth (approximately 3 cm) placed two or three seeds. After sprouting leaves the strongest plant. Place the plants on a wide windowsill. Joinery should be tightly closed to keep the cold air seeping. At the bottom of the bucket is necessary to make holes to drain excess water. If the vessel wall transmit light, it is necessary to wrap something dark to prevent greening roots.
Development of the plant until the first fruits lasts about 3 months. The first half of the term falls on the growth of the plants, the second - the ripening of the fruit.
At a time when daylight lasts less than 12 hours, watermelons need supplementary lighting. To do this, the window is set lyuminisentnye lamps to give coverage volume, need reflectors.
Of fertilizer in the early development of plants need nitrogen and phosphorus in equal measure, with ripe fruit - a high proportion of potassium and a little nitrogen.
The stem is grown on the support of up to 1m, then it should be prischipnut. The plants remain at no more than two fetuses. When the fetus becomes the size of an orange, it is put into the net and tie. The fruit watermelon home is small, about 700 g, but thin-skinned.