MADHAV WATERMELON

Overview

Product Description

Madhav Variety Highlights

• Early harvest with high yield potential
• Plant Type: Good vigour & dense foliage
• Outer Rind Colour: Dark green
• Flesh Colour: Deep crimson with granular texture
• Fruit Weight: 3 to 4 kg
• Fruit Shape: Oblong
• Sweetness: Very good
• Maturity: 60 to 65 days

Tips for Growing Watermelon

Soil Requirements

Well drained sandy loams and alluvial soils at riverbed are best suited.

Sowing Details

• Sowing Time: According to regional practices and timings
• Optimum Temperature for Germination: 28 - 32°C
• Spacing: Row to Row: 150 cm, Plant to Plant: 45 cm
• Seed Rate: 300 - 400 gm / acre

Climate

Hot weather with sufficient sunshine hours favors increased sweetness.

Preparation of Main Field

• Deep ploughing and harrowing
• Add well decomposed FYM 10-12 tons / acre
• Open ridges & furrows at required spacing and apply basal dose of fertilizer
• Irrigate one day before sowing
• Sow 2 seeds per hill

Chemical Fertilizer Recommendations

Fertilizer requirement varies with soil fertility.

• Basal Dose before Sowing: 25:50:50 NPK kg / acre
• Top Dressing (30 days after sowing): 25:0:50 NPK kg / acre
• Apply micronutrients as and when required