Watermelon juice more sweet, cool mouth, is the broad masses of urban and rural residents generally like eating summer thirst.
Watermelon consumption in our country Has been is bigger, according to statistics, the city residents average annual watermelon consumption in 15 kg, compared with more than 25 kg in some cities. The hottest June to August each year, in large and medium-sized cities throughout the summer fruit supply watermelon accounted for about 70% of the above, once the watermelons, other fruits, cold drink sales is affected to some extent, because the watermelon in the summer fruit, second to none, is no substitute for, so have the laudatory title of "the king of fruits" in summer. Midsummer season, the watermelon has become urban and rural residents in daily life indispensable summer edible fruit. As a result, the arrangement of the people's governments at various levels have attached great importance to watermelon production and market supply, around the development of watermelon production has become one of the important contents of the "vegetable basket project" in the suburban areas of the city.
Planting watermelon also has obvious benefits for farmers.
1. The economic benefits of the melon is better, higher income per hectare, normal years outdoor planting watermelon per hectare is less income 8000 yuan, more than up to ten thousand yuan of above; Protectorate cultivated watermelon yield higher, up to tens of thousands of yuan, the highest greenhouse watermelon ha the highest income up to 150000 yuan of above, used the kind of income to buy watermelon farmers for agricultural production inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, directly promoting the crops in open field production, the melon presses to food and melon food both advanced examples can be seen all over the north and the south.
2. Watermelon growth period is short, only in the whole stages 90 ~ 120 days, reason has "one hundred crops," said, at the same time it row planting distance is large, the early stage of the row and had a larger free period. Again did prostrate growth, therefore, more suitable for y, in the heat resource is rich, annual grown for more than two and three as insufficient areas is most applicable, such as north China and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze river area a watchmans y the application more widely, which can increase the multiple crop index, improve the utilization rate of land to increase output per unit area, after effectively promote crop production. Because watermelon in general are conducted to the commune ditch and a fine fertilizer, it has the effect of soil improvement, local peasant is generally accepted that watermelon is an ideal good crop. Henan kaifeng sandy wheat yield is very low, and a doubling of watermelon crop production of wheat, so local farmers are used to set aside the melon crop to plant a season high yield of wheat; Southern area in late rice in the wheat-rice cropping watermelon generally comparable cropping late rice yield is about 20%. Have watermelon market was farmers, therefore, the popularization of wheat - melon - or oil (food) - melon - rice intercropping mode, use of advantages of melon crop rice can increase with stable gain is achieved. In northeast China in recent years, PengShi watermelon production too, farmers use of greenhouse and greenhouse cultivation gift watermelon, also received a good economic benefit.
Watermelon is summer people drink a raw fruits, heat has soared, except vexed enfold, urinate. Attending the heat loss of appetite, urination, sore throat, mouth sores, wind fire toothache, polydipsia and urinary tract infection, fever conditions such as high blood pressure.
Watermelon is a treasure, fruit flesh crisp, sweet and juicy contains rich mineral salt and a variety of vitamins, is the main cultivated fruit in summer. Watermelon heat has soared, the treatment of nephritis, diseases such as diabetes and cystitis have assisted effect. The skin can be pickled, candied fruit, jam and feed. Seed oil content was 50%, and the oil, stir Fried food or pastry ingredients.
