Semyon watermelon "Crimson Svit", SE. ALT, b/p, 0.5 g

Early, highly special, well -transportable, easy variety. The fruits are rounded, weighing 3.4-4.8 kg (up to 10 kg), dense bark, light green with dark stripes. The pulp is raspberry red, juicy, very sweet, small seeds. Light and heat-loving plant. He prefers sandy, well -alerated soils and does not endure waterlogging. The site must be protected from the winds. To increase the potential of yields and improving the quality of the fruits, the watermelon should not be grown in one place for more than two years in a row, optimally - to return it to its former place in three years. The best predecessors are root crops, onions, cabbage. Sowing is carried out when the soil warms up to 15 ° C to a depth of 8-10 cm. Before sowing, the seeds are treated in a solution of potassium permanganate, then washed with clean water. The depth of the seeds of seeds is 1.5-2 cm. When growing with a seedling method, to obtain friendly and uniform seedlings, before the evidence of the cotyledon, the air temperature should be 23–27 ° C. Before planting seedlings in open ground, it is necessary to harden it. Seedlings are planted when the threat of frost passes in the phase of 3-4 of these leaves, observing the landing interval of 140x100 cm in open ground, in greenhouses are –70x70 cm using trellises. The most intense irrigation should be ensured during flowering and formation of fruits.