BLACK MAGIC WATERMELON

♦ Plant Type : Strong plant with good vigour

♦ Outer Rind Colour : Dark green with very dark green colour stripes

♦ Flesh Colour : Bright Red

♦ Fruit Weight : 6 to 7 kg

♦ Fruit Shape : Round

♦ Sweetness : Very Good

♦ Maturity : 100 to 105 days

Tips for Growing Watermelon

Soil : Well drained sandy loams and alluvial soils at riverbed are best suited.
Sowing time : As per the regional practices and timings.
Optimum temp. for germination : 28 - 320C
Spacing : Row to Row : 150 cm, Plant to Plant : 45 cm.
Seed rate : 300 - 400 gm/acre.

Climate : Hot weather with 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.

Fertilizer application :

• 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.

Sowing Season :