Is watermelon a fruit? Watermelon fruit platter pictures

1. Watermelon is a fruit

Watermelon is a fruit, strictly speaking, a vegetable or a melon fruit.

Watermelon is also called winter melon and summer melon. The fruit is relatively large, nearly spherical or oval, sweet and juicy, and has a relatively smooth skin. The flesh of the melon is mostly red, but there is also yellow. It belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family and is native to Africa, but it has strong adaptability and can be grown in many provinces in my country.

But watermelon was originally a wild plant of the Cucurbitaceae family, and only became edible after being artificially cultivated. Now it is a common fruit in summer. It has the effect of cooling down and relieving heat, and is very popular among people.

2. How to grow watermelon

Choosing a planting site: It is advisable to choose a planting site with deep soil, fertile soil and good drainage.

Land preparation and fertilization: After selecting a good planting site, you must first prepare the field and apply some organic fertilizer and base fertilizer consisting mainly of cake fertilizer and supplemented by inorganic fertilizer. Then side ditches, waist ditches and surrounding ditches are dug, which helps to improve the irrigation system of the field.

Pruning and vine pressing: You can use the three-vine pruning method. However, be careful not to prune on rainy days to prevent infection. Then wait until the vines grow to about 50 centimeters, and then press the vines with soil, once every three or four nodes, and press each vine two or three times.

Top dressing: When the young melons grow to the size of an egg, you can apply some melon-growing fertilizer.

Water: During the seedling stage, you can water less or even not at all to allow the roots of the seedlings to grow. Before flowering and fruiting, the amount of watering should be properly controlled. After fruiting, the amount of watering should be appropriately increased to ensure sufficient water to facilitate fruit growth.