MICRO FARMING HOW-TO: If your small scale farming or backyard farming operation involves growing watermelons, your customers will thank and remember you more if your melons are very sweet.
As your melons begin to swell in size, help them get as sweet as possible. Find ways to raise the melons’ temperature if your summers are in general of typical temperate climate. This helps the watermelons turn starches to sugars more easily. Watermelons also tend to like warmer nighttime temperatures, whereas some other heat-loving crops aren’t as picky about nighttime dips.
A few methods: Large rocks around each melon will soak up heat by day and release it slowly overnight. Black plastic or recyclable black paper around the melons will also heat things up. Recycled plastic milk jugs painted black will absorb lots of heat during the day and release it at night. — www.MicroEcoFarming.com
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