Cultivating the melon, one of the most popular summer fruits for its sweet taste and nutritional properties, requires special attention. Although it is often considered a fruit, the melon is actually a vegetable belonging to the cucurbit family, like squash, cucumber and watermelon. It lends itself to many uses in the kitchen, from appetizers to fruits to desserts, and exists in several varieties, including those with orange and white flesh.
To obtain high-quality melons, both aesthetically and in terms of taste, it is essential to respect its climatic and cultivation requirements. The plant needs high temperatures, around 25 to 30 degrees, to develop properly and offer sweet, juicy fruit. In light of these needs, it is essential to use specific agricultural machinery. Let us now see which Cosmeco equipment is best suited for melon cultivation.
To cultivate melons successfully, it is essential to ensure a warm temperate climate with little wind, as well as permeable, deep, organic-rich and well-drained soil. Soil with poor drainage, in fact, can cause waterlogging that is harmful to plant roots.
Melon plants require abundant watering, which should be concentrated at the base of the plant. It is advisable to reduce irrigation as you get closer to ripening for more pulpy and sugary fruit. In addition, it is important to perform topping: when the plant begins to elongate, it should be cut obliquely at the height of the fourth leaf. This stimulates the formation of two side branches, on which you will perform the same treatment, thus obtaining more fruit from each plant.
The time for melon harvesting finally arrives. This takes place in the warmer months, from the end of June until even the end of October, in the most torrid areas. To tell when the fruit is ready for harvest you can:
The fruit is harvested by cutting the branch cleanly, just above the fruit itself. Once harvested, the melon should be stored in a cool, dry place, or in the refrigerator.
For melon cultivation, the Cosmeco team is committed to constantly studying the needs of its customers, developing innovative technologies and customized machinery. These solutions, adaptable in size and functionality, are ideal for different types of crops, including melon, which requires special care to ensure quality production. This type of approach has enabled Cosmeco to constantly expand its catalog and offer different models of agricultural machinery for soil preparation suitable for melon cultivation. Among these, we find:
Greenhouse use of trenchers, specifically, is extremely useful for making unobtrusive drainage channels between greenhouses and for tamping nylon.
Cosmeco's main goal is to fully meet the demands of its customers and contribute concretely to improving the efficiency of their agricultural work. For melon cultivation, the company develops and manufactures specialized machinery that makes it possible to obtain high quality melons with an inviting appearance and a sweet and pulpy taste. Thanks to the mechanization of work phases, made possible precisely by the use of machines designed for melon cultivation, it is possible to avoid manual operations that are often tiring, slow and less precise, thus improving productivity and final results. Among the main advantages offered by their use are:
Through the use of the company's different trenchers, moreover, you will be able to quickly perform useful drainage channels to better drain the soil.
If you are looking for more information about Cosmeco machines useful for the melon’s cultivation, you will have to do nothing but log in the contacts page and fill in the form you’ll find there. In the shortest time possible, you will receive all the desired details and, if requested, a customized offer.
The melon has exceptional nutritional and organoleptic properties, which are very useful for the organism's well-being during the period in which it is most consumed, as to say the summer. During hot season, in fact, it is necessary to integrate the body fluids, and the melon is one of the sweetest and most refreshing fruits around, with a water percentage that can exceed even 90%. It has an important quantity of sugars, but it is food recommended in diets low in calories (100 grams of melon have only 33 kcal). It is also very rich in vitamins and minerals. It is strongly suggested for a well-balanced diet, because it promotes tanning and protects the skin from sunlight rays.
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