PLANTING GUIDE OF F1 MELON SEEDS – SUGAR 01

                            (GOLDEN COIN SEEDS)

I/ Feartures:

 - Strong plant.

 - Harvesting: 58 - 65 days after sowing.

 - Fruit size: 8 - 8.5 cm height,  8.7 - 10 cm diameter.

 - Fruit characteristics: small round fruit shape, whitish green skin, white flesh. Briheight: 13 - 14, aroma, crispy.

 - Yield: 2 - 3 kg/plant.

II/ Sowing density:

 III. Cropping season:

• South Vietnam: all round year growing.
• North Vietnam: from February to September

IV. Soaking and incubation seeds:

* Prepare warm water 50 – 52^oC:

- Mixing 40% boiling water (95 – 100^oC) with 60% fresh water (25 – 30^oC) got from drilled well or water faucet.

* Soaking seeds:

- Soak the seeds in warm water as prepared in 2 – 3 hours.

* Incubation seeds:

- Get the towel or T – shirt (or fabrics can be moisturizing), washed, squeezed just enough moisture (about 80 – 85%).

- Get the seeds as soaked spread thin on the towels, then put these towels in dark, warm place (around  28 – 30^oC).

* Sowing seeds:

- After 24 hours, the seeds will germinate, please sow these seeds in the nursery. Sow the germinated seeds to pots have enviroment including: 2 parts of muck + 1 part of soil. After sowing seeds get filled environment and sufficient moisture for irrigation.

- Wash the seeds have not germinated and towels then incubated again, about 10 hours later, the seeds will germinate, continue sowing.

V. Planting and maintenance:

1. Fertilizers (for 1.000 m²):

Fertilizer application for cultivation depends on geographic conditions, however, we recommend applying the following guides are applied very effectively to many growing areas for you refer and apply.

* Quantity:

* Application:

* Notes:

• Should be applied lime at tillage to increase fertilizer efficiency.
• Should be applied fertilizer far enough from the plant foot, deep enough (6 – 7 cm) to increase fertilizer efficiency.
• Should be weeding combined with fertilizing times to increase fertilizer efficiency.

2. Cut the tops: To abundant harvest, should be cut these tops when there are 5 – 6 leaves on the seedling.

3. Pruning branches:

- Should be pruning the branches, leaving only one tree each main vine and two lateral branches.

- Should guide them perpendicular to the bed or are on the trellis.

VI. Plant protection:

* Collar rot:

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray with the following chemicals: Iprodione (min 50%), Metalaxyl, Cacbendazim 500g/lit,…

* Leaf spot disease, anthracnose:

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray with the following chemicals: Propinep (min 80%),Chlorothalonil (min 98%), Mancozeb 64%,…

* Borer group:

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray with the following chemicals: Emamectin Benzoate (Avermectin B1a 90% + Avermectin B1b 10%), Lufenuron (min 96%), Flubendiamize (min 95%), Chlorantraniliprol,…

* Suck group:

- Thrips, hoppers, aphids,... suck resin and transmitting Viral disease.

- Preventing and treating by rotating spray with the following chemicals: Chlorpyrifos Methyl (min 96%), Dynotefuran (min 89%), Clothianidin,…

* Notes:

• Fungicide should be sprayed at old leaves, pesticide should be sprayed at young leaves.
• Pesticide should carefully sprayed at the lower side of the leaves.

 We wish you the best harvest with Golden Coin Seeds!