PLANTING GUIDE OF F1 NETTING MELON SEEDS – HONEYDEW 1

                                   (GOLDEN COIN SEEDS)

I/ Features:

- Strong plant.

- Harvesting: 70 - 73 days after sowing.

- Fruit size: 16 - 18 cm length, 14 - 16 cm diameter.

- Fruit characteristics: round fruit shape, proportional, deep yellow skin, well netted, light green flesh, crispy, good smell, Brix : 13 – 14.

- Yield: 1.7 - 1.9 kg/fruit.

II/ Sowing density:

III/ 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 6 – 8 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).

- If it’s cold, put these towels in warm place or lighting. After incubation in 22 – 24h, should rinse seeds in warm water and incubation again.

* Sowing seeds:

- After 38 – 42 hours, the seeds will germinate, please sow these seeds in the nursery. Sowing the germinated seeds to pots have environment 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.

- After 3 – 4 days, seeds germinated (if it’s cold, should if cover the area sowing by white nylon to keep their warm), after 16 – 20 days (seedling have 2 leaves), can be planted in field.

IV/  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. Pruning branches:

- Leaving only one tree each main vine, prun all lateral branches below axillary 11^th.

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

3. Selection and additional pollination:

- Pollinating, after plants have fruit 5 – 6 days, selecting to leave 2 fruits/plant.

V/ Plant protection:

*Fusarium Wilt:

- It usually occur when the plant begins to flower or small fruit. The plant wilt disease when noon sun, afternoon woke up, a few days after the plant dies.

- Preventing and treating by crop rotation, good drainage, spray with a fungicide such as: Alfamil, Topsin M, Ridomil…

- When infected plants using antibiotics such as: Staner, Mithian…

*Viral disease:

- Diseases transmitted by sucking insects such as thrips, hoppers, aphids... very harmful in the dry season.

- Preventing and treating: should remove and bury the infected plants, spray the lower side of the leaves with the following chemicals: Admire (Confidor), Actara, Regent, Amic, Lannate, Sakura,...

 We wish you the best harvest with Golden Coin Seeds!