With passion and practical experience, Ms. Huong Nguyen has her own secrets to turning the rooftop into a melon garden laden with fruit, achieving high yields. Ms. Huong Nguyen (40 years old, living in Ho Chi Minh City) has taken advantage of a 50m2 terrace, growing a variety of clean vegetables to serve her family, but the most impressive and successful model must be the melon growing model, each fruit is round, plump, and sweet.
Sharing about the model, Ms. Huong said that cantaloupe requires 100% sunlight, the minimum potted distance is one hand span. Old planted soil must be turned into dry lime for 1 week to kill disease. Then, mix soil in a ratio of: 40% base soil, 30% porous substrate (rice husk ash, coconut fiber... ), 30% organic fertilizer (fertilizer, earthworm... ), and incubate with phosphorus and humic for 15 days.
Refrigerate seeds, sun-dry for 30 minutes, soak in warm water for 4 hours (2 boiling, 4 cold) and then incubate in a damp towel. Wait 24 hours for the seeds to crack, then sow in a seedling jar containing 70% clean soil and 30% earthworm fertilizer.
Plants grown for 7 - 10 days are transferred to pots. To prevent fungus, the base of the plant is wrapped in 2/3 of a reversed plastic cup. Nutrition in this stage includes fish protein, organic NPK, micronutrients. The pruning of the underplant from the base to the 11th leaf must be done every day.
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