Melon season continues on Quynh Lien field
(Baonghean.vn) - Without letting the land rest, in the Quynh Lien field (Hoang Mai town), people are always busy harvesting and planting. The chayote crop has just passed, and now it's the melon crop. The heavy watermelon is about to be harvested, and new melon shoots are green. And after the melon crop, there will be carrots, white squash, green squash, red squash, bitter melon...
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| This season, walking along the coastal defense road in hamlets 4 and 5, Quynh Lien commune, Hoang Mai town, one can see a fresh picture of the countryside. The watermelon fields stretch nearly 20 hectares and are grown by about 40 households. The watermelon fields are ready for harvest... Photo: Duy Son |
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| ...right next to the newly sprouted melon fields. Before watermelons were planted, this was an area for growing chayote, so there was a trellis for the chayote to climb. Photo: Duy Son |
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| The life cycle of a melon plant is about 2 months. People start planting in the 2nd and 3rd lunar months and harvest sporadically in the summer. These are the melon fields that will yield the first harvest this summer. Photo: Duy Son |
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| Plump melons waiting for the near harvest day. Photo: Duy Son |
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| Mr. Nguyen Dinh Quynh (Hamlet 4, Quynh Lien Commune) said that his melon field will be ready for harvest in about five to seven days. Currently, the biggest melon weighs about 6-7 kg. This year, melons have a good harvest but the price is cheap. The price of melons in the field is 4-5 thousand VND/kg. Photo: Duy Son |
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| Next to the round, quality melons are the rejected melons lying right in the field. The farmers said that each melon bush only leaves the beautiful melons to ensure the brand and sell for a high price later. |
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Melons must be watered in the midday sun, unlike other vegetables that are watered early in the morning or late in the afternoon. Melons love the sun, but they must have water during the hottest time of the day. If they are not watered, the melons will wilt. Photo: Duy Son |
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