Hay steemit, I am @jhonmaks the newcomer in steemit wants to share my knowledge in agriculture. Besides my favorite social activist is gardening I have a garden with a variety of variants of plants both from types of fruit and vegetables.This time I will tell you how and the process of planting melon in polybag.

Sometimes a person is very fond of gardening but for the classical reasons do not have the land the person does not channel his passion in gardening.So my article below will discuss planting melon in the yard of the house by using polybag as a medium of planting so that we can continue gardening in our yard, let us learn together.

For those of you who want to plant melon, but do not have a large enough land do not worry because you can use the media planting polybag or pot. How to grow melon fruit is an alternative for your hobby gardening, but has a narrow land. Polybag or pot is a practical planting medium, easy to move, placed in a narrow place, and the price is affordable.

How to plant melons using polybag or potted media is not difficult, you just need seriousness and patience in terms of gardening. Melon fruit with polybag or pot planting medium if done properly and precisely then the result will not lose quality with a conventional melon planted on the land or garden.

Preparation of planting media in polybag or pot.

• Media planting polybag or pot must be loose and many contain nutrients. Planting medium used is a mixture of soil, manure, fuel husks, and raw husks. With a ratio of 3: 2: 1: 1 then mix well until all mixed.

• Ideal pH to plant melon is about 6 - 7. If pH is below 6 then add dolomite lime and mix it with planting medium.

• For planting media choose the top soil or use the soil near the kiln.

• Clean the soil from the remains of roots, garbage or other organic materials.

• If the planting media has been mixed do not directly planted, but the first silence from the sheltered place of rain for about 5 days for the media to cool.

Prepare polybags and pots

Prepare polybags, pots or used tins. Melon plants have long roots and many then use polybags, pots or tins of a large size that is at least 40 cm diameter.

Prepare melon seeds in polybag or pot

Here's how to grow melons in the seed preparation stage:

• Melon seeds can be obtained at the farm shop or online store.

• You can directly plant the seeds of melon or sowing first. If you want to sow it first, then the way is with a mixture of soil and manure with a ratio of 3: 1.

• Soak melon seeds with warm water for approximately two hours.

• Then drain and store with wet newspaper.

• Put the newspaper that contains the melon seeds into a black plastic bag. Then store the plastic bag in a dark and warm place for 24 hours.

• If you have sprout, seed input into polybag or seed pot. First hole media seedling, then input seedlings with the position of the root candidate is at the bottom. Be careful when entering the seedlings, do not trash root roots broken or damaged.

• About a week later, the seeds can be transferred to the planting medium.

How to plant melon seeds in polybags or pots.

• Melon seeds that have been 1 week old was ready to be moved to the planting medium.

• Make a planting hole according to the size of polybag or seedling pot, remove the plastic polybag seedlings carefully. Then plant 1 seed 1 planting hole.

• Do the planting in the afternoon, this is done to prevent seed death.

• Flush the plant medium to taste so that the seeds do not wither.

• Newly planted seeds can be directly placed in direct sunlight.

How to keep the melon plants

After finishing the seed and planting the seeds, then the next step is to maintain the melon to grow optimally.

• Place the support, preferably installed after planting is complete or before planting.The buffer is mounted by plugging into the planting medium or outside the pot.

• Do watering as necessary, do not be excessive for melon plants not rotten because too much water.

• Do weeding, ie cleaning the plants from weeds and weeds that can damage the plants.

• Do the pruning, the part that is pruned is the first branch or bud until the sixth shoot. leaves that begin yellowing and also the leaves affected by the disease.

How to choose melon fruit

• Prospective fruit that should be maintained is the candidate fruit on the branch or shoots to 7-12.

• Choose the best-sized fruit and shape to raise, the unfavorable fruits should be discarded.

• In one plant can maintain 2 - 3 pieces, depending on the condition of the plant.

Fertilization

Then the next melon plants done fertilization aftershocks. Subsequent fertilization is done when the melon begins to be planted until the harvest. Use KNO3yang fertilizer type for melon tree in polybag or pot is NPK 16: 16: 16 fertilizer.

Fertilization can be done by sowing directly or diluted with water first then splashed. Here are the dosages and times for follow-up fertilization:

• Fertilizer followup I: done when the plants are 14 days after planting. Use NPK 16: 16: 16 fertilizer with a dose of 10 grams per plant.

-Second follow-up fertilizer: done when the plant is 24 days after planting. Use NPK 16: 16: 16 fertilizer with a dose of 10 grams per plant.

• Fertilizer aftershocks: done when the plant was 34 days after planting. Use NPK 16: 16: 16 fertilizer with a dose of 10 grams per plant.

• IV follow-up fertilizer: done when the plant is 44 days after planting. Use NPK 16: 16: 16 fertilizer with a dose of 10 grams per plant.

• Supplementary fertilizer V: done when the plant is 54 days after planting. Use NPK 16: 16: 16 fertilizer with a dose of 10 grams per plant.

-Fertilizers: to meet the needs of micro nutrients, then spray fertilizer leaves once a week.

#control of pests and diseases of melon plants

Pest control for melon planting rate as a hobby can use vegetable pesticides. If necessary, use insecticides to eradicate pests and and use fungicides to eradicate fungal-induced diseases. Spraying done every morning with repetition 4 - 5 days or according to conditions.

Harvest melons

Melon fruit can be harvested when the melon is approximately 90 days after planting. The characteristics of melon that are ready for harvest are:

• Already issued a fragrant aroma typical of melon.
• mesh fiber contained on the surface of melon skin looks rough and clear.
• Color green skin color.Dunun on plants have begun to dry.
• It is cracked on the fruit skin around the stalk.

So the article how to grow melon fruit using polybag or pot, may be useful for those of you who have a narrow land but want to plant melon fruit.