WATER MELON – तरबूज़ (10 Seed)

🍉 Watermelon (Tarbooj) Growing Guide
🔹 Common name ➜ Watermelon, Tarbooj
🔹 Scientific name ➜ Citrullus lanatus
🔹 Family ➜ Cucurbitaceae
🔹 Type ➜ Summer fruit crop 🌞
✔️ Suitable for:
➜ Organic farming
➜ Natural farming
➜ Desi beej cultivation
➜ High-profit summer crop

🌤️ Climate & Sowing Time 🇮🇳
India:
➜ Summer sowing ➜ January – March ☀️
➜ Riverbed farming ➜ November – December

📍 Punjab:
➜ Best sowing: • February – March
✔️ Best temperature: ➜ 25–35°C
❌ Sensitive to frost

🌾 Soil Requirement
➜ Best ➜ Sandy loam soil
➜ pH ➜ 6–7.5
✔️ Ideal for: ➜ Organic fruit farming
➜ Natural soil systems
➜ Good drainage crops

🌰 Seed Selection
➜ Recommended: • Organic watermelon seeds
• Desi tarbooj seeds
• Open pollinated seeds
• Non-GMO seeds
✔️ Benefits: ➜ Better taste 🍉
➜ Seed saving possible
➜ Adaptation to local climate

🌱 Sowing Method
➜ Direct sowing
Seed depth: ➜ 2–3 cm
Spacing:
➜ Row ➜ 2–2.5 meter
➜ Plant ➜ 60–90 cm
✔️ Helps: ➜ Vine spread
➜ Bigger fruit size
➜ Better airflow

🌿 Organic Fertilizer Plan
Before sowing:
➜ FYM ➜ 8–10 ton/acre
➜ Vermicompost
➜ Neem cake
During growth:
➜ Jeevamrit spray
➜ Panchgavya
➜ Banana peel fertilizer 🍌 (potassium)
✔️ Improves: ➜ Sweetness 🍉
➜ Fruit size
➜ Yield

💧 Irrigation
➜ First irrigation ➜ after sowing
➜ Then ➜ every 5–7 days
Critical stages: ➜ Flowering 🌼
➜ Fruit development
❌ Reduce water before harvest (increases sweetness)

🌼 Pollination
➜ Bees 🐝 help pollination
➜ Male & female flowers on same plant
✔️ Good pollination = bigger fruits

🐛 Organic Pest Control
Common pests:
➜ Fruit fly 🐛
➜ Aphids
➜ Red pumpkin beetle
Control:
➜ Neem oil spray 🌿
➜ Fruit fly traps
➜ Ash dusting
✔️ Suitable for: ➜ Organic fruit farming
➜ Chemical-free production

🧺 Harvesting
➜ Ready in ➜ 80–100 days
Signs of maturity: ➜ Bottom turns yellow 🟡
➜ Dry tendril near fruit
➜ Hollow sound on tapping

⏳ Crop Duration
➜ Total life ➜ 2.5–3 months

📦 Yield
➜ Average ➜ 100–200 quintal/acre
✔️ High profit crop 💰
✔️ Summer market demand high

🪴 Growing Watermelon on Roof (Grow Bags)
Container size:
➜ Grow bag ➜ 18–24 inch
Soil mix:
➜ 40% soil
➜ 30% compost
➜ 20% cocopeat
➜ 10% sand
Support:
➜ Ground spreading or vertical net

Sunlight ☀️
➜ 7–8 hours sunlight

Watering 💧
➜ Every 1–2 days (summer)
Production (Terrace)
➜ 1 plant ➜ 1–3 fruits 🍉
✔️ Good for: ➜ Terrace gardening
➜ Kitchen garden
➜ Organic fruit growing