Seed Sowing Guide
Seedling
Prepare Baba seedling soil and seedling pots. Fill up the seedling pots with seedling soil, use finger gently make a small hole, put in 1-2 seeds and cover with a thin layer of soil.
During seedling stage, put under shaded area and make sure water thoroughly when needed. When there is sprout, then move it to area with direct sunlight.
♥♥ Extra Tip: Before put in seed into soil or before transplant, you could water the seedling mix or potting mix first. This is to ensure the potting mix get enough moist and prevent plants get dehydrated later.
Transplant
When the seedlings grow 3 to 4 true leaves, may thin out excess seedlings (remove weak seedlings) or transplant, keep the strongest seedling for each hole. Leave 30-60cm gap for each plant, build trellis to support it.
Fertilizing
Topdressed with Mr. Ganick 426 Organic Melon Fertilizer weekly. Put the fertilizer away from plant with 15cm gap, then, cover the fertilizer with a thin layer of soil.
Water after done fertilizing.
Harvest Tips:
Only keep main vine and a side vine with the an axillary bud, remove other axillary bud. Only keep one fruit per vine.
Ready to be harvested when the stem of fruit become soft.
Growing Tips:
After blooming, can manually pollinate in the morning.
Store the fruit in cold place for 7-10 days after harvest, may get better taste of fruit.
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