This Xuejiadingzhou watermelon weighs 39 kilograms, which is rare this year.

(Photo by reporter Yang Jincheng)

[Reporter Yang Jincheng/Tainan Report] The Tainan Xuejia Watermelon Festival will be held in Huazong Park on the 6th. The most famous Dingzhou watermelon encountered a severe drought, and the size of the watermelon has shrunk. The average weight is about 20 to 25 kilograms. The sweetness has increased, and the yield rate of 70% is also the best in recent years.

Zhang Mingbao, head of Xuejia District, said that the key to delicious Xuejia watermelon is grown in salty areas. It is juicy and delicious, and has always been a sought-after commodity in the market. A characteristic agricultural products.

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The annual Xuejia Watermelon Industry Cultural Festival will be held in Xuejia Huazong Park on the 6th. The office will launch a watermelon party to invite the community to perform music, dance, hold the Watermelon Chess Junior Chess Championship, watermelon soap DIY, watermelon cotton DIY, Xuejia watermelons were exhibited and sold, and there was a commendation meeting for model mothers in Xuejia District.

The highlight of the Xuejia Watermelon Festival is the watermelon evaluation, the selection of the "Xuejia Watermelon King", and free tasting of watermelons. Zhang Mingbao went to Dingzhou melon fields today (3rd) to inspect the watermelon harvesting. The project strengthens the patrolling of melon fields and protects the hard work of melon farmers.

Xuejia watermelons are produced on the banks of the Bazhang River in Dingzhou. Dingzhou watermelons are well-known because they are planted in salty land and have good planting techniques. However, due to the lack of labor in the countryside, the watermelon planting area has been around 2 to 30 hectares in recent years.

Guo Maoyong and Zhuang Xiaolin, the fourth-generation local melon farmers in Dingzhou, and their elder brothers Guo Maosheng and Cai Qionghui run Yonglin Farm. They planted nearly 10 hectares of watermelon. Planting melons is amazing.

Xuejia watermelons are planted in January and harvested at the end of April. 200 melon seedlings are planted in one plot, and only one watermelon will be left for each melon seedling to grow, which will grow big and sweet. In previous years, it can weigh 3, It weighs 40 kilograms, and its growth was affected by drought this year.

Guo Maoyong said that the high tide of sea water can reach the Dingzhou section of Bachang River directly. Because of the drought, there is no rain in the upper reaches of Bazhang River, and there is no fresh water supply. We can only pump water from the stream and groundwater when the tide is low to irrigate the melon fields, which affects the growth of watermelons. 1 The weight of each piece is about 20 to 25 kilograms.

Guo Maoyong said that this year's watermelon harvest rate is 70% better than before. The purchase price of traders is 12 yuan per catty, and the end-of-market consumption exceeds 20 yuan. Although the harvest rate is good, the number of watermelons has shrunk and the output has increased slightly. This is also due to the increase in planting costs. , can only be considered a small profit.

The well-known Jiadingzhou watermelon in Tainan encountered a severe drought. The watermelon shrank in size, but its sweetness increased. The harvest rate of 70% is also the best in recent years.

(Photo by reporter Yang Jincheng)

Zhang Mingbao (left), mayor of Tainan Xuejia District, and Guo Maoyong (right), a melon farmer in Dingzhou, inspected the melon fields.

(Photo by reporter Yang Jincheng)