Guo Yanting (second from right), champion of Tainan Xuejia watermelon evaluation, second runner-up Guo Linxiuzhi (middle), third runner-up Guo Maoyong (second from left), Wu Weida, chief secretary of Tainan City Agriculture Bureau (first right), Zhang Mingbao, head of Xuejia District (First from left) Awards.

(Photo by reporter Yang Jincheng)

[Reporter Yang Jincheng/Tainan Report] The Tainan School-A Watermelon Festival debuted yesterday. The 28-year-old young farmer Guo Yanting won the watermelon evaluation and was awarded the School-A Watermelon King. His father Guo Maosheng was the champion last year, and his uncle Guo Maoyong was the champion the year before. This year won the third place. The four generations of melon farming families are very skilled at growing melons.

The champion watermelon weighs 39 catties and has a sweetness of 15 degrees

The Xuejia Watermelon Festival is also open to the public to taste watermelons, and there is no half left. The melon farmers also show and sell truckloads of watermelons. About 10,000 catties are sold out. The public praises Xuejia watermelon is really delicious.

It is currently the Xuejia watermelon production season. The Xuejia Watermelon Industry Cultural Festival was held in Huazong Park yesterday. Zhang Mingbao, head of Xuejia District, said that holding the Watermelon Festival will allow Xuejia Dingzhou watermelon to open up more markets and sell Xuejia’s characteristic agricultural products. Fishery products.

Li Jianyu, director of the Agriculture Bureau of Tainan City, said that Xuejia watermelons are produced in the salty sandy soil of Dingzhou on the bank of the Bazhang River, which is a unique advantage for planting watermelons. The area of ​​watermelons is about 30 hectares, and the harvest rate this year is 70%. Due to the drought and lack of rain, the watermelons are sweet. The degree has been improved, and the appearance and quality are good.

Father and uncle arranged for the champions of the previous two years to come out of blue

The much-anticipated watermelon evaluation has 22 melon farmers participating. After comprehensive evaluation of fruit weight, sweetness, appearance and meat quality, the champion Guo Yanting, the second place Guo Linxiuzhi, and the third place Guo Maoyong.

The audience exclaimed that the same family won the championship again.

Guo Yanting's champion watermelon weighs 39 kilograms and has a sweetness of 15 degrees.

Yonglin Farm, run by brothers Guo Maosheng and Guo Maoyong, four generations of melon farmers in Dingzhou, planted 10 hectares of watermelon fields. The two brothers and their husbands took over the championship and runner-up in the watermelon evaluation of the previous year and last year. This year, it was replaced by the younger generation Guo Yanting. Take the first place.

Step-by-step fruit thinning and fertilization family guidance

It can be said that Guo Yanting grew up in the melon field and became a professional young farmer after retiring from the army. He said that growing melons depends on planting experience, fruit thinning and fertilization must be done step by step, and the family's guidance on melon planting skills is even more beneficial.

Guo Maoyong was not angry at all when he lost to his nephew, and praised his nephew for being better than blue.

Guo Maoyong said that growing melons depends on planting experience, how to choose the best watermelon to grow after the melon vines are thinned, and also use organic materials to prevent and control diseases and insect pests, fertilize with biological fertilizers, and pick watermelons when they are ripe and delicious. Competition is the secret to winning.