"Stupid" Watermelon in Dingtulou

The "Stupid" Watermelon in Dingtulou, Shuangjian Town, is rich in a large watermelon, which is about 50 kilograms in size. People call it "Stupid" watermelon. "Stupid" watermelon is not only big, but also sweet sand pulp. When subdivided, there are the following different varieties: the first one is Sanyi melon, white skin, red pulp and black seed; The second kind is willow green melon or walnut melon, yellow pulp and red seed; The third kind is three white melons, white skin, white flesh and white seeds. This kind of "stupid" watermelon is most suitable for planting in sandy soil and mixed soil, and clay is a little less. Melon seeds are self-selected and saved by melon farmers. When planting seeds, plant the melon seeds head down and tail up. After the seedlings emerge, evenly plant seedlings, cultivate the soil and break the heads, leave chicken-claw-shaped vines, apply fertilizer, press the seedlings, and prevent and control pests and diseases. The most important thing is to apply sole fertilizer, mainly cake fertilizer, ferment thoroughly, and go up to the ground with soil miscellaneous fertilizer, and the melons will grow very sweet. According to the examination, watermelon has a history of more than 1000 years in China. In the Five Dynasties, Hu Jiao lived in Qidan and began to eat watermelon. Watermelon has rich nutrition and many medicinal effects. Wu Dynasty's Daily Materia Medica; Watermelon is a cucurbitaceae plant with sweet and cold flesh, which enters the heart, stomach and bladder meridian; Clearing heat and relieving summer heat, quenching thirst and diuresis; Contains citrullinated acid, pyrazole propionic acid, betaine, vitamin C and various volatile components, and has antihypertensive effect.
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