Watermelon Transplanting Technique

Shri Pradhan noticed high percentage of mortality of watermelon seedlings in early stage in traditional method of sowing. He also noticed that owing to slow growth of seedlings, weeds grow rapidly, which reduced yield drastically. The raised seedling of watermelon in poly bag in the backyard and transplanted them in the pit in the main field (with earth ball intact) after 15 days of sowing
mortality in traditional seed sowing was 23% while it was 6% in sowing seeds in polybag. Thus it is economical for farmers who use hybrid seeds which are otherwise costly. Besides, weed population was reduced owing to faster growth of plant in the later stage. And it is easy to take care of young seedling in the backyard than in the main field, which is labour and time saving.