Watermelon (Pakwan) Farming Update - Around 2 Months



little watermelon fruit hiding...





I was so excited to hear the news that we might harvest the first batch of our Kaneko variety watermelon on the first week of December. So here are some photos taken to show how our watermelons look like. Our cute models were not available today though.



crawl, crawl, crawl



See the watermelons from one row about to meet their counterparts from the other row. It seems it was just a few days back when my guys started planting and look how green the field is today!



green watermelon field



Good job to my L's uncle who supervises the work in the field. He is a just man whom we can trust on this one and knows a lot about watermelon because he was one of the pioneers in planting watermelon in our area. You can see him inspecting the farm the whole day everyday.



he is the man!



More photos of the first batch of watermelon that could be harvested in the first week of December. And the next batch might be 2nd or 3rd week December ready for all city visitors, bakasyunistas and fruit dealer middlemen.



more watermelon fruits hiding...





watermelon everywhere!



Thanks to my L who patiently took these photos when I requested them. Lapit na rin siguro ang mga Diana pakwan mo. Yum yum!

OOOOPPPPSSS!!!! Cutie little lady.... Where were you and ate, our cute models, when mommy took the watermelon pictures???


our little lady





Watermelon Pest and Diseases

Thanks Regie for your comment wherein you asked about a problem in growing watermelon you called speedup (?). To be honest, I don't know this disease or (virus?) yet. Although this will be my third time to venture in watermelon farming, we haven't encountered any major problem in our watermelon EXCEPT, here it is Regie, we have observed that at the later part of December the leaves of the watermelon starts to dried up starting from the oldest leaves. It slowly creeps to the youngest leaves until the plant dies. This happens though during our harvest time already so it is not a big problem anymore.

I wish you could explain in your next comment what were the signs of speedup and maybe you could also share to us your experience so other readers could comment. What month do you usually start planting your watermelon.

And for your added information here are some websites that could give more informations to you about watermelon pests and diseases. Hope it helps.

Watermelon Growth Diseases

Pests and Diseases of Watermelon

Texas Plant Disease Handbook

http://luv2garden.com/watermelon_pest_diseas.html