How To Cultivate Watermelon In Nigeria

The demand for it is high which is very encouraging to farmers.

How to my zodiac sign. Watermelons prefer a soil ph between 60 and 70 slightly acidic. Plan to space the plants about 2 feet apart in a 5 foot wide hill. This fruit has a green rind and watery flesh that is bright red when ripe and contains black pips.

When short term returns on investments constitute the driving factors watermelon is among the crops to plant. In the southern part you can plant in march which is the early planting season. It has the capacity to make a farmer wealthy within the shortest possible time.

Watermelon is one of the highly cultivated and consumed crops believed to have originated almost 5000 years ago from the kalahari desert of africa. Generally watermelon can be planted all year round in the north as long as their adequate water supply through irrigation. You need to dig the hole to a depth of 30 cm and then make about 10 holes and drop some seeds there.

But thanks to the hadeja and lake chad irrigation schemes are producing watermelon all year round. The gestation period is between 75 and 90 days depending on varieties. Watermelon is easy to cultivate as it does not involve much work.

Watermelon is imported ro call call it smuggled into nigeria trough seme border between february to may every year we dont produce enough watermelon in nigeria for export. Watermelon is widely cultivated and consumed all over the globe. The gestation period is between 75 and 90 days depending on varieties.

Watermelon is a plant of the genus citrullus a variety of melon. Watermelon is widely cultivated in northern nigeria it is very popular in the north. When short term returns on investments constitute the driving factors watermelon is among the crops to plant.

Its origin is traced back to the kalahari desert in africa. In the northern part of nigeria this period is usually may for the early season or july for the late season. Growing the vines in raised rows known as hills ensures good drainage and will hold the suns heat longer.

Watermelons do best in loamy somewhat sandy well drained soil. I like the idea of venturing into the watermelon farm because planting to harvesting takes approximately 90days 3 months so you can plant and harvest up to 4 times in a year. I am aware that when the price goes so high watermelon is imported into nigeria from niger chad benin and togo republics.

Large quantities of watermelon consumed in southern nigeria comes from the northern part of the country.