Direct sowed watermelon germinating strongly with only a single light drink 1. Deep plough with a tractor. 2. Make planting stations of depth 20cm. 3. Put heaped shovel of well rotten manure of either cattle, poultry, pig or goat. 4. Put 60g of Compound C on each planting station and mix with the manure and soil within the planting station. 5. Put the soil to almost level of the planting hole. 6. Irrigate to field capacity on each planting hole. The following day plant 3 plants on each planting station. 7 . Do a light irrigation regularly until there's good germination. Check Cutworm effect on young seedlings and if any, spray any one of the following insecticides: Decis forte, Chloroprifos, Lambda. For me, l prefer Decis forte since it is persistent in the soil compared to other insecticides. After 7 days of seedlings emergence, remove one seedling per planting station leaving two seedlings per planting station. 8. 2 weeks after germination, top dress with AN (34.5% N) 5
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