Melons grow on available space beside the plant so proper
provisions are required to accommodate the fruit. The stem plant usually has
only a large fruit hence the need for space management.
Farm management and efficiency experts have over the
years created different designed for maximum yield. They designs take into
consideration efficiency, size of plot, growth rate, distance between stalks.
There are two ways to achieve good yield depending on
plot size or harvest time. Time management techniques require achieving many
pumpkins in the shortest possible time. While plot management involves proper land
use efficiency based on planting design.
Write
a Business Plan
Write a pumpkin and melon business plan then carry out a
feasibility study. Make sure your farm has adequate water and good soil
composition.
You also need to determine how to acquire seeds, startup
funds and permit. Other considerations are customer demography, storage and
marketing the produce.
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Hire
Workers
You need to hire workers to maintain the farm. Hire
causal laborers and experienced farmer hands. You could also reduce overhead by
deploying some mechanized equipment on your farm land.
Secure
Funding
Apply for loan by approaching an agricultural bank or
trade bank in your locality. In many countries farmers are giving grants and
government support through the provision of subsidized fertilizer.
Buy or
Lease Farm Land
Farm land is generally found in rural areas or city
outskirts. This is because the prices of such lands are usually low.
Find a suitable land that can support melon farming and
purchase or lease the land. Make sure the land conforms to government zoning
requirements.
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How
to Grow Melon and Pumpkin
The process of growing melons is simple and
straightforward. It requires physical effort to till the land and prepare before
planting high yield seeds.
The size of the plot will impact on your planting layout
and eventual harvest. In order to till the land hire direct labor or use
automated or semi-automated machinery.
Planting involves placing seedlings in farm block or
rows. Always provide adequate space for the large fruit around the stem.
You need to leave some space between each row of
seedlings to accommodate the melon. Each seedling is capable of producing one
melon per plant.
Provide adequate water for your saplings as they grow and
produce the fruit. Melons and pumpkins generally spawn on available space around
the stalk. The space could be an empty dirt block, grass land patch of dirt.
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Types
of Pumpkin and Melon Farms
We can categorize
different types of farms into very large farms and multi-level farms. Others
farm variations include rapid harvest farms, small farms and semi-automated
farms.
- Very large farms
- Multi-level farms
- Rapid harvest farms
- Small farms
- Semi-automated farms.
Melon Farming Equipment
General
equipment’s used to farm the fruit are hand tool such as hoe and diggers. You
could use automated or semi-automated machinery and small tractors. You need a
storage space, fertilizer and other pest and rodent control measures.
- Shovels
- Rakes
- Hoes
- Diggers
- Automated Machinery
- Semi-Automated Machinery
- Harvesters
- Tractor
- Small Truck
Marketing the Fruits
There
are a few places to sell your produce. Sell directly to whole/retail fruits
sellers and market women.
You
could open a fruit store and sell directly to customers. Other viable customers
are fruit juice producers and related industries.
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