Archive for Melon
October 2, 2009 at 11:10 am · Filed under Mechanization, Melon ·Tagged agricultural practices, asian countries, colour variations, confectionaries, cultivation methods, cultivators, different kinds, essential vitamins and minerals, fruits and vegetables, griculture, immune power, major components, massive strength, melon seeds, metabolism, packing machine, s gross, technical expertise, technical flair, vitamins and minerals
Agriculture has gained large importance in the modern day living. People are dependant on the fruits and vegetables to nourish their daily needs. The total consumption of the essential vitamins and minerals can be obtained with the intake of melon fruits. These fruits are of unique nutritional competance. Agricultural practices have also gained amssive support from the technological advacnements gifted from the sciennce fraternity. People have started using these modes of technical expertise to cater to the increasing demands of the world’s gross economy. The use of melon seeds can also encourage farmers and other cultivators to have dignified level of technical flair to club with traditional cultivation methods.
Melon Seed
Melon seeds play a mjor role in the creation of massive immune power inside the body. They tend to capitalize the use of proteins and other minerals contained in it to build up massive strength among the cells. These cells take part in the actual metabolism enabling defined resistance to the diseases. Melon seeds do have unique texture when compared to seeds of other plants. These seeds tend to possess massive colour variations as far as different melon furits are concerned. The taste also differs with different kinds of melon seeds. Melon seeds can be of unique shape and size. These cannot be used as edible parts but it is used to make other products with melon seeds as major components. The melon seeds are used to make cakes. Special type of cake prepared from the melon seeds is popular among people all over the world. Certain industries use melon seeds as part of acive ingredients in confectionaries. In certain Asian countries it is used in general cooking of dishes. These dishes do have extraordinary taste and it is popular among lot of cuisines.
Melon seed packing machine
In most of industries melon seed packing is done manually. This can be avoided with the help of fully automated melon packing machine. This machine tends to have better access to the melon seeds when compared to traditional packing methods. Melon seed packing machine are incorporated with the microcoputers. These are scheduled to create useful tracking system inorder to have programmed packing of the seeds. These seeds can be packed automatically into proper packing material. The selection of the packing material plays an important role in the creation of well-sealed package. The machine is fitted with fault alarm sensors so as to portray any sort to damage or mishap that occurs in the packing module. The sealing unit is incorporated inside the machine, which takes care of the sealing of package on all sides of the pack. This ensures no spilling of the seeds during the transport. Also one needs to have better aesthetic look to the automatically packaged products. This can also enhance the production rate appreciably yielding much profit to the investors and cultivators.
Role of automation
Automation plays a major role in the melon seed packing. It greatly promotes the speed of activities that takes place inside the factory premises. The automation is greatly aided by the sychronization circuits that are present in the automated melon seed packing machine. The automation of packing of melon seeds involves series of actions such as bag production, sorting of seeds, filling of the seeds and finally the sealing of pack. Sorting of seeds can be done with the help of special devices installed over the machine. The cycle of events keep repeating after specific period of time. This is properly maintained by timer circuits present. This can make the overall process to be monitored with proper assiatance scheduled by machine manufacturers while the machine is at design stage itself.
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October 2, 2009 at 9:34 am · Filed under Mechanization, Melon ·Tagged body cells, filling machine, fruit cultivation, ground surface, growth of plants, infectious organisms, mature fruits, maximum immunity, medium water, melon seeds, metabolic activity, optimum level, optimum time, potassium salts, root tips, sandy soil, soil surface, tissue culture methods, vital vitamins, vitamins and minerals
Melon fruits can be of great nutritional value. These supply vital vitamins that are needed by the body to cater the metabolic rate maintenance inside the body. Also one needs to have clear cut idea about the use of the vitamins to sfeguard the body from the infection of many kinds of infctions caused by air-borne microbes and water-borne infectious organisms. These vitamins and minerals supplied through daily intake of the food can strengthen the body cells by giving it maximum immunity towards the infection causing microbial actions. Doctors do advise people to take melon fruits as a major supplement in their daily food as they supply rich Vitamins like vitamin-C and vitamin-E. Body also needs certain essential salts that can serve as catalyst for certain metabolic activity that takes place inside the body. The body also needs sodium and potassium salts for the revival of energy when the body is put to high physical work.
Melon cultivation
Melons are cultivated in sandy soil surface. This melon fruit cultivation requires medium water supply all along the cultivation period. The scheme of events should be done under moderate supply of sunrays. These sunrays can ripen the fruits at optimum time. The root of the plant moves deep inside the ground surface. This can make root tips to reach the water level enabling optimum level of moisture to be maintained. These can faciliate proper nourishemnt to the plant. The melon fuirt plants are spaced equally in the field so as to promote clean and planned growth of plants. Once the plant is matured, it would be of more than 18 inches in diameter. The mature fruits bear lot of seeds inside them with planned sowing of seeds back into the ground, new plants can be achieved. New set of hybrdised seeds can be obtaiend through proper tissue culture methods.
Industrial melon seed filling machine
Melon seeds can be packaged with help of industrial melon seed filling machine. This can be of different varieties. The seed filling can takes place in any axis based on the requirement placed by the industries. The technical paramters that measure the performance of the melon seed filling machine are total weight of machine, pouch size and power. The melon seed can be packaged with polyethelene pouches. These pouches can be also formed with proper sealing on all 4 sides. The seeds can be filled according to the requirement of the packaging material. The program for the packaging is written on to the sychronizing microcomputer that feeds instrcutions to filling machine control. Precison stepmotors are used to provide the drive for filling unit. The melon seeds are loaded on one side of the industrila melon seeds filling machine.
Application of automatic melon seed filling machine
Melon seed filing machine can be used in diffferent sectors of the food processing industries. Melon seed filling machine are commerically very important since melon seeds are used in lot of edible foods. These foods can be prepared with utmost technological expertise and can be marketed at good market price. Delicious confectionaries can be obtained with melon seeds. These melon seed preparations provide fabulous taste to the customers. These melon seed filling machine are also utilized for production of sweets and snacks. These snacks and sweets are popular among the western countries. The melon seeds are ingredients of the mouth freshners along with the nut. This mouthfreshners does possess natural benefits of melon seeds. Thus it has instituted the elimination of organic preparations from mouth freshners. When compared with rival products available in commercial market with organic flavors and products these are safe to use. These obsolete organic products can be replaced ably with natural mouthfreshners.
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September 5, 2009 at 3:57 am · Filed under Melon ·Tagged acre field, ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate, band application, colony of bees, cucurbitaceae family, duri, fertilization, Fertilizers, furrow irrigation, honeydew, irrigation method, irrigations, liquid solution, melon production, melons, Pollination, root rot diseases, sprinkling, stimulant
Melons belong to the Cucurbitaceae family. The plant grows in the form of a vine. It is basically a fruit, but some of it forms may be taken as ‘culinary vegetables’.
Many different varieties of melons are produced including Crenshaw, Juan Canary, Persian and Honeydew. Here is a look at the different factors involved in agricultural melon production.
Soils
Melons grow best in well-drained soils. Heavier soils are proffered because they can hold more water, which slows the start of the collapsing of vines, to ensure that melons grow with as little soil contact as possible, beds should left cloddy.
Irrigation
Too much saturation can be a stimulant for root rot diseases and ground spotting of fruit especially close to harvesting time. Furrow-irrigation method is usually used for melon production because sprinkling has a cooling effect on soil. Irrigations are scheduled as required to allow the replacement of moisture in the beds. The last irrigation is usually scheduled a week before the harvest.
Fertilization
Preplant P2O5 at 100 to 150 pounds/acre is used by majority of the growers. Materials that are commonly used for fertilization include liquid ammonium phosphate (10-34-0) as a band application near the lines of the seeds or ammonium phosphate (11-52-0) prior to listing the beds. A side stressing of N is used at 150 pounds/acre. It is a normal practice to use to use a liquid solution of UAN-32 (urea-ammonium nitrate.32-0-0) or AN-20 (liquid ammonium nitrate, 20-0-0) as the N source in place of dry N fertilizers.
Pollination
The recommendation is at least one colony of bees/acre; one and one-half colonies/acre is best. The distribution of bees should be such that they are present on at least two sides of a 40-acre field; it is even better if the bees are present within the fields. If the bees are present in large numbers yields are increased. Fruit-producing flowers open only for a day. A well pollinated flower will be visited by 15 bees on average during this period of time. The flower aborts if it’s poorly pollinated. Near the crown of the plant is where the best quality, largest size and earliest maturing melons are produced. For this reason, an adequate number of bees should be present in the field when the first male blossoms develop.
Integrated Pest Control
This includes weed control and insect identification and control. The herbicides that are available for weed management are not very effective, Majority of the growers use mechanical cultivation and hand hoeing for weed control.
Melons produced in the fall season are attacked by crickets, cutworms, aphids, ground battles and some other insects. Spring melons are attacked by mites, melon aphids, cutworms and a few other insects.
Furrow irrigation reduces sudden wilt, which is a serious problem that affects melons after fruit set
Post harvest Handling
Mixed melons can be injured by wrong chilling temperatures. 7 degree centigrade is the temperature that is best for honeydews, Crenshaw’s and Persians and 10 degree centigrade for casabas.
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September 4, 2009 at 2:22 pm · Filed under Greenhouse, Melon ·Tagged cucumbers, drip irrigation system, female flower, glasshouse, grass clippings, Greenhouse, inch pipe, inch pots, male flowers, melon seeds, mid day, Organic matter, paint brush, Pollination, potting soil, seedlings, single line, straws, tennis balls, trellis
When you start to feel that cucumbers is no longer attractive to grow in your greenhouse, and your friends no longer visit you in late summer to avoid the free tomatoes, you should really consider of growing melons.
Sow the melon seeds in your greenhouse between mid April and end of May. Sow them directly into 3 inch pots using standard potting soil.
Once the seedlings bear two true leaves, plant them out in a cold glasshouse inside growing bags. Better yet, plant them directly into well-prepared soil (with lots of organic matter) in your greenhouse. Composted grass clippings and straws are good ideas if your melons are trenched in using the double digging method.
Create some support for your melons. This may be a single line of string tied to the supports in the glasshouse roof, which is then secured in the ground with a peg next to the base of the melons. Or, you can always use a fan trellis.
As the melons start to grow, tie the strongest shoots to the support and pinch out the side shoots that grow from the main stems. When the stems reach the top of the support, pinch out the leading shoots. This trick will help your melons concentrate on bearing more and larger fruits.
Next key is watering. Water your melons well. Oh, they love plenty of water. The best way is using a drip irrigation system. Another is inserting a 3 inch pipe when planting those melons so that water can directly touch the roots. Remember that it should be constantly moist, not wet. So water your melons well, but never too much.
Once the flowers grow, take a small paint brush and lightly brush each flower to aid pollination. It is recommended to be done during mid-day since it is when the humidity is high. After 2 or 3 days remove the male flowers (note: a female flower has a melon-like growing at its bottom part).
Once the fruits grow, feed them with a liquid melon fertilizer (the one usually used to fertilize tomatoes as well) once a week.
When the fruits are as big as tennis balls, support them using string nets. As the summer passes by and the fruits reach full size, remove a few leaves to allow them ripen. Keep in mind that in the peak of the summer your greenhouse must be kept humid by watering the path early in the morning. Keep a bucket of water standing still inside it is a good trick, too.
Growing melons may be challenging, but the rewards are worth the efforts. The harvest can be enjoyed in various dishes. Tasty sweet!
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August 29, 2009 at 3:51 pm · Filed under Melon ·Tagged cantaloupe melon, cucurbitaceae family, full flavor, gentle pressure, honeydew, kitchen counter, lemon juice, liqueur, mature melons, molds, muskmelon, nutmeg melon, orange flesh, other ones, ripe cantaloupe, rock melon, shelf life, tasty varieties, vines, yellow background
Melons are large juicy round fruits, various members of the Cucurbitaceae family. They refer to either the plants or the fruits. They grow as vines. And though melons are fruits, some varieties are considered culinary vegetables.
Melons can be easily improved and cross-cultivated, resulting in many different new tasty varieties. When they ripen (normally marked by their strong, good smell), keep them in the refrigerator as they are best served cold. Read the rest of this entry »
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August 20, 2009 at 4:25 am · Filed under Melon ·Tagged air temperatures, bush varieties, compost, cucumber beetles, delicacy, different type of soil, fruit plants, inch pots, manure tea, organic nutrients, pot plant, rich soil, ripe melons, seedlings, three seeds, time span, type plants, unwanted insects, warm climate, warm weather
Imagine that you eat the sweet, ripe melons harvested from your own garden. Aren’t they just mouth watering for you? Well, to obtain this kind of delicacy, your melons need proper treatment.
Melons are summer-type plants. They enjoy full sunlight, rich soil and three to four months of warm weather. Having a conditioned soil may benefit your melons, but the one full of organic nutrients and well-drained is much better. Keep in mind that different type of melon gets along with different type of soil. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 6, 2009 at 11:28 am · Filed under Articles, Melon ·Tagged 20th of april, 6 million, animal manure, autumn, centimeters, Drip irrigation, Fertilizer, flavors, fungal diseases, growth period, hot summer, melon production, organic materials, quality melons, Seeds, Soil, sprouts, sunny weather, tonnes, warm climates
See Turkey !
In these hot summer days, melons are one of the favorite fruits of the Turkish people, who produce 1.8 million tonnes of melons every year. This places Turkey at the second in the world melon production, right after China, who produces 6.6 million tonnes. All this information is leading to this: We know how to grow quality melons, and now we’ll share our secrets with you.
First thing you have to do is to decide which kind of melon to grow. There are many varieties with different flavors grown around the world and your choice should suit your purposes and climate.
Overall, melons like hot or warm climates. The long growth period requires hot and sunny weather, too much moisture might cause fungal diseases. Clayed or acidic soil isn’t good for melons and it should be able to hold water well. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 25, 2009 at 10:17 am · Filed under Melon, Vegetative Production ·Tagged air blower, bactericidal, climatic factors, crop variety, different seasons, environmental conditions, excessive evaporation, frosts, greenhouse vegetable, greenhouses, inorganic materials, mildew, polyethylene sheet, preservation systems, soil surface, spring season, vegetable cultivation, water mattresses, winter season, wood heaters
Vegetable and fruit growing and ornament planting in low and high systems under environmental conditions created by eliminating external climatic factors is called protected cultivation. Among these systems, there are high constructions protected by glass or plastic, which are called greenhouses. As more crops can be harvested using protected vegetable growing than outdoor agriculture, income increases likewise. In protected vegetable cultivation, tomato growing comes first. Then comes cucumber, eggplant, melon, squash and watermelon growing. Read the rest of this entry »
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Agricultural Biodiversity 