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Watermelon Farming: Farmer Raju and his wife of Farrukhabad have earned millions by cultivating watermelon in a desi manner. They do not use expensive manure and also make organic manure from the crop.
Couple doing Narai in the field
Highlights
- Farmer Raju and wife earned millions by cultivating watermelon in a native way.
- Increased production by cultivating from khurpi without expensive fertilizer.
- Organic fertilizer from watermelon crop is made and used in the next crop.
Watermelon farming: Farmers of Farrukhabad are doing farming by adopting such a desi method, due to which they are benefiting from the same crop. Not only is the income increasing, but the expenditure is also decreasing. These days, videos working in a farmer couple’s field are going viral on social media, who have caught people’s attention in their hard work and desi way.
The local 18 team searched to know the truth of these viral videos, then the farmer Raju and his wife came out. Both have been cultivating watermelon for the last 25 years. Farmer Raju says that watermelon and expenses are reduced in watermelon than the rest of the crops, and the most important thing – its sale is done from the farm itself. The crop has to be broken twice and when the complete production is removed, compost is made from the remaining plants. This time farmer Raju has sown the Chamunda variety of watermelon.
Khurpi cultivated, does not look expensive fertilizer
Raju says that seeds, water and care are needed to give good production to the watermelon crop, but they do not use any expensive manure or medicines.
They only weed the field with a khurpi, which not only saves hard work, but also reduces the cost. He says that not only hard work brings color in this farming done in a native way, but the crop is also bumper.
Raju explains that when the field is thoroughly cleaned from the beginning and the grass is cut on time, the watermelon plants get an open space to grow and their growth is fantastic.
Millions of earnings from watermelon crop
After the excavation of potatoes, farmers sow melon seeds. This crop is ready by May-June. In summer, the demand for watermelon remains all over the country, in such a situation, farmers earn well.
Raju says that a bigha field costs about 3000 rupees and watermelon comes out from there. In the market, they get a rate of 10 to 20 rupees a kg, which earns millions.
After harvesting, farmers make organic manure from the remaining plants of Raju watermelon and use it in the next crops. This also increases the yield of the next crop and the fertile power of the field also remains.
How to grow watermelon?
Raju says that first of all, seeds or plants are planted at a distance of one foot in it. Irrigation is done in time and as the plants grow, flowers and then fruits start coming out in them.
Watermelon is ready in about 90 days and selling directly from the farm starts.
