Melons
|
Units
|
Average
|
Range
|
Valuation
|
CLIMATE
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
TEMPERATURE
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
GERMINATION - MINIMUM
|
Cº
|
15,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
FROST plant
|
Cº
|
1,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
AIR TEMPERATURE - Zero vegetation
|
Cº
|
12,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
AIR TEMPERATURE - optimize CULTIVATION
|
Cº
|
_____
|
24-34
|
_____
|
AIR TEMPERATURE - MAXIM
|
Cº
|
_____
|
35-40
|
_____
|
TEMPERATURE - optimize GERMINATION
|
Cº
|
_____
|
22-28
|
_____
|
TEMPERATURE - MAXIM GERMINATION
|
Cº
|
39,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
VEGETATIVE DEVELOPMENT
|
Cº
|
_____
|
18-24
|
_____
|
FLOWERING
|
Cº
|
_____
|
20-23
|
_____
|
FLOWERING minimum
|
Cº
|
18,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
ripening
|
Cº
|
_____
|
25-30
|
_____
|
WATER
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
HUMIDITY air % HR-development
|
%
|
_____
|
65-75
|
_____
|
HUMIDITY AIR % HR-flowering
|
%
|
_____
|
60-70
|
_____
|
HUMIDITY AIR % RH-fruition
|
%
|
_____
|
55-65
|
_____
|
SOIL
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES SOIL
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
MEDIA - FRANC
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
PREFER
|
SOIL WATER
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
DRAINED
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
DEMANDING
|
swamped
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
NOT TOLERATED
|
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
PLANT tolerance to pH acid
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
NOT TOLERATED
|
dS/m affects crop
|
dS/m
|
2,2
|
_____
|
_____
|
SALINITY IN THE SOIL-TOLERANCE TO PLANT
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
SENSITIVE
|
alkalinity IN THE SOIL-TOLERANCE TO PLANT
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
TOLERANT
|
MATTER ORGANIC - HUMUS
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
PREFER
|
NUTRITIONAL ELEMENTS
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
NITROGEN-sheet-enough
|
ppm
|
10.000,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
NITROGEN-sheet-deficient
|
ppm
|
5.000,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
PHOSPHORUS-sheet-enough
|
ppm
|
3.000,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
PHOSPHORUS-sheet-deficient
|
ppm
|
1.500,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
potassium-leaf - enough
|
%
|
3,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
POTASIO-hoja - deficient
|
%
|
3,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
FERTILIZATION
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
N-EXTRACTIONS-UF / Ha
|
fu/ha
|
90,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
P-EXTRACTIONS-UF / Ha
|
fu/ha
|
30,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
K-EXTRACTIONS-UF / Ha
|
fu/ha
|
150,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
N-EXTRACTIONS-UF / Tons
|
fu/tm
|
3,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
P-EXTRACTIONS-UF / Tons
|
fu/tm
|
1,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
K-EXTRACTIONS-UF / Tons
|
fu/tm
|
5,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer N-high (Kg-UF/Ha)
|
fu/ha
|
75,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer N-medium (Kg-UF/Ha)
|
fu/ha
|
110,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer N-low (Kg-UF/Ha)
|
fu/ha
|
150,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer P-high (Kg-UF/Ha)
|
fu/ha
|
75,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer P-medium (Kg-UF/Ha)
|
fu/ha
|
110,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer P-low (Kg-UF/Ha)
|
fu/ha
|
150,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer K-high (Kg-UF/Ha)
|
fu/ha
|
150,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer K-medium (Kg-UF/Ha)
|
fu/ha
|
225,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer K-low (Kg-UF/Ha)
|
fu/ha
|
300,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
Manure / has
|
ton/ha
|
30,0
|
20-40
|
_____
|
fertilizer N-high (Kg-UF/Tons)
|
fu/tm
|
2,5
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer N-medium (Kg-UF/Tons)
|
fu/tm
|
3,7
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer N-low (Kg-UF/Tons)
|
fu/tm
|
5,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer P-high (Kg-UF/Tons)
|
fu/tm
|
2,5
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer P-medium (Kg-UF/Tons)
|
fu/tm
|
3,7
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer P-low (Kg-UF/Tons)
|
fu/tm
|
5,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer K-high (Kg-UF/Tons)
|
fu/tm
|
5,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer K-medium (Kg-UF/Tons)
|
fu/tm
|
7,5
|
_____
|
_____
|
fertilizer K-low (Kg-UF/Tons)
|
fu/tm
|
10,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
NITROGEN-preSOWING
|
%
|
_____
|
1/2
|
_____
|
NITROGEN-DEVELOPMENT PLANT
|
%
|
_____
|
1/2
|
_____
|
NITROGEN-development PLANTA-n º contributions
|
nº
|
_____
|
1-2
|
_____
|
PHOSPHORUS-preSOWING
|
%
|
100,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
POTASSIUM-preSOWING
|
%
|
100,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
TECHNIQUES OF CULTIVATION
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
SEEDING-PLANTING
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
SEEDS-WEIGHT (Gr / 1000 SEEDS)
|
gr
|
36,0
|
25-47
|
_____
|
N °-SEEDS/GR.
|
seeds/gr
|
35,0
|
20-50
|
_____
|
SEED germination capacity years
|
years
|
5,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
GERMINATION, TEMPERATURE OPTIMA
|
days
|
_____
|
4-5
|
_____
|
furrow, DISTANCE LINES
|
m
|
2,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
furrow, distance PLANTS cm
|
m
|
1,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
N °-SEEDS/HOLE
|
nº
|
_____
|
4-5
|
_____
|
TABLE, WIDTH BETWEEN CENTRES
|
m
|
3,0
|
2,5-3,5
|
_____
|
DISTANCE BETWEEN PLANTS
|
m
|
0,9
|
0,6-1,25
|
_____
|
TABLE, N ° - ROWS
|
nº
|
2,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
HOLE DEPTH
|
cm
|
20,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
HOLE WIDTH
|
cm
|
40,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
KG. SEED-TUBERS-bulbs/HA.
|
kg/ha
|
2,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
N °-PLANTS-TUBERS/HA.
|
plants/ha
|
4.250,0
|
4.000-4.500
|
_____
|
SEED depth cm
|
cm
|
2,5
|
_____
|
_____
|
remove-nº plants hole
|
nº
|
2,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
remove-DAYS SINCE REGROWTH
|
days
|
10,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
HARVESTING WORK
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
START COLLECTING AGE
|
month
|
_____
|
3-4
|
_____
|
AVERAGE production tonnes / has.
|
ton/ha
|
30,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
COMPOSITION FOOD
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
_____
|
Water-Fresh product
|
gr
|
92,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
Dry matter-Fresh produce
|
gr
|
8,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
ENERGY-Fresh product
|
kcal
|
28,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
POWER-dry matter
|
kcal
|
350,0
|
_____
|
_____
|
Carbohydrates-Fresh produce
|
gr
|
6,6
|
_____
|
_____
|
Carbohydrates-Dry matter
|
%
|
82,5
|
_____
|
_____
|
SUGAR-Fresh product
|
gr
|
5,7
|
_____
|
_____
|
SUGAR-Dry matter
|
%
|
71,3
|
_____
|
_____
|
Dietary fiber-Fresh product
|
gr
|
0,9
|
_____
|
_____
|
Dietary fiber-Dry matter
|
%
|
11,3
|
_____
|
_____
|
FATS-Fresh product
|
gr
|
0,1
|
_____
|
_____
|
FATS-Dry matter
|
%
|
1,3
|
_____
|
_____
|
PROTEINS-Fresh product
|
gr
|
1,1
|
_____
|
_____
|
PROTEINS-Dry matter
|
%
|
13,8
|
_____
|
_____
|