Kamis, 28 Februari 2013

High prices, farmers do not think watermelon

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Sindonews.com -sand beach land Farmers Bugel, jungle gym, Kulonprogo Middle rejoice. Central farmers go through harvest watermelon feast on the land area of 25 hectares (ha).

The crops farmers are quite encouraging. From each hectare of land can be generated 40-50 tons of watermelons.

Chairman of farmers group Gisik Prajani Sukarman said, in addition to a fairly good crop yields, farmers growing excitement. The reason, the price of watermelons at the farmers ' level are quite passable reached Rp 2,150 per kilogram (kg). Whereas previously only touched the figure of Rp 1,500 per kilogram.

"Farmers Harvest this year is good enough. For semangkanya only, from each hectare can reach 40-50 tons. The price is also fair, had reached Rp 2,150 at the level of farmers, "said Sukarman, Sunday (24/2/2013).

He explained, the high price of watermelons at the level of farmers due to the large demand both from Jakarta, Bandung and Surabaya. According to him, the watermelon farmer coastal generated good quality. Certainly not cheat farmers so that the watermelon tasted sweet and red.

"Watermelons from the coastal farmers worth consuming. There is no injection system so that the fruit is sweet and red. But, watermelon here have a distinctive feature of the sweet taste, its flesh is red and bright yellow skin, "he explained.

He said, to produce a good watermelon is not without constraints. The farmers had blocked the attack of pests fruit flies. These pests make watermelon fruit rot. Lucky, pest attack just about 5-10 percent of plant only.

"We are the key to success with planting synchronously. Nurtured with organic fertilizer and pest plant organisms as well as handling is done synchronously. Because everything is done synchronously, not much impact on pests plant watermelons, "pungkasnya.

(rna)



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