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Climate Change
Wetem jenj long ren we I stap foldoan, cyclone we oli kilim yumi, mo tu ples I stap hot I ko, bae climate change I save afektem bigwan ol kakae blong yumi.
Taem yu harem Meteo I talem se bae I kat dry time, I nid blong yu mekem sam gudfala manajmen long karen blong protektem ol kakae we yu plantem.
No letem climate change I winim yu! Lesen gud long toktok we I kamaot long Meteo, NDMO wetem ol agrikalja ofisa.
Managemen Praktis
i) Weeding/control long bebet mo sik
Weedim karem blong keepim I clean oltaem mo controllem gud bebet mo sik.
ii) Mulching
Mulching I minim se yumi putum dead leaf or grass raon long stampa blong wan crop. Hemi impoten blong usum mulching long taem lo strong sun from sei hemi
Protektem graon from strong sun
Help blong trapem wota blong plants oli save usum
Help blong protektem kakae blong ol plants long graon blong oli no wash away ( leaching)
Taem blong I wotamelon I redi ( harvesting)
2-3 manis
Department of Agriculture & Rural Development
PMB 9040
Port-Vila, Vanuatu
Tel: ( 678) 22525/22432
Fax: ( 678) 25265

Cucumber beetle	Descripsen
	Leaf I yellow mo weak. Sam white samting long leaf. Warm mo wet weta I stap buildem ap sik ia. / Sik ia I save kasem narafala plant thru long wind. / Control / Pulum aot ol plants we oli kasem sik mo bunem longwei long Karen.

WATERMELON

Department of Agriculture & Rural Development-DARD
PMB 9040
Port-Vila
Vanuatu
Tel: ( 678) 22525/22432
Fax: ( 678) 25265

INTRODAKSEN

Watermelon (citrullus lanatus, citrullus vulgaris) hemi save kro gud long tropical regions. Hemi kam aot long saot blong Afrika. Olsem ol narafa vegetable, water melon hemi veri rich long Vitmain C. Hemi contain 6 % sugar mo 92% wota. Fruits blong hem I save kasem 3-20 kg mo I depend long variety mo growth
Manis blong planem
Yia round. Hemia I minem sei yumi save planem long any manis long year, long ren sisen mo tu long dry sisen.
Gudfala ples blong mekem karen
Water melon hemi needim fulap sun mo I save gru gud long open ples. Graon bae I no mas fulap long wota, mo wota I no mas tajem kakae blong plant.
Soil requiremens
Graon we wota I no fulap long hem
Graon wei I rij long ol kakae blong plant
No kat tumas bebet mo sik

Kaen blong watermelon
I kat fulap differen kaen blong wotamelon wei yumi save planem. Tri (3) wei yumi stap planem
Planting
Planem sids blong melon directly long karen (ino needim nursery) planem 2-3 sids long wan hole long 1 inch deep long graon
Recommended spacing
Bitwin rows 1.2-2m , Bitwin plants 1.2-2m
Bebet mo sik

Sam long ol kaen wei yu stap Planem i i) Carolyn cross ii) yellow crimson iii) sugar baby

1. Powdery mildew
2. Virus Disease
3. Aphids

Diskripesn
Leaf I yellow mo weak. Sam white samting long surface blong leaf. Warm mo wet weta I stap buildem ap sik ia.
Plante sik ia I save kasem narafala plant thru long wind. Mo tu taem yu no plantem difdifren kaekae long wan Karen.
Control
Pulum aot ol plants we oli kasem sik mo bunem longwei long karen.