When does Yuyao mountain watermelon ripen?

The watermelons in Yuyao’s high mountains ripen in early August. This kind of alpine watermelon produced in Luting Township, Yuyao City is generally sold at 8-10 yuan/kg. In the past ten days, people often drive more than an hour from Ningbo to Luting Township just to have a taste of mountain watermelon. The alpine watermelon in Luting Township is mainly grown in Bailu Village, and the variety is "Cymbidium" yellow-heart watermelon. Walking into Bailu Village, the reporter saw watermelons growing on terraced fields. The weather is hot and there is little rain, so farmers rely on manual labor to carry and carry water to water the watermelons. Because of the high altitude in the mountainous area and the large temperature difference between day and night, the watermelons here are sweet and full of water. According to Gong Yunchang, secretary of the Party branch of Bailu Village, the watermelon planting area in the village this year is about 800 acres. Due to the lack of rain this year, the quality of watermelons is the best in the past four years, and farmers also have a good harvest. Normally, early August is the peak picking season for alpine watermelons, but this year the weather is hot and the ripening period is one week earlier than in previous years, and the length of the peak season has also been shortened from more than twelve days in previous years to about ten days. Gong Yun often said that whether the mountain watermelon harvest is good or not depends entirely on God's favor: "In the past three years, every June and July, there was a lot of rain. Some of the watermelons rotted, and the remaining watermelons were not as sweet. This year there was less rain, and the first crop was harvested." The quality of the melons is quite good, but there are also disadvantages. The weather is too hot, and the second crop of melons were sunburned as soon as they came into fruition, so the peak season is shortened.

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