In Buryatia, despite the harsh climatic conditions, are grown and harvested watermelons on a commercial scale.
As the press service of the Ministry of agriculture of the Republic, in the Ivolginsky district, local landowner Dmitry vortices plans to collect a record harvest for farm – of 150 tons of sweet berries.
this year, the farmer gave for watermelons 4.5 hectares of land. According to him, despite the apparent complexity of the cultivation of exotic berries, no innovation in the work not applicable. Only a tractor, labour and the system of drip irrigation, which allows you to grow watermelons in such proportions is literally on the mountain. Next year the plans of men to have melons.
the Ministry of agriculture of the Republic within the framework of targeted state support pays growers more than 16 thousand rubles for every hectare. The means directed on purchase of seed and for the purchase of fuel and lubricants, fertilizers, means of chemical protection of plants.
