Watermelon «Great Beijing Joy» - mid-early (from germination to fruit ripening 80-85 days) variety for open ground and film shelters. The plant is medium.
The fruit is round, large, weighing from 8-12 to 16 kg, the bark is thin and strong, green with black-green stripes. The pulp is bright red, granular, very sweet, sugar content is more than 12%. Productivity from a plant of 24-32 kg.
The value of the variety: resistance to a complex of diseases, large-fruitedness, high taste and commercial qualities, transportability, retains commercial qualities during storage. The purpose is universal.
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Watermelon is grown in open ground and greenhouses on light soils. Sowing in open ground is carried out at the end of May. Sowing seedlings - in late April, early May. When the threat of frost has passed, the seedlings are planted in the ground (at the age of 30-35 days, in the phase of 3-4 true leaves) according to the scheme 80x200 cm.
As the plants grow, they form into one stem, removing side shoots, and leaving 2-3 ovaries. Further care consists in watering, fertilizing and loosening.