[Sunflower watermelon cultivation and mulch sheet installation work] Takada Akimitsu Farm [Hokuryu Sunflower Watermelon Producers Association]

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

On Thursday, March 27th, at Takada Akimitsu Farm, after snow removal work, the soil inside the greenhouse was tilled, mulch sheets were laid, and irrigation tubes were also laid inside the mulch sheets.

Cultivating soil in a vinyl greenhouse

The soil inside the greenhouse is tilled using a tractor and made level.

Drive carefully on the house side

Well-cultivated soil

Installing pipes to connect to irrigation tubes

Installing pipes to supply water from the water source and connect to the irrigation tubes (burying the pipes under the rails at the entrance to the greenhouse).

Multi-sheet covering

The purpose of laying mulch sheets is to protect vegetable cultivation by increasing the soil's heat retention and moisture retention properties, preventing crop diseases and pests, and suppressing weeds, thereby maintaining an environment in which vegetables can grow healthily.

Mulch spreading using a manual mulch spreader (manual mulcher)

The sheet is pressed down with wheels and covered with soil using a soil covering disk.

While laying the mulch sheet, irrigation tubes are laid between the sheet and the soil.

Together we breathe together and walk slowly and straight

Maintenance at the end of installation

Mulcher installation work in the next house

Multi-sheets, wheels, soil cover disks, Sumitubes, etc.

Irrigation tube

Automatic opening and closing device for vinyl greenhouses after covering with mulch sheets

Open and close your greenhouse using your smartphone.
When the temperature reaches a certain level or above, the device uses a sensor to read changes in temperature, humidity, and air pressure and automatically opens and closes a portion of the side of the greenhouse.

Trainee Tomoyuki Tamashima

Tomoyuki Tamashima (45 years old), a native of Naganuma Town, became a trainee in April last year.
"Watermelon cultivation is very hard work, but when the watermelons bear fruit, I feel that it was worth the effort," says Tamashima.

Ready to go?

Mulch sheets have been laid out inside the greenhouse and we're all set!
Planting is scheduled to begin in early April!!!

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