date:May 14, 2013
The tendency of the market of preferring smaller watermelons (weighing around 2 kg) is a phenomenon occurring in various countries, including Italy. Here in Pachino, for example, it seems that this year 70% less of traditional long watermelons have been planted, in fact, farmers are switching to mini watermelons, explains Corrado Forestiere, from the Sicilian company with the same name.
Corrado cultivates watermelons and cherry tomatoes on 4 hectares. In 2012, I decided to plant 10,000 plants