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Incredible! Malaysian Farmers Grow Japanese Muskmelons With Music And Massage
Incredible! Malaysian Farmers Grow Japanese Muskmelons With Music And Massage
This practice of music and massage for growing the fruit is known as tama-fuki and is believed to enhance the flavour of the fruit.
NDTV Food Desk (with inputs from Reuters)
Updated: April 17, 2021 13:19 IST
Read Time: 2 min
Highlights
3 Malaysian farmers claimed to have found what goes to grow these fruits.
It s music and massage, along with right mix of nutrients and treatments.
A small Japanese muskmelon would cost you around USD 200 (nearly Rs 15,000). This should come as no surprise, given that it is one of the most expensive fruits in the world. One can then only imagine the kind of expensive nutrients and treatments that go into successfully growing the fruit. Well, after close to a decade of studying the plant and experimenting with it, three Malaysian farmers claimed to have found the secret ingredients that go
Malaysian farmers attempt to grow prized Japanese muskmelons
Seh and his colleagues also perform regular massages with a soft cloth or glove which is said to enhance the flavour. File photo: Reuters
Updated: Apr 16, 2021, 08:16 AM IST
For the past 10 years, three Malaysian farmers have been perfecting the right concoction of nutrients and treatment to successfully grow Japanese muskmelons, one of the world s most expensive fruits, in Malaysia s hot, tropical weather.
After constant experimentation and trials, the farmers at Mono in Malaysia s administrative capital Putrajaya are finally selling their prized luxury fruits of labour on the market. Every single Japanese melon that you see in our farm is almost like a single art piece. This (is) one of the most important criteria and mostly difficult to maintain it. To make sure they have very nice appearance and netting, we have to make sure that nutrition, the watering and the fertiliser have to be