The invention discloses a method for improving the yield and the quality of watermelons through in-situ
intercropping. The method comprises the following specific steps of: plowing the farmland to carry out
soil preparation, ditching and rising beds of 140cm, and plowing flatly the beds or forming a
bed surface in a shape of turtle back, wherein the width of each
bed is 90cm, and the width of each
ditch is 50cm; carrying out frame cultivation on the watermelon,
transplanting after culturing large seedlings, and
transplanting two rows of seedlings in each
bed, wherein the
plant distance is 40-50cm, and the line space is 70-750cm; laying a support when the
vine of the watermelon grows to 15-20cm at the
vine growing initial stage of the water melon, and guiding the
vine onto the support when the vine of the watermelon grows to 50-70cm; paving a beer residue feed bed with the width of 80-90cm and the height of 6-10cm on the ground flatly among lines of watermelon plants after 5-8 days; inoculating earthworms according to the amount of 1300-1500 pieces per
square meter after 10-15 days; and recycling the earthworms after the watermelon is harvested, and turning over the waste beer residue under the farmland to increase the soil organic matters and improve the
soil fertility. After the method disclosed by the invention is adopted to
plant the watermelons, the physical and chemical properties of soil are improved and the side-products earthworms are harvested; and meanwhile, the yield, the
nutrient content and the like of the watermelon are improved, the cost can be reduced, high-quality and
safer fruits can be produced, and multiple
economic benefits are obtained.