The invention relates to a watermelon fresh-keeping method, and belongs to the field of watermelon fresh keeping. In the prior art, the storage time of the watermelon is relatively short, the general watermelon fresh keeping method can only provide the 1-3 month fresh keeping time, and the user inconveniently eat the watermelon. A purpose of the present invention is to effectively solve the problems in the prior art. According to the present invention, watermelon is adopted as an object, 10-20 g of
chitosan is weighed and is dissolved with glacial
acetic acid, water is added to swell,
glycerol is added, water is supplemented to achieve a volume of 1 L so as to obtain a
chitosan film liquid with a concentration of 1-2%, the watermelon with characteristics of late
ripeness, thick peel, tough texture, compact peel-
flesh organization, healthy growth on the living
vine and no pest is selected, the
chitosan film liquid is sprayed 10 days before harvesting, the harvested watermelon is placed into a shady shed and solarization is avoided, 10 cm of the watermelon
pedicel is retained during the harvesting,
hay is padded during the watermelon transportation, the obtained watermelon is placed into a warehouse with a temperature of 2-8 DEG C. observation is performed every 7 days, the relatively-stable temperature and the relatively-stable
humidity in the warehouse are maintained during the storage,
doors and windows are closed during the day and are opened at night, and the ventilation state is maintained.