머스크멜론의 담액재배시 착과절위 및 적심절위와 재식밀도를 구명하기 위하여 착과절위는 7~8, 11~12, 또는 15~16절, 적심절위는 22 또는 27절, 재식밀도는 100cm×25cm 100cm×35cm, 100cm×45cm 및 100cm×55cm로 달리하였다. 과실품질은 동일한 착과절위일때 22절 적심구보다 27절 적심구에서 과중이 무겁고 당도가 높았다. 동일한 적심절위일때 착과절위가 높을수록 과중은 무겁고 당도는 낮았다. 100cm×25cm 또는 100cm×35cm 재식구보다 10cm×45cm 또는 100cm×55cm 재식구에서 과중이 더 크고 당도가 높았다. 총과실수량은 재식밀도가 낮아질수록 적었으나 상품과율은 반대로 높아서 상품과의 수량은 100cm×45cm 재식구에서 가장 높았으며 100cm×25cm, 100cm×35cm, 100cm×55cm 순으로 많았다.
This study was carried out to determine the optimum nodes of pinching and fruit setting in muskmelon cultured by deep flow technique. A fruit was set either at 7~8th, 11~12th, or 15~16th nodes, and main shoot was pinched either at 22nd or 27th node. Distance between rows was set the same at 100cm, while the distance between plant in the row was set at 25, 35, 45, or 55cm. In treatments with the same node of fruit setting, fruit quality was enhanced and mean fruit weight increased on 22nd node compared to 27th node. terms of fruit quality as affected by node of fruit setting, larger fruits with lower soluble solid concentrations were produced as fruits were set at higher nodes. In terms of planting density, larger fruits with higher concentrations of soluble solid were produced in the 100cm×45cm and 100cm×55cm treatments compared to 100cm×25cm or 100cm×35cm treatment. Total fruit yields decreased as the planting density decreased. However, percent marketable fruits produced was the greatest in the 100cm×45cm treatment, followed in descending order 100cm×25cm, 100cm×35cm, and 100cm×55cm treatments.