In the part of Chiku to the west of Provincial Highway 17 there are salt pans and several thousand hectares of salt-water fish rearing ponds, while to the east there are mainly fields. But most crops do not thrive in Chiku's saline soil. A rare exception, and the star crop here, is the muskmelon. Many varieties are grown, most of them very sweet.
台十七線省道貫穿七股鄉，道路以西為鹽田與數千公頃的海水魚塭養殖區，以東則是農作為主，但七股的土壤鹽分含量重，一般農作物收成欠佳，唯有耐鹽的洋香瓜一枝獨秀，成為七股鄉的名產，品種包括七股香、藍寶石、紅寶石、翠蜜等，多數都有十四度以上的甜度。