Such an environment, with its mild temperature and ample moisture and oxygen, is ideal for raising watermelons. One drawback, however, is that it leaves them prey to disease and unable to reproduce. Originally the scientists at Fengshan were looking for a method to grow watermelons in the greenhouse.
由於氣候溫暖多濕，河床沙地通氣良好，原本最適合西瓜生長，但是因為瓜類很難避免蔓枯、蔓割病，及其他不明原因的病症，西瓜根本無法連續種植。