The coast of wit grown melons from Villaconejos.

Producers from this Madrid town have settled on El Burrero Beach to produce 'the best melons in the world'.

The Wheat Brothers, from the Madrid town of Villaconejos, recognized for its unsurpassed Piel de Sapo melons, They have settled in the coastal area of ​​Villa de Ingenio, attracted by the good climate and fertile land., in addition to maintaining its production in Madrid.

The production occupies 15 hectares in El Burrero, waiting to add 25 from 30 more hectares until reaching the 40 hectares, as explained by Manuel Trigo, one of the owners.

Here melons come out when they don't come out anywhere, Adds. At Ingenio we are obtaining two harvests a year: one over the months of December and January and the other between May and June, while on the Peninsula we only have one, explains Trigo.

The company is currently harvesting between 25.000 and 35.000 kilos per hectare and harvest. This melon production, of some 800 tons per year, It is sold in the Canary Islands and is also exported to the Peninsula (especially in Madrid and Barcelona) and Europe.

Ten people from Ingenio are working on the operation and all logistics and supplies are also contracted in the municipality..