西瓜、短季棉套种是河间市90年代发展起来的一种棉田复种栽培模式，因其产量高，效益好而深受农民欢迎。栽培技术要点是：一、选用适宜品种经筛选，西瓜品种以京欣一号、郑杂九号，短季棉以中棉20等优种较为适宜。如为解决棉花除虫时对西瓜造成的农药污染问题，棉花可选用抗虫 Watermelon and short-season cotton intercropping are a kind of multiple cropping cotton cultivation mode developed in Hejian city in 1990s, which is welcomed by peasants for its high yield and good efficiency. Cultivation techniques are: First, the selection of suitable varieties by screening, watermelon varieties to Beijing Xin Zheng, Zheng hybrid nine, short-term cotton to cotton 20 and other superior species more appropriate. For example, to solve the problem of pesticide pollution caused by watermelons when cotton is de-worming, cotton can be used for insect resistance