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Carolina Cross #183’ is truly a giant, with some growers producing gigantic watermelons weighing over 200 pounds at harvest. Plants grow six to 12 inches tall with eight to 10-foot-long vines. They stand up well to cool weather, and will be ready to harvest in 75-85 days. Golden Midget’ is a personal-sized watermelon variety that will really stand out in your melon patch – literally. This heirloom variety has a snakeskin striped rind with bright pink tender flesh. It is one of the oldest heirloom watermelon varieties in existence. It is known for its green and white striped rind that resembles the pattern of a rattlesnake.

Also known as ‘Petite Yellow,’ fruits reach six to 10 pounds, and have light green rinds with dark green stripes.

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You should pay attention to a continuous water supply throughout the growing season. While striped beetroot are not as sensitive as, for example, carrots ( Daucus carota subsp. sativus) or radish ( Raphanus sativus) to drought. But even here, in summer it may well be necessary to reach for the watering can every day. A: Peak watermelon is between May and September, depending on the climate in your area and the days to maturity of the variety that you’ve chosen to grow. The easiest way to separate all of these watermelon types into categories, however, is by the color of their flesh. Yes, there are more varieties of watermelon than the typical seeded watermelon with red flesh. There are also pink, yellow, orange, and even white fleshed watermelons. These icebox sized watermelons are sure to surprise you – not only do they have gold flesh, they also come dressed in a two-toned yellow and gold rind. Fruits have thin but tough rinds that are light green with dark green marbling. Flesh is pink, crisp, and sweet, with a fine texture and very small tan seeds.

If you love watermelon but really wish you could harvest single-serving fruits, then personal type melons are going to make your day.Plants are vigorous, producing up to six fruits each, and growing 14 inches tall with a 10-foot spread. Make sure to plant ‘Mini Piccolo’ with a seeded pollinator variety, such as ‘Crimson Sweet.’ Florida Giant’ produces round fruit that generally reach 30-40 pounds but can max out at 50 pounds in the right conditions. Looking for a bush type watermelon that’s perfect for smaller gardens – or even for growing in containers? Prepare the bed by removing weeds from the soil and loosening it, for example, with a digging fork.If your subsoil is very loamy and clayey, our Plantura Organic Enriched Compost can be incorporated into the soil to improve the structure. The high humus content in it ensures a better soil structure in the long term. It is also 100% peat-free, which protects peatlands from further degradation and is associated with significantly lower CO 2 emissions. With sweet, bright red, firm flesh, fruits will reach 17-19 inches long and seven inches in diameter at maturity. Seeds are dark brown.

Personally, I don’t mind seeds in my melons, but the seedless types do have a very useful purpose beyond the desire for a seedless slice. Sweet Beauty’ is a hybrid variety with superior eating quality that was the All-America Selections winner in 2004. Whether oblong or round, the fruits weigh at least 15 pounds, but often more – enough to feed a small crowd during a summer gathering. We’ve got you covered. ‘Bush Sugar Baby’ produces an average of two 12-pound melons per plant, on “space-saving” vines.These plants produce oblong fruit averaging 15-20 pounds each. The rinds are green with dark green stripes and produce yellow, sweet flesh. Moon and Stars (Yellow Fleshed) Moon and Stars watermelon produce spotted yellow foliage and fruits. Orangeglo’ has the crisp and refreshing mouthfeel of a regular watermelon – but its orange flesh has a surprising, somewhat tropical taste.

These fruits can grow to weigh up to 40 pounds! This puts them squarely in the category of giant watermelons. This variety also has disease resistance to fusarium wilt. White Flesh The germination time depends on the temperature, because the seeds begin to germinate only at about 8 °C. Once this temperature is reached, it takes about 10 to 14 days for the seeds to germinate. A hat should not leave any marks on your child’s forehead and you should easily be able to slide two fingers under the edge. The hat should cover your child’s ears. If the hat starts sliding up, it’s too small. Our sizes are usually a good match to your child’s age.As mentioned above, the root of all beet varieties is structured in strips, it’s just that they are more pronounced in some varieties than in others. Varieties with clearly defined rings include, for example: This watermelon cultivar is known to keep its delicious flavor longer than other types after you cut into it, so it’s perfect for those with small households who know they might not be able to eat a whole melon all at once. Georgia Rattlesnake’ bears large, oblong fruits with light green skin and dark green stripes – bringing rattlesnake skin to mind to some gardeners. Mini Love’ is a high-yielding and compact hybrid that produces single-serving-sized round watermelons. Plants are resistant to fusarium wilt, anthracnose, and sunburn. Although the rinds of these fruits are thin, they hold up well to handling.