MELON-WATERMELON-CHARLESTON GREY

WATERMELON, CHARLESTON GREY

Citrullus lanatus

Charleston Grey is a large oblong fruit averaging 60-75 cm long and 25 cm in diameter with a tough medium-thick grey-green rind with fine darker-green veins.

Mature melons weight from 10-15 kg. The bright red flesh is almost stringless and very firm textured.

Quite resistant to disease.

Ripens in 85 to 100 days   

Sow watermelons from Nov-Dec in cold areas; from Sep-Dec in temperate areas; from Aug-Dec in Subtropical areas and all year round in the full Tropics.

Watermelons can be sown 2-3cm deep about 75cm apart in rows 1.5-2m apart.

They are rich in vitamin C.

The warmer the weather is, the sweeter the watermelons will be. Warmth is required to change sugars in the melons. In cooler areas watermelons require a bright, warm growing season of about 3 months duration. The use of row covers such as black plastic weedmatting are highly recommended for extending the growing season in order to ensure maturity and to increase yield.

Pick fruit when the underside goes yellow and they exhibit a hollow sound when rapped firmly with the nuckles of your hand.

QTY 10 seeds