WATERMELON - CRIMSON SWEET

MELON - WATERMELON, CRIMSON SWEET

Cucumis lanatus

This very sweet watermelon has fine grained fruit of 8-10 Kg with brilliant bright red flesh and a sweet, crisp taste. Crimson Sweet watermelon vines need room to grow. They spread 2-4 m long. They are resistant to most diseases The bright red flesh is almost stringless and very firm textured. 

The fruit matures in 88 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.

Watermelons 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