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Organic Yellow Moon & Stars Watermelon Citrullus landaus

Organic Yellow Moon & Stars Watermelon Citrullus landaus

Light                     Full Sun
Seedling Depth     1/2" Inches
Plant Spacing        12-18" inches
Row Spacing          6' row centers
Plant Weights       10-15 Lbs.
Days to Mature     90 days

 

When to Sow

Days to maturity are from transplanting, add 10-14 days if direct seeding.

When to Harvest

Harvest watermelons when 18-24” long and weigh 10-15 lbs. Watermelons are ripe when the tendril nearest the fruit should be dry and brown, when the blossom end of fruit becomes soft, when the ground spot has turned from white to yellow and fruit should sound hollow. 

Special features 

Watermelons (Citrullus lanatus) are warm season tender annuals in the Cucurbitiacea family, which includes cucumbers, summer squash and winter squash, and gourds. Sweet, yellow flesh and white seeds. Neither frost nor drought tolerant.  Heat tolerant.

 

Approx.  seeds per package 

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