Description
Our family’s favorite watermelon! This unique watermelon’s round, dark-green fruit is splashed with small yellow “stars” and usually one, larger yellow “moon.”. Luscious, light-red, juicy flesh. The fruit is 8″-12″ in diameter and weighs 10-15 pounds. This famous heirloom matures quickly, but only holds for a short time.
Watermelon – Moon & Stars – Citrullus lanatus
Soil & Water: Watermelon prefers light, loamy, fertile, deep well-draining soil with a pH of 5.5-6.5. Add plenty of added organic matter. Water plants amply until setting out, then water more sparingly. Mulch to prevent weed competition.
Planting & Growing: Start seeds indoors 2-3 weeks before the last frost or sow seeds directly after frost. Set out 3-4 transplants per hill, selecting the strongest two when vines are 1′-2′ long. Watermelons are large vining plants that can take over an extensive garden space. They can be trellised, but use slings to support the developing fruit.
Harvesting & Storage: Harvest melons when the tendril closest to the stem turns dry and brown and the stem becomes brittle. Eat fresh, freeze flesh in a honey-based syrup, or pickle the rind.
- Soil Temperature: 75-95F
- Planting Depth: 1/2″
- Germination: 3-9 Days
- Height At Maturity: 18″-24″
- Days To Maturity: 82 Days
- Sun/Shade: Full Sun
- Spacing After Thinning: Array
- Approx Seeds per Pack: 10 Seeds
Product image(s) via: Seeds for Generations
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