Sugar Baby Watermelon – 10 Seeds
(Citrullus lanatus)
R30.00
Round, dark green exterior, and deep Valentine red, very sweet and very juicy melt-in-your-mouth flesh.
Indoor Sowing: Not Recommended
Direct Sowing: Spring and Early Summer.
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Sugar Baby Watermelon is well-suited for both home gardeners and the small market grower. Round, dark green exterior, and deep Valentine red, very sweet and very juicy melt-in-your-mouth flesh. Not seedless, but then, you’ll want to save this seed for next year!
Holds well in the fridge – even once cut. You’ll get 4-6 melons that are about 25cm across on 1,8m vines. 80 days.
Growing Sugar Baby Watermelon from Seed
Indoor Sowing: Not Recommended
Direct Sowing: Spring and Early Summer.
- You can direct sow the seeds from the beginning of Spring to the beginning of Summer.
- Watermelons grow best on sandy loam soils, with good drainage and a soil pH of between 6.0 and 6.8.
- Soil temperature should be at least 18°C for germination to take place.
- Seeds should be sown in an area that gets full sun.
- Direct sow the seeds 2.5cm deep and 50 – 75cm apart, in soil mounds or ridges.
- You need at least three months of reliably hot, sunny weather to grow and ripen a watermelon. During that time your average daily maximum temperature should be at least about 20-25°C
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