Yellow Petite Watermelon (80 Days)
Original price was: $5.60.$3.21Current price is: $3.21.
Description
The Yellow Petite Watermelon is a very aromatic melon, and just the right size to fit in the refrigerator. Melons are nearly a perfect sphere, 5 to 7 pounds with bright yellow flesh and a dark and light green striped rind. Very sweet – lots of fun.
20 seeds
PLANTING
Citrullus lanatus
Germination:4-10 days
Germination Temperature:Optimum soil temperatures 70-85F
Seed Sowing Depth:1/2” deep
Sowing Indoors:3-4 weeks before the last frost.Provide 70-85Fsoil temperature.Sow 2-3 seeds per cell/pot.Sowing into individual biodegradable peat/cow pots reduces rootdamage when transplanting. Transplant after last frost,36-48” apart.
Sowing Outdoors:After the last frost when the soil temperature is over70F.
How much does a packet plant:18-20foot single row,5-6hills
Harvest:Look for the following signs as it does take some practice on telling when they are ready to harvest. The closet tendril to the stem dries, there is a crack in the stem that attaches the watermelon to the vine, where the watermelon touches the ground it should be a butter yellow color, give it a knock with your hands it should sound hollow, the skin is dull, and slipping of the stem from the melon with slight finger pressure.
Tips: Plant Yellow Petite Watermelon in fertile soil, amended with compost or well-rotted manure, and keep well watered. They benefit from growing on black plastic and by using row covers for weed, insect control, and more rapid growth.
