Watermelon Golden Midget - 7 Seeds
(Citrullus lanatus)
Watermelon Golden Midget is an extraordinary mini watermelon weighing 1.2 to 1.5 kg that will be easy to handle and can easily fit in the refrigerator. This watermelon is not much more giant than a slightly larger rockmelon. The fruit is round with golden skin and salmon pink, and amazingly sweet flesh. Fruit sets well on a short, compact vine. The leaves are both green and yellow, and the yellow colour is normal. It is the easiest watermelon to grow and suitable for more excellent areas. Days to harvest: 70.
Companion planting: Try growing Watermelon with Calendula to attract pollinating insects, which will, in turn, pollinate your Watermelon flowers.
Care & Growing Info
Watermelons are warm-season annual vines and need a long warm season to mature. Watermelon needs plenty of room to grow as it sends out long vines.
Start them early, if you can. In temperate areas, sow October - November, after all, the danger of frost; subtropical areas sow September - November; tropical areas sow April - July, during the dry season. Sow directly where it is to grow 10 - 20mm deep, or start early in individual seedling pots, in cool areas bottom heat will be required. Seed germinates best at a soil temperature of 21 - 35° C. Seed will germinate in 7 - 14 days. Soil should be fertile and well-drained, with a pH of 6 - 6.5.
Prepare your soil with compost and well-rotted manure; deep digging is beneficial. The soil needs to be well-drained.
Space rows 1.5 m apart with 1m between plants on raised mounds. Avoid over-watering once the fruit is nearly ripe as this will make for a bland flavoured watermelon (also too much rain).
Slide a flat piece of wood underneath ripening fruit on the ground to avoid rotting from contact with wet soil. Harvest when the melon slips easily from the stem.
Harvest in 10-16 weeks. Compatible with (can grow beside) Sweetcorn, Sunflowers. And avoid growing close to Potatoes
