"Sweet, fine-textured, medium-red flesh. The round, 12 lb., dark green skinned melons grow 8 in. across. Ready to harvest about 75 days after seeding. GARDEN HINTS: For early fruiting and to overcome a short growing season, plants may be started indoors in peat pots. Water during hot, dry periods."
Average Customer Rating:
4.7 out of 5
3 of 3 (100%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Sweet as sugar,
August 16, 2007 Submitted bywilbar from Clayton
"I germinated these seeds in gruops of three or four outdoors in little cups.I planted them in four locations and thinned each group down to the biggest vine after a few weeks. The thin vines grew quickly eventually reaching 9-11 feet each. The four plants produced a total of 9 melons,five of which matured to ripeness.The other four just stopped growing at various points of their immaturity. The ones that didnt rot off of the vine grew to maturity at different sizes.I was unsure when to pick them,this is my first attempt at gardening.The bigger ones were easy.I just thumped them till they sounded kind of hollow.Then I waited another two weeks to pick them off.Maybe I just got lucky but,they were all ripe. The smaller ones I actually squeezed till they were somewhat tender and that seems to have worked also. I used no pesticides but didn't have a pest problem anyway. These melons were very sweet,and had a dense texture wich packed alot of juice per square inch.They are every bit as tasty as everyone says,and easy to grow too."
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Beginner
State of residence:
NC
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
0-1 years
Sugar Baby,
May 28, 2007 Submitted byAmber from N. Central FL (Zone 9)
"This is a very easy watermelon to grow. Mine are never bothered by pests and they forgive me when I forget to water for a few days and I have mine growing in dirt sand!"
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Small Garden
Gardening skill:
Beginner
State of residence:
FL
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
0-1 years
Awesome! The Best I've ever tasted!,
August 26, 2006 Submitted byGrammyG from Saginaw Michgigan
Plant performance:
5
out of 5
Taste:
5
out of 5
Yield:
4
out of 5
"I grew this variety for the first time this year. The plants grew like crazy without a lot of attention from me. Except for the first week or so after transplanting into the garden, I did not water them (but for most of the growing season, rain was adequate) To determine when to pick them, I basically listened for the "hollow" sound when tapping them. In general, I sort of like watermelon, but these I enjoy tremendously. With the dark green outside rind, the pretty red flesh, the black seeds and the inside white rind, this is an attractive melon. And best of all is the taste: sweet and deeeeeeeeelicious! The only thing I can add is that if your garden space is limited, you may want to try the bush variety of this tasty melon!"
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.
Reviewer Information
Would recommend: Yes
Type of gardening:
Large Garden
Gardening skill:
Moderately skilled
State of residence:
MI
Types of plants:
Vegetables
Gardening experience:
10+ years
