Watermelon

Planting & Growing

Full sun, generous water, warm sandy soils are ideal, loosened and mulched soil good to have before seeding, pile mounds of soil around bases of seedlings to avoid pooling water, plant 6-8 seeds per hill, use agricultural cloth or black plastic covering to protect young delicate fruits, grow with ample time before nighttime temperatures reach 9 degrees C, may directly plant seeds in warm soil if growing in hot climate with extended warm growing season, gardeners with short warm seasons should start seed germination indoors 3-4 weeks before warm season begins.

• Row Spacing:  170-200cm
• Plant Spacing:  Plant 6-8 seeds together in hills
• Depth:  0.6cm
• Maturity:  70-90 days