How to Get Seedless Watermelons
Some watermelon eaters spit out the seeds. Some swallow them, and others painstakingly take them out before consuming. Fortunately, the nuisance of seeds is no longer an issue if you're eating a seedless variety. Seedless watermelons are hybrids of two different watermelon plants. You cannot create their seeds on your own outside a laboratory. However, seedless watermelons are readily available, especially in the summer and fall, and you can grow your own if you get the special seeds or transplants. Does this Spark an idea?
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Purchase a seedless watermelon at a market or grocery store. Watermelons are shipped to stores year round, but during the summer and early fall, more varieties, including seedless, will be available since more local farms are harvesting watermelons at that time.
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Go to a farm where they sell watermelons or have a pick-your-own section. They may have seedless varieties available. Mid- to late-summer is when watermelons are ready for picking in many parts of the country
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Grow your own seedless watermelons. Plant seeds from a seedless cultivar, such as "Sugar Baby," when the soil temperature 4 inches deep reaches 60 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit in the spring. Plant seeds 1 inch deep, 6 to 8 feet apart. You can also plant transplants. Keep watermelon plants well watered with at least 1 inch of water two to three times a week.
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Tips & Warnings
Fertilize your watermelon garden with 3 lbs. of 5-10-10 fertilizer for every 100 square feet of space.
Add 1 lb. of calcium nitrate for every 100 feet of row when the watermelon vines start to grow horizontally across the soil. Apply a second time after the plants are finished blooming.
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