The Sugar Baby Watermelon is early enough to be grown almost anywhere. Flavor is as good as the larger shipping melons, perhaps better. Fruits average 7 inches in diameter and are perfectly round. Sowing Indoors: weeks before last frost.
Transplant after last frost, " apart. How much does a packet plant: foot single row, hills. 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 Sugar Baby 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. Vegetable Seeds Flowers. Fall Flower Bulbs. How much does a packet plant: foot single row, hills Harvest: Look for the following signs as it does take some practice on telling when they are ready to harvest.
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