RARE Heirloom Organic Yellow Petite Watermelon Seeds

RARE Heirloom Organic Yellow Petite Watermelon Seeds (5)

A great tasting and aromatic beauty at just 6-10 pounds, Yellow Petite Watermelon is the perfect size for small gardens. Referred to as an "Icebox" watermelon, it fits nicely into your fridge for summertime snacking. Best suited for shorter growing seasons, Yellow Petite matures in just over 2 months!
A very aromatic melon and just the right size to fit in the refrigerator. Melons are nearly a perfect sphere, 5 to 7 pounds with bright yellow flesh and a dark and light green striped rind. Very sweet - lots of fun.
Petite Yellow watermelon is perfect for those with a short growing season.

This is one sweet little melon that produces as fast as just over two months.

That is amazing!

This yellow-orange fleshed melon is lightly sweet, canary yellow and at 6 pounds perfect for the fridge.

Great for backyard growers and market growers as well.

PLANTING
Citrullus lanatus

Germination: 4-10 days

Germination Temperature: Optimum soil temperatures 70-85ºF

Seed Sowing Depth: 1/2" deep

Sowing Indoors: 3-4 weeks before last frost. Provide 70-85ºF soil temperature. Sow 2-3 seeds per cell/pot. Sowing into individual biodegradable peat/cow pots reduces root damage when transplanting. Transplant after last frost, 36-48" apart.

Sowing Outdoors: After last frost when soil temperature is over 70ºF.

How much does a packet plant: 18-20 foot single row, 5-6 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 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.