Sugar Baby - Organic Watermelon Seeds

SKU: ME103

Open-Pollinated

Certified Organic

Heirloom

$4.50

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Packet 30 seeds

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Sugar Baby is the patio watermelon: 8–12 pound fruits with dark green rinds and dense, sweet red flesh that chills quickly and fits in the fridge. Released in 1959, it’s an enduring favorite for short seasons and small spaces. Watermelons hydrate and provide lycopene; this one makes that easy in a raised bed or along a fence. Vines are shorter, but still need room and sun. Harvest when the ground spot yellows and the tendril dries down. Slice, seed-spit, repeat—Sugar Baby is summer distilled into a manageable package.

How to Grow

Direct seed 2 to 3 weeks after average last frost date and when daytime soil temperatures are near 70°f. Or, start watermelon seed indoors 3-4 weeks before your anticipated planting date. Set transplants in the garden 2 to 3 weeks after danger of frost has passed. Watermelon s
Eedlings are tender. Do not disturb roots when transplanting, and water thoroughly.
Optimum soil temperature for seed germination is 70-90
°F
. Delay transplanting until your soil has thoroughly warmed up in the spring. Watermelons are a true warm season crop and can benefit from planting on black plastic and/or using row covers.

Growing Specs

Scientific name: citrullus lanatus
Days to maturity: 68-86
Seed depth: 1"
Days to sprout: 5-10
Plant spacing: 24-48"
Row spacing: 4-6'
Light requirements: sunny
Plant height: 6-12"
Life cycle: annual
Frost hardy: no

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