Watermelon Sweet Siberian

$4.90

FAMILY: CUCURBITACEAE
GENUS: Citrullus SPECIES: lanatus

Categories: All Vegetables, Melon, Plant Now, Pumpkins, melons, cucumbers etc, Seeds, September Tags: salads, seeds, spring, Vegetables R - Z, watermelon, watermelon sweet siberian

Description

Description

Heritage Status: Overseas

Bio-Region of Origin: Kōanga since 1996

Number of Seeds: 10

Description: Medium sized, round melon. Apricot coloured flesh, full-bodied, good flavour, and sweet with tan seeds. An exellent Heirloom melon which grows in marginal melon climates.. From Seed Savers USA and in our collection since 2000.

Planting Instructions: Sow into trays in September or early October, either directly into individual pots or into trays and prick out when first leaves appear to 3cm diagonal spacing. Transplant at 50cm diagonal spacing when danger of frost has passed and ground temperature has reached 15-16 degrees C.