Vegetables
Year Introduced: 1990
Heredity: Hybrid
Days to harvest: 75

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 6-12 inches
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Other Beneficial Insects
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Watermelon
Also sold as:
  • Pata Negra

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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2021-06-19
young melon
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2021-07-21
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2021-07-19
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2021-06-19
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2021-07-21
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Jul 21, 2021 2:00 PM concerning plant:
    A hybrid (diploid) icebox melon. Sugar Baby type. It is about 10 days earlier ripening than Sugar Baby and twice the size. Flavor and texture are good but fall short of Crimson Sweet on my taste buds. Good production for me and held up well during a wet spell without splitting. Had splitting among the control group. Vines are smaller than the controls (Sweet Favorite and Compadre).

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