The Babe with The Power Stripe Baby Grow Red & White

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Small round melons reach four to 10 pounds – or more, in warmer climates – with thin rinds that are light green with dark green stripes.

Plants reach a height of 15-24 inches with a spread of 72-96 inches, and produce harvestable fruit in 90 days. The leaves on these open-pollinated plants will cover the fruits, helping to protect them from sunburn. Standard red flesh watermelons may be the poster child of the watermelon world, but those with yellow flesh are just as, if not more, delicious and fun to grow! They add a delightful pop of color to fruit salads and offer a unique alternative to the standard red varieties. Mountain Sweet Yellow Mountain Sweet Yellow is a large, sweet-flavored yellow watermelon that has extra firm flesh. If you’re concerned about not being able to finish a whole picnic watermelon once you cut it open, these make a good alternative.From a botanical point of view, the striped beetroot is a variant of the red beet. All three varieties red beetroot, yellow beetroot, and striped beetroot – emerged from the breeding of wild beet ( Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima). The wild turnip originates from the Mediterranean region, where it was previously cultivated by the Romans. Incidentally, chard ( Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris) originates from the wild turnip, something you would hardly suspect at first glance. Crimson Sweet was developed at Kansas State University in 1963. This variety is resistant to anthracnose and fusarium wilt. The Crimson Sweet rind pattern has classic green skin with light green stripes. Sugar Baby Sugar Baby is a compact watermelon variety with a dark green rind and red flesh. Crapaudine’: This red beetroot is an old French variety. It forms extremely long beets with a red and white striped flesh. In terms of raw food this striped beetroot is less suitable, but by cooking it becomes sweet and tasty. Gold in Gold’ is an early maturing yellow-fleshed hybrid variety that was the All-America Selections winner for 2017. The big fruits on these cultivars mean they tend to require more growing time than others before they’ll be ready to harvest.

It produces round, 15-20 pound pale green fruits with jagged dark-green strips and contains red flesh. Moderately sweet. Oh So Sweet This variety is known for its high sugar content and delicious sweet flavor. Plants are vigorous, producing up to six fruits each, and growing 14 inches tall with a 10-foot spread. Make sure to plant ‘Mini Piccolo’ with a seeded pollinator variety, such as ‘Crimson Sweet.’ Georgia Rattlesnake’ bears large, oblong fruits with light green skin and dark green stripes – bringing rattlesnake skin to mind to some gardeners.Wonderful for northern areas with cool nights and short growing seasons, this variety comes to maturity in just 70-75 days. These Crimson Sweet melons can grow up to 25 pounds! They are famous for their high sugar content (around 12%). When you’re using this fruit for culinary creations, such as sorbets or salads, seedless fruits are much more convenient than the seeded types since you get to skip the tedious step of removing those tiny pips from the flesh. You don’t have to get quite that big for your melon to be considered a giant though. Giant cultivars include those that weigh at least 32 pounds at full ripeness.

Sugar Babies are sweet with dark green rinds and red flesh, while Tiger Babies are golden once matured. Because of their smaller size, they are also faster to mature and ready to harvest in about 75 days. Orange Flesh Don’t forget to plant seedless ‘Orange Crisp’ with a seeded pollinator cultivar, such as ‘Charleston Gray.’If you’re the type of gardener who’s up for a bit of a challenge – and most importantly, one who prefers seedless watermelon – give it a try! 16. Big Tasty Mini Piccolo’ is a seedless hybrid variety that comes in a single-serving size. Round fruits have green rinds with darker green striping and weigh a diminutive two to four pounds. Little Darling’ is a small, early maturing hybrid watermelon variety that bears oblong, five to seven-pound fruit with dark green rinds. Introduced in the 1940s, this heirloom open-pollinated variety has a dark green rind and tasty red flesh. Florida Giant’ produces round fruit that generally reach 30-40 pounds but can max out at 50 pounds in the right conditions.