This is how the sowing succeeds

Choosing the right seeds

You can get what you need in different ways Seeds for the Growing watermelons reach. Of the many different sorts As for the watermelon, the specialist gardening trade usually offers those that are most strongly represented as imported goods in supermarkets. These are usually the large-fruited Crimson Sweet and the smaller Sugar Baby. You can also use seeds from purchased or home-grown watermelons to grow the plants. However, you then have to make sure that on the one hand it is not a hybrid variety and on the other hand that you also remove any pulp from the seeds. If the pulp remains on the seeds, they can mold very easily during the germination phase.

Bring the plants forward in good time

Imported goods in the supermarket come from watermelons during the peak season from May to September mostly from the following southern European countries, where the heavy Crimson Sweet variety ripe is:

• Spain
• Hungary
• Italy
• Turkey

Otherwise, watermelons such as the smaller Sugar Baby variety are imported all year round from countries such as Iran, Mexico and China. So that you can harvest fully ripe fruits from a watermelon in our climatic latitudes, you have to bring the plants forward in good time. Sow your watermelons in from around mid-April Potsso that you can put the young plants outdoors in frost-free weather in May or in a Glasshouse can plant out.

The perfect location for a watermelon

Even if you don't have a spacious greenhouse for your watermelons, you can still harvest them well in a warm place in the garden. Make sure, however, that the soil is well drained and rich in nutrients and that the young plants are well protected against Nudibranchs.

Tips & Tricks

Watermelons thrive particularly well on a slope that is sloping towards the sun. This can also be created by pouring a small pile of earth, whereby a remedy against waterlogging is then created at the same time.

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