WATERMELON

A refreshing favorite for many, Watermelons taste even sweeter from your own garden. Watermelons are warm season plants and will suffer in frost. Starting watermelons indoors or buying transplants is the best way to ensure that your watermelon has time to ripen before frosts come in the fall. Plant in full sun in rich well draining soil, and water regularly to ensure that soil is moist but not soggy. Watermelon vines produce both male and female flowers, and need to be pollinated by bees or other pollinators.

jade star/ pata negra

Maturity in 75 days
Sugar baby type with sweet flavor
Dark green skin with round/oval shape
13-16 pound fruit
Good choice for short growing season areas

mambo

Maturity in 75 days
11 pound, perfectly round fruit
Sweet, crisp flesh holds well, doesn't over ripen
Grows well even in cool, cloudy conditions

MINI LOVE

Maturity in 70-80 days
Compact and adorable melon
Very few seeds, and sweet flavor
Thin but strong rind
Smaller vine, produces around six melons per plant, each weighing around 7lbs each.
Resistant to powdery mildew.