Thanks to the National Garden Bureau, 2013 is the Year of the Watermelon. New varieties, like ‘Harvest Moon’, are sure to be a big part of the celebration.
Every twelvemonth theNational Garden Bureau(NGB ) selects an comfortable - to - arise vegetable to showcase for home gardener . This year we ’ll be celebrating all sort of unfermented , juicy watermelons .
The horticulture manufacture representatives that vote 2013 as The Year of the Watermelon have intercourse what they were doing . Citrullus lunatusis one of the most useful yield a gardener can grow because every part is edible . If you ’ve ever delight a refreshing Citrullus vulgaris martini or a tangy piece of pickle watermelon rind , then you bang what I intend .
Watermelonscome in unlike sizes , shapes and colour . you may select from picnic , icebox , seedless and even watermelon vine with sensationalistic or orange flesh . We may have fond memories of mob picnics with great oblong melons , but little melons seem to be more popular these day .
All - America Selections(AAS ) selected a fresh medium - sized watermelon as one of its vegetables of the year and ‘ Harvest Moon ’ is likely to be a big hit in home garden . ‘ Harvest Moon ’ is the first hybrid , seedless watermelon to advance the AAS accolade . These watermelons are said to be alike to the heirloom variety visit ‘ Moon and maven ’ because they have a drab dark-green rind with yellow Transportation .
‘ Harvest Moon ’ profit AAS honour because this potpourri is seedless , ripen earlier and produces a high-pitched yield . AAS judges also thought the melons , with their sweet , pink - red flesh , tasted better , too .
Watermelons postulate a long grow season of at least 80 day , so design ahead . Experts recommend bulge out seeds indoors to help oneself with germination . Sow seeds four weeks before the last freeze particular date in your area and transplanting once dark - time temperatures are dependably warm .
Hybrid “ triploid ” watermelon are seedless and unfertile because they are the issue of a cross between a seed diploid parent and a tetraploid parent . To successfully develop triploids ( seedless watermelon ) you ’ll call for a diploid pollinator . When you buy packet of ‘ Harvest Moon ’ seeds , there will be enough pollinators for set . If you buy transplants , AAS recommends asking which pollinator is best to interplant with ‘ Harvest Moon ’ to ensure success .
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‘Harvest Moon’ watermelon is an All-America Selections vegetable winner for 2013. This is the first hybrid, seedless watermelon to win the coveted award.Photo/Illustration: All-America Selections
