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Watermelons are a favorite treat for both children and adults. Therefore, be sure to highlight at least small area for planting melons. About how to choose delicious variety and get a good harvest, I will share my experience. Among them are not only ordinary, but also exotic, with various combinations colors, unusual shapes and excellent sweet, sometimes even fruity taste. All varietal watermelons can be ordered from me.

Planting watermelon in the Krasnodar region

The end of April and the beginning of May are always hot here in Kuban. The planted seedlings take a very long time to take root at this time. But there is one way to avoid this.

Landing place

• I usually choose a place for planting melons with autumn.
• I dig out several parallel ones with a shovel trenches at a distance of 0.6-0.7 m from each other, to a depth of 30-40 cm.
• I put fresh one at the bottom of the groove. manure and various garden organic waste (small branches, leaves, etc.), and cover it with earth on top.

Transplanting

• In the spring, when all the snow has melted and the soil has warmed up, I add a little more soil.
• I poured a hot solution of manganese into the grooves in the evening and planted seedlings in them in the morning. The tops of the seedlings should not rise above the soil level (edges of the trench).
• To protect seedlings from bright sun, I shade them with willow branches, which I stick like a tent into the edges of the ditch. And that’s it, you can forget about the seedlings for a week or two.
• During this time, the plants will take root well and grow quickly. Only after this can the shelters be removed.
• The feeding area of ​​each seedling was determined to be approximately 1 m², and the plants began to develop in the open sun.

Soil for planting

The taste and aroma of watermelons, like melons, largely depends on the composition of the soil.

• Heavy, clayey and poor soils are not suitable for growing watermelons and melons.
• Melons prefer light sandy ones, fertile soils without stagnant water and love the sun very much.
• The more sunny days, the sweeter the fruits.

Photo: Watermelon variety Cream Of Saskat

Watermelon care: watering, pinching, prevention

To get the most delicious watermelon fruits already in August, you need to take care of this in advance: pinch and pinch the plants correctly at the right time, monitor watering, and apply organic fertilizers for growth, development and disease prevention.

Stepping watermelons

1. To do this, you need to trim off the extra vines - the plant spends its energy on them, and absolutely all the fruits set will not be able to ripen in the conditions of the middle zone, this is a proven fact.
2. Therefore, you need to cut out all the side vines of watermelons, leaving only the main one - female flowers form on it.

How to pick watermelons:

The main stem must not be pinched!

• We pluck out the stepsons.
• Large-fruited varieties leave 3-4 fruits.
• Small-fruited 4-6 fruits.
• Leave 6-7 leaves and pinch the top.
• Leave 1-2 shoots on one plant. And a watermelon usually grows 7 or 8 stems...
• Between the leaf and the main stem there is a stepson, like tomatoes or cucumbers, you pluck it out!

Watering a watermelon

1. After planting a watermelon bush in the ground around it, I form deepening with a radius of at least 1 m, into which regular watering must be carried out so that the water immediately goes to the root and does not spread in different directions.
2. Also required mulch the surface of the soil, and it doesn’t matter what you have - straw, hay, grass, any husk are suitable for these purposes. Mulched trunk circle radius 0.5-1 m.

Feeding

1-2 weeks after planting, the watermelon will begin to actively grow. At this time you need to start feeding him.

• You can feed herbal infusion or yeast - both of these supplements are optimal for watermelon.
• Watermelon needs to be fed regularly every 10-15 days.

Prevention of late blight

• Watermelons suffer greatly from late blight.
• Fertilizing in the form of a yeast solution saves the plant from this scourge.

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I shared about the varieties and characteristics of growing melon in my other article:

Watermelon varieties

Many people have their own proven favorite varieties that are grown year after year. But not every gardener knows that the world of melons is very diverse and numbers thousands of varieties, including amateur ones. In this note I want to talk about the varieties of watermelons that I was lucky enough to grow.

I think many gardeners would like to try to grow at least a few plants of such a miracle on their plot. After all, many of these varieties, in addition to all of the above, have excellent decorative qualities.

Photo: Watermelon varieties Snake of Georgia

An old variety allegedly brought to Canada by Russian immigrants. Productive, drought resistant. A round fruit with a light green thin skin and a dark green stripe. White or creamy flesh, excellent very sweet taste. It can reach a weight of up to 10 kg, but usually 4-5 kg. Good for northern regions, ripening 80 days.

Photo: Variety Cream Of Saskatchewan

Orange Peach - Exotic, rare early ripening variety from the USA. The period from germination to fruit harvesting is 90 days. The fruits are round - elongated, green with dark green stripes, weighing 5 - 6 kg. The pulp is yellow-orange, very tender and sweet. The plant is productive and disease resistant. Supplier country: USA.

Photo: Variety Orange Peach

Peach (Peach) - Early variety, ripening period - 90 days. The fruits are round - elongated, green with dark green stripes, weighing 5 - 6 kg. The pulp is orange-pink, reminiscent of a peach in color and taste, very tender and sweet. Exotic, rare variety!

Photo: Peach variety)

Tender Sweet Bi-Colour - Medium-climbing plant, early ripening (85-90 days). The fruits are round, slightly flat, Green colour with dark green stripes and a yellow spot on the side. The flesh is red, with an orange tint. Very tasty, sweet, refreshing, amazing taste. Weight on average 3-4 kg.

Photo: Variety Tender Sweet Bi-Colour

Tender Sweet Orange - 85-90 days. Delicate sweet orange watermelon Pink colour. The fruits are elongated, dark green in color with light green stripes and yellow spots. The pulp is orange with a pink tint. Very tasty, sweet, refreshing, amazing taste. This is one of the best varieties of watermelon with orange-pink flesh. Weight on average is 4-5 kg, but can grow up to 20 kg.

Photo: Variety Tender Sweet Orange

Yellow Wonder - Early ripening variety, ripening 70-75 days after sowing. The fruits are elongated-oval, leveled, with a strong bark of a beautiful rich yellow color The average weight of the fetus is 4.5 kg. The pulp is bright red, juicy, aromatic, with a carrot flavor. Sugar content 10-11%. The seeds are small, black.

Photo: Yellow Wonder variety

Snake of Georgia - Variety Snake of Georgia, you will not immediately understand that it is a watermelon. The pattern on the bark is exactly like snake skin. An early variety, suitable for growing in open ground in middle lane and in the south of Russia. The plant is climbing, the main vine is medium to long. The fruit is oblong-oval, smooth, salad green, with spiny light green stripes of medium width. Fruit weight 10 kg. The pulp is bright scarlet, sweet, with a unique aroma.

Photo: variety Snake of Georgia

Golden - Variety from China. Ultra early ripening, 63-70 days. The plant is medium-climbing, medium-leafy. The fruits are not large, round, bright green-golden in color, thin-barked. The pulp is intensely golden yellow, soft-grained, juicy, sweet with the aroma of watermelon and exotic fruits. The average fruit weight is 1-2 kg. High-yielding, drought-resistant variety.

Photo: Variety Golden

Golden Teacher - Variety with golden-green-yellow bark. Early ripening: from germination to ripening - 68-73 days. The plant is short-climbing and compact. The fruits are smooth, oh round shape, weighing 3.5-4.5 kg. The pulp is bright red-orange, soft-grained, juicy and very sweet. Sugar content reaches 10.4-11.0%

Photo: Variety Golden Teacher

Radiant Cream - American selection. Mid-season. The fruits are round, the skin is white-yellow-cream, with green longitudinal stripes. The pulp is orange-pink, very sweet. Weight up to 3 kg. One bush bears up to 8 fruits.

Photo: Shining Cream variety

Fu-Ten - The plant is long-climbing, widely branched, early ripening up to 60 days. The fruits are oval, weighing 1-2 kg. The bark is thin, white-golden with faint green streaks, the flesh is bright red, juicy, sweet. High yield both in the greenhouse and in open ground, sets up to 8 fruits at the same time.

Photo: Phu-Ten variety

Hon-Tsai-Bao - Early (70-80 days). Miracle of the Chinese collection. The plant is long-climbing, medium-leafed, and bears up to 25 fruits at a time. The fruits are round, portioned, weighing 1-2 kg, have a delicious taste and early fruiting. The bark is dark green with a black pattern. The pulp is bright yellow, sugary-grainy, with an amazing honey taste. Particularly different long period fruiting. This variety is easy to care for and grows well both in open ground and in a greenhouse. You can even grow it on the balcony, the fruits in this case will be 300-500 g

Jing-Kang-Xiao-Huang - (Beijing Little Yellow Stove) (China) – a very early watermelon with yellow pulp of the highest quality. Long fruiting period. The fruits are beautiful, round, weighing 1.5-2 kg. The regular pattern stands out on the light green peel. The pulp is crystal yellow, sweet, refreshing, tender, the peel is thin. Can be grown both on the ground and on a trellis.

Photo: Variety Jing-Kang-Xiao-Huang

Miracle berry - An early-ripening, thin-skinned variety with juicy yellow-cream-pinkish pulp, a vegetative period of 80-90 days, round fruits of dark green color. Cultivation is simple, sowing in open/protected soils is possible. Timely sowing and removal of side shoots will yield fruits weighing from 2 to 4 kg. The berry is indispensable in the preparation of nutritious watermelon honey and candied fruits. The seeds are medium-sized (length 13.0-14.0 mm, width 8.0-9.0 mm), light brown in color, smooth.

Amber - A medium-sized, round-oval watermelon with a dark green rind with light streaks similar to Sun rays. Juicy, sweet pulp, unusual bright orange color with small dark seeds.

Photo: Variety Yantar

The taste is simply outstanding - reminiscent of real sherbet, and will give everyone great pleasure. The skin is so thin that the watermelon consists almost entirely of pulp. For better ripening, leave 1-2 fruits on the plant. From sowing to ripening 80 days. The weight of one berry is 3-4 kg.

Photo: Watermelon variety Yantar

His homeland is the hot Kalahari Desert. And thanks to their phenomenal survival in dry and hot climates, watermelon berries are one of the oldest in the world. He was honored to be depicted in drawings in the tomb of Cheops. From Ancient Egypt, watermelon came to the Arabian Peninsula, Palestine, Syria, and then to Central Asia. IN Tsarist Russia it first came to the Volga region in the ninth century, but this culture became widespread only in the eighteenth century. And it spread even to Voronezh, Kursk and Vladimir. Grown in the North Caucasus and the Volga region. In Moscow and St. Petersburg, this is the culture of deep manure greenhouses. If earlier the color of its flesh was soft pink and yellow, now the most common color is scarlet and all shades of red.

watermelon berry very juicy, contains many useful compounds and perfectly quenches thirst. The size and shape may vary, and the weight ranges from half a kilogram to fifty kilograms.

Early varieties of watermelons: description of varieties

Early varieties And ultra early allow you to eat ripe and tasty fruits even in Kaluga and Orel. They rarely reach large sizes and not very tall. The taste is rarely bright, but is often more watery and less sweet.

Sugar baby– ultra-early sept. It takes one and a half months from the cotyledon leaves to the first watermelon. This variety medium strength. The berry is spherical in shape, weighing from 2 to 6.4 kg.Watermelon pulp is carmine-ruby, palpably coarse, with a mild odor and excellent sweet taste.. The fruits themselves are dark green in color, with barely visible dark stripes, weighing 2.5-4.5 kg. The thick peel can be harvested from the plant up to ten kilograms. Resistant to fruit anthracnose and fungal diseases. Easy to care for. Requires watering when growing. You can eat it, or you can marinate it.

Crimson suite– now this is the most fashionable variety of watermelon among large-scale producers. Since it ripens a month after planting seedlings in the south, or after 75 days under agrofibre and sowing seeds, with spherical watermelons with chic colors “a la zebra”. The weight of one berry is from 9 to 11.5 kg. The flesh of this watermelon has a pleasant crunch when eaten, has a dark, rich red color, excellent taste and sugar content. Can be transported perfectly long distances, the watermelon yield does not decrease under air drought conditions. Resistant to fusarium wilt.

Ogonyok– the most recognizable early variety. He was the first to have fruits in the form of neat balls, almost black in color and weighing from half a kilogram to four kilograms. It grows well both in the garden and in the greenhouse. Its pulp has a granular structure, is juicy, bright red in color and has a good taste. The peel is thin. Resistant to low temperatures at the beginning of the growing season. Ripens after a month and a half from the appearance of sprouts.

Producer– this variety needs 63-83 days from sprouting to harvesting. A plant with a medium-length main vine. The leaf is grey-green. The fruit is round-spherical, smooth and shiny, weighing up to five kilograms. Striped coloring of medium density and richness of color, and thin skin. The flesh of the fruit is rich red and tender. The taste is excellent. Brown with mottling, small seeds do not interfere. Harvest from 195 centners on rainfed land and up to 500 centners when irrigated from one hectare. Fruits can be stored without loss of quality for two weeks after picking. Resistant to fusarium wilt and anthracnose of fruits.

Skorik– this variety has large, striped fruits. The seeds are black. The pulp inside is dense, bright scarlet in color and has a good taste. Early, it takes 65 to 90 days before harvesting the first fruits. A plant with long lashes, the length of the main lash is more than three meters. The shape of the watermelon is spherical and spherical-flattened. The peel is smooth and weighs from 1.3 to 3.7 kg. The background is bright green, and there are black and green stripes on it. Watermelon pulp is red, fibrous, but tender, with good juiciness. Sweet, with a strong “watermelon” aroma. The yield is consistently high, the return early harvest friendly.

Krasen– a variety that takes about 66 - 83 days to ripen the first fruits. The plant has medium length vines. The leaf is medium in size, deep green and slightly dissected. The fruit is round and smooth. On a white background, green, narrow stripes. Watermelon bark is thin. The fruit can reach 6-8 kilograms. Pulpwatermelon with purple-raspberrycolor or red, grainy and delicate in taste. The seeds are small. The yield on rainfed soil is up to 400 centners and up to 600 centners on irrigation per hectare. The fruits retain all their qualities for a month and do not deteriorate during transportation. Resistant to fusarium wilt and anthracnose of fruits.

Mid-season varieties of watermelons: description of varieties

Varieties with medium ripeness They allow you to extend the “watermelon season”; their fruits can be stored for some time without spoiling, so they are good for transporting over long distances.

Astrakhan– ripeness occurs 71 or 81 days after the appearance of sprouts from the soil (to the south, they will appear earlier). The plant has medium length vines. The leaf is medium, bluish-green. The shape of the watermelon is round or elongated-rounded, with a smooth and shiny rind. Its background is green, and on this background there is a mesh pattern in the form of spiky stripes of black and green color. The fruit weighs up to 5.6 kilograms. The flesh of the watermelon itself is bright red, tender and very sweet, highly juicy. The harvest is good. Resistant to fusarium wilt and anthracnose of fruits.

Black Prince - the ripening period before the main harvest requires 72-103 days. The plant itself is strong, the first lash is up to three meters long. The leaf is large, bottle green. The fruit is narrowly cylindrical, the background is dark greenish to impenetrably dark green, the image of the stripes, spiny, darker than the background, of medium width and a hidden dense network, is unclear. The shell is of typical thickness. Weight up to ten kilograms. The pulp of the berry is dark ruby, of typical density. The taste is impeccable. The seeds are medium-sized, brownish with a dotted pattern. The yield on dry land is up to half a ton per hundred square meters. Tolerant to high and low temperatures, easy to transport. Stored for 53 days after picking.

Ataman F1– ripeness occurs 66 or 86 days after the appearance of sprouts from the soil (to the south, they will appear earlier). A plant with long vines. Its leaves are medium sized and bright green. The fruit is round, the background of the fruit is green, and the stripes are spiny and dark green. The fruit weighs up to 6-7 kilograms. The flesh of the watermelon itself is bright red, tender and very sweet, highly juicy. The seeds are very small in size, brown with dots and spots. The rainfed harvest is good; when irrigated, they harvest one and a half times more. Retains taste for one month after harvesting.

Lunar– has medium-length lashes and medium-sized leaves. The fruit is shaped like a wide ellipse, smooth. The background is light green, and the stripes in the design are narrow and dark green. The weight of the fruit is up to those kilograms. The pulp of ripe watermelons is light yellow in color, delicate and excellent taste. Its seeds are very small and brownish. Harvest three months from germination, a hundredweight from every ten square meters of field. Retains taste for one month after harvesting.

Volzhanin- a watermelon that yields a hundredweight from every ten square meters of field within three months from germination. A plant with a long main vine. The fruit is elongated-rounded in shape, smooth, weighing one to six kilograms. Its background is green, and on this background there is a mesh pattern in the form of spiky stripes of black and green color. The harvest on dry land is from 9 to 13 tons; with irrigation, one and a half times more is collected per hectare. The pulp is dark red-raspberry, tender, of good juiciness, with a “watermelon”, pleasant aroma. The fruits have excellent taste. The seeds are small in size, brown with dots. Retains taste for one month after harvesting. Drought resistant.

Late varieties of watermelons: description of varieties

They have well-preserved fruits with rough and thick skin. The pulp is almost always of excellent quality. Full ripening is possible only in the south.

Chill- This is the most famous late-ripening watermelon. The first watermelon can be eaten three months after the sprouts appear. A plant with a powerful bush and large leaves. The main vine is more than five meters, so these plants do not like dense planting. Watermelons grow large, weighing up to 25 kilograms per person, elliptical in shape, faintly segmented, with a strong, bright green skin with black-green stripes and bright red, with a pinkish tint and very sweet flesh. The taste is excellent. The harvest is 5 centners per hundred square meters. Watermelons store well (more than three months), provided they are carefully harvested and stored in a cool place. Susceptible to Fusarium wilt and anthracnose of fruits.

Spring– watermelon is equally productive as in various greenhouses, and in the field. The leaves are large, the main vine is more than five meters long. Forms well on a trellis. Fruit harvest one hundred days after planting seedlings. The fruit of the watermelon is small, up to three kilograms, elongated, spherical, with a smooth skin. Its background is olive green, and on it there is an inconspicuous green mesh. The flesh of this berry is rich red, the texture is tender and sweet, with good juiciness. Can you pickle watermelons?.

Bush 334– this variety needs one hundred days from planting the seedlings for the first fruit to ripen. The bush is compactly developed and does not require much space. If they want a large watermelon, then leave one watermelon on each lash, then it will weigh up to eight kilograms. The watermelon flesh is delicious, melting bright pink and sweet. With careful cleaning and cool storage, it will last until January. But these watermelons can also be used for pickling. Immune to fusarium wilt and anthracnose of fruits.

Icarus– this variety needs about a hundred days from planting the seedlings for the first fruits to ripen. A plant with a long main vine. The leaf is gray-green in color, strongly dissected and with weak pubescence on top. The fruit looks like a wide ellipse, weak segmentation is noticeable. Watermelon weight is from 3 to 15 kg. The background of the fruit is dark green, with faintly noticeable spiny stripes. The pulp of the watermelon itself is reddish-crimson, very sweet and tender, well juicy, with a “watermelon” aroma and excellent taste. The harvest is 29 centners on ten acres. With careful cleaning and cool storage, it lasts until January-February. But these watermelons can also be used for pickling or candied fruits. Immune to fusarium wilt and anthracnose of fruits.

Melania F1- a hybrid that ripens 82 days after full germination. These plants adapt to different weather conditions. Watermelon fruits are oval, their average weight is up to 12 kilograms. The main color of the watermelon is green, the stripes are wide, black and green. The pulp is dark scarlet in color, crispy, and the seeds inside are small. Can be transported and stored for a month. The harvest is 22 centners on ten acres. To fusarium wilt and anthracnose of fruits immune.

And to this day they grow in the desert dry valleys of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and other countries in the region. Unlike cultivated varieties, wild plants cannot be called either sugar or large. The pale yellow or white pulp inside the 250-gram fruit is either bland or even bitter.

Watermelon transformation

And yet, wild watermelons in Africa were highly valued, since for travelers and caravans they sometimes became the only available source of moisture. It was with trade caravans that watermelons came to the Middle East, Asia Minor and Central Asia.

Attempts to obtain larger and sweeter fruits were made in Ancient Egypt; watermelons were grown in India, Persia and China. The culture spread to Europe no earlier than the 16th–17th centuries, and those varieties of watermelons, as in the photo of one of the still lifes of that era, were much inferior in sweetness, juiciness and color of the pulp to the fruits ripening in modern beds.

Only over the last hundred years, breeders have been able to obtain an incredible number of new varieties and hybrids, giving gourmets the opportunity to taste not only red or pink flesh, but also yellow or almost white. And the bark of watermelons in current beds can be not only dark green or striped, but also yellow, white, spotted or with a marble pattern.

Summer residents and farmers are offered several hundred cultural varieties and hybrid forms, producing sweet fruits weighing from one to 90 kilograms. What are the varieties of watermelons shown in the photo worth? Carolina Cross", growing on average to 30–50 kg, but sometimes reaching a weight of almost 200 kg.

The era of Astrakhan watermelons

In Russia, watermelons have long been grown in Little Russia, the Kuban and the south of the Volga region, where weather allowed large sweet fruits to ripen. In Soviet times and until now, watermelons from near Astrakhan were especially respected and in demand among buyers. The phrase “Astrakhan watermelon” meant that under the thin rind there would definitely be scarlet, sugary pulp of inimitable sweetness and aroma.

This area was considered the main melon area Soviet Union, and the main variety on the plantation was Astrakhan watermelon.

The first harvest of striped, oval-shaped fruits was obtained in 1977, at the Astrakhan Institute of Vegetable and Melon Growing. The watermelons, which ripened 70–80 days after sowing, turned out to be so productive that up to 120 tons of sugar watermelons were harvested per hectare of melons, which, moreover, could be stored for up to 2.5 months and could easily be transported. These circumstances made Astrakhan watermelons the most popular and beloved in the country.

Volgograd watermelons from the village of Bykovo

The second place in the number of melons grown in Russia is occupied by the Volgograd region. Here, on the basis of the only specialized melon breeding and experimental station in the USSR, the Bykovskaya selection and experimental station, such famous varieties of watermelons were obtained, in the photo, as Kholodok, Bykovsky 22, Triumph and more than four dozen more unpretentious to the conditions of the risky farming zone and very productive varieties of everyone’s favorite crop.

The Volgograd watermelon Kholodok is still considered a masterpiece of melon selection today. late date ripening, easily stored until the New Year and during this time without losing either its wonderful taste or juiciness. This variety is most often chosen for cultivation in country houses.

Watermelon Crimson Sweet

If Soviet and Russian breeders followed the path of obtaining varieties of watermelons that were most resistant to all the vicissitudes of the local climate, then foreign biologists have a slightly different goal in the first place. Here most in demand Large-fruited watermelons, spectacular in shape and color of bark and pulp, with high consumer and commercial qualities and high disease resistance, are used. True, to grow a good harvest in this case you will have to spend more effort and make a lot of investments.

Of the foreign varieties, our summer residents are most familiar with the Crimson Sweet watermelon, obtained by American breeders. The fruits of this variety are not large in size and weigh on average up to 5 kg. A variety that looks similar to the famous one Astrakhan watermelon, has a moderate sweetness and produces stable yields in 65–80 days.

Based popular variety Over the years, many varieties of watermelon Crimson Sweet have been obtained, larger than their ancestor, and also capable of being stored longer.

Sugar Baby: Watermelon Sugar Baby

Another old foreign variety known in Russia, Shuga Baby or Sugar Baby, produces round, dark green fruits with red flesh 75–80 days after planting. Watermelon Sugar Baby looks like the Ogonyok, famous among summer residents, but is somewhat larger. Sugar Baby watermelons weigh between 3 and 4.5 kg, and their flesh is distinctly grainy and sweet.

If the Ogonyok variety, which appeared in the USSR back in 1960, had become known in the West, perhaps its round fruits with dark, stripe-free bark would have been called “black watermelon.” And in Japan, Ogonyok could compete with the most expensive watermelon in the world, the Densuke variety, with the same rich-colored peel, and it is thanks to it that it costs up to $250 apiece.

Moon and stars on watermelon peel

Obviously, based on some old variety of black watermelon, in 1926 in Missouri, a variety with the romantic name “Moon and Stars” was obtained. Bright yellow spots are scattered throughout the black-green bark of this watermelon and even on the foliage. different sizes, reminiscent of night luminaries against the background of the night sky.

For almost a century, this variety of watermelon, as in the photo, has remained popular, and today hybrids have appeared not only with pink-red, but also with yellow flesh. Elongated watermelons weighing from 9 to 23 kg, which are popular with consumers, are not uncommon among the “star” fruits.

Marbled watermelon

Another variety of fruit, due to its fine network of dark green veins on a light bark background, is called marbled watermelons. Usually these are oblong watermelons weighing from 5 to 15 kg with juicy, pink or red flesh, not big amount seeds and excellent taste.

An example of a marbled watermelon is the French variety Charleston Gray, which gave rise to a whole family of fruitful varieties and hybrids. Russian breeders do not lag behind their Western colleagues and introduced gardeners to the early ripening Honey Giant, a watermelon variety, as in the photo, which produces large fruits up to 60 cm long and weighing up to 15 kg, well resistant to drought and common crop diseases.

White watermelons can be sweet

If the bark of marbled watermelons has a light green tint with an inconspicuous pattern, then the rind of the American Navajo Winter watermelon variety is almost white.

The pulp of it white watermelon It can be either pink or red, but it is always crispy and very sweet. The variety is considered drought-resistant, and the fruits are easily stored for up to 4 months.

While both gardeners and consumers have already become accustomed to the multi-colored skin of watermelons, the white or yellow flesh of these sweet fruits is still a novelty for Russians. But it is precisely such unusual hybrids, obtained from crossing cultivated varieties of watermelons and wild varieties, that are at the peak of popularity and can have flesh of all shades from creamy orange, yellow to translucent white.

True, sometimes, under the guise of a white watermelon, gullible summer residents are offered the Peruvian figoleaf pumpkin, ficifolia, both in the shape of the foliage and in appearance fruit, reminiscent of a marbled watermelon, but not able to compete with it in sweetness.

What does yellow watermelon taste like?

Watermelons with yellow flesh are now offered to customers under the name pineapple, although the similarity of these fruits is limited only beautiful shade slices, and the color change does not affect the taste of yellow watermelon.

Russian breeders offer summer residents to try pineapple watermelons collected from their own beds. Watermelons of the Lunny variety are ready for harvesting 70–75 days from the moment the seedlings peck. The fruits with attractive striped skin grow up to 3.5–4 kg and have excellent taste characteristics.

The hybrid of domestic selection Prince Hamlet F1 is distinguished not only by its early maturity. Its main “zest” is hidden under a dense thin bark. The flesh of this pineapple watermelon, weighing up to 2 kg, is lemon-yellow and sweet.

But the variety of watermelon, in the photo, Gift of the Sun, can easily be confused not with a pineapple, but with a melon, since the fruits of this plant have a surprisingly yellow, smooth bark, very reminiscent of the peel of another popular melon culture. This yellow watermelon, thanks to the accumulation of up to 12% sugar, has an excellent taste, juicy pulp consistency and early ripening.

Today, breeding companies in Holland, the USA and Japan are actively working in the field of obtaining diploid hybrids that produce seedless watermelons. For several years now, such fruits, completely devoid of seeds or having only their rudiments, have been grown in our country.

An example of this is the hybrid yellow watermelon Prince Hamlet and the oblong watermelon of the American selection Stabolite F1.

Video about growing different varieties of watermelons

Watermelon has a sweet, juicy pulp, rich in vitamins and allowing you to improve your health and vitality in the summer-autumn period. The size and shape of the green berry vary, and the weight ranges from 1.5-50 kg. You can plant melons in different areas; there are even varieties of watermelons for Siberia.

Early types of melons

The following types of melons are good for the middle zone, as they are easily tolerated low temperatures and damage to fruits by anthracosis. These are the best varieties of early ripening watermelons.

In the middle zone, it is better to plant melons in greenhouses that maintain the appropriate temperature until sprouts appear. Greenhouses should be covered with a thick film or made of polycarbonate, which allows light and air to pass through well.

Tip: Before planting, the seeds must be treated copper sulfate to avoid the development of plant diseases.

When preparing watermelon for planting in greenhouses, take the following seeds:

1. Watermelon variety “Siberian Lights” – the period from seed planting to maturity is 80 days. The melon is dark green with small stripes. The pulp is light reddish, sweet, and has porous fibers. The seeds are small, light brown, the skin is thin. Such early varieties of watermelons can be grown in greenhouse conditions or under open air. The main condition for ripening is soil temperature +14 0 C.
2. Ultra early – berry early maturation up to 80 days, more resistant to temperature fluctuations. The pulp is scarlet in color, with veins. Contains a large amount of sucrose, black, medium seeds.
3. Watermelon variety Chill — the fruits will ripen within 75-85 days; the fruits are round in shape and have a rich green hue with blurry stripes. The pulp is scarlet and juicy. The seeds are light with brown spots, large. The average weight of the fetus is 5 kg. On the positive side provides long-term shelf life and resistance to transportation.
4. Variety Astrakhan – the period from the appearance of the first shoots to the ovary takes 1.5 months. The fruit is round, without stripes, weighing up to 6 kg. The pulp is dark red, with large black seeds, the peel is thick.
5. Ogonyok– has the most early dates maturation. The weight of Ogonyok berries is about 4 kg. It easily adapts to the planted area and is easy to care for. The shape of the Ogonyok fruit is round, without stripes, dark green. Ogonyok has a juicy, sweetish taste. Ripening time is 1.5 months.

Tip: Early berries have a sweet taste and aroma. The yield from one vine allows you to harvest up to 7 kg; the berries easily withstand weather adversity and do not require special care. The main rule is watering.

Other early varieties

Good early types of melons include:

1. Early ripening watermelon variety Producer – it takes 70-80 days to ripen. The fruit is round without bulges, smooth with a shiny rind, berry weight is 5 kg. Stripes white crisp, thin crust, light green in color. The pulp is fibrous, slightly pinkish, tender. The fruits do not spoil during long-term storage.
2. Early watermelon variety Skorik – large with white wide stripes. The seeds are black, large, large quantities. The pulp is fleshy and sweet. The ripening period is 70 days. Weight - 1.3-3.7 kg. The yield is excellent, it is easy to care for and can be grown both in a greenhouse and in the garden. The crop is not exposed to diseases and pests.
3. Ataman – ripening time takes about 66-83 days. The fruit is elongated, stripless. The peel is medium thick, pale green. Berry weight - 6-8 kg. The pulp is purple-pink, porous, with a large number of small seeds.
4. Charleston gray - ripening time occurs at the end of July - beginning of August. The yield is stable - 100 t/ha. The gray variety is old, the plant has a whip up to 5 m long. The berry is oval in shape with wide stripes, smooth, weighing 12-18 kg. The rind is thick, 1.5-2.5 cm thick. The color is light green, the flesh is scarlet, porous. The seeds are brown and large. This type of berry does not lose its taste during storage.
5. Top gun – 58-62 days of seedlings and 65-67 days of sowing. Top gun hybrid contains high percent sucrose, the pulp is very sweet with large black seeds. With proper care, top gun produces a consistently rich harvest. Top gan occupies a leading position among other watermelon species due to its rapid ripening, good keeping quality, and resistance to temperature changes and diseases.
6. Karistan – a hybrid whose commercial qualities do not change for two weeks after harvest. A positive property of the Karistan variety is its early ripening and excellent taste. Watermelon Karistan is not susceptible to fusarium and anthracnose, which has a good effect on its storage. Karistan has a light green color with stripes of different widths. The crust is smooth, the shape resembles an ellipse, the seeds are whitish in large quantities. The pulp is crispy and sweetish. Bakhcha Karistan weighing up to 12 kg. The harvest can reach up to 250 c/ha.
7. Varieties of sweet watermelons for open ground: Melitopolsky 142 and Stokes 647/649 . The weight of the first type of berries barely exceeds 4-5 kg. The pulp has many small seeds, it is tasty and has a fibrous structure. The second type of watermelon has orange-red flesh, it is not very sweet and juicy. These types of melons are most suitable for Siberia, as they are less demanding to care for and resistant to weather changes.

Advice: Early species melons can easily tolerate cold, high humidity, do not deteriorate during long-term transportation and storage.

The best late varieties

Among the best late ripening varieties note the following:

1. The late-ripening watermelon variety Crimson Sweet is a late harvest, it takes 85-90 years from sowing to ripening. The fruits are large, their weight reaches 10-12 kg, sweet, the flesh is bright red, tender, with small seeds. The rind is bright green with white flecks. Transportability is good, the yield is stable - from 1 hectare to 200 kg.
2. Kai – late, easily tolerates low temperature conditions and lack of light. 85 days pass before harvest. Fruit with wide stripes of barely noticeable white color. The core is porous, very sweet, pink in color. Sings within 75 days. The berry is oval in shape, light green in color with pale stripes. The pulp is juicy, fibrous, rich red in color with small seeds.
3. Impulse is a late variety of tasty watermelon, elongated, stripless, rich green in color. The peel is very thin. The pulp is scarlet, watery with medium seeds. The average weight of the berry is 8-20 kg. Productivity up to 300 kg per hundred square meters.
4. Beijing Joy – hybrid, early. From sowing to the ripe state of the fruit, 105-115 days pass. Peking watermelon has a round, dark-colored ball shape and a rind with white stripes. The pulp is sweet, dark red, watery.

Late watermelon varieties are resistant to diseases, excess moisture and lack of watering. The best varieties of tasty watermelons are early and early ripening ones, grown on summer cottage. The fruits ripen quickly, and after two months you can harvest. High-yielding watermelons are the easiest to care for, and the ripe berries have excellent taste.

Watermelon not only benefits the human body, but also quenches thirst in the summer heat; various dishes and drinks are made from it. There are an incredible variety of varieties of this berry; when choosing, sometimes your eyes just run wild. The best varieties of watermelons, their features and advantages will be described in the article.

The first thing a gardener counts on when planting a crop is a large, high-quality harvest. Listed below are the most productive varieties watermelons

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Depending on the ripening period of watermelons, they can be grown in different areas. For the southern ones, any variety is suitable, and in the northern ones, only early crops bear fruit.

• Watermelons early varieties ripen very quickly in 60-80 days: “Sugar Baby”, “Lunar”, “Ogonyok”, “Zenith”, “Prince Hamlet F1”, “Regus F1”, “Saga F1”, “Sunday Special”, “Winner 395” ", "Yellow Buttercup F1", "Charleston Gray".
• Mid-season varieties ripen in 80-90 days on average. These include: “Black Prince”, “Astrakhansky”, “Volzhanin”, “Bykovsky - 22”, “Imbar F1”, “Delicacy F1”, “Crimson Sweet”.
• Late varieties of watermelons ripen in 90 days or more. These include: “Icarus”, “Chill”, “King of Reds”, “Favorite of the Pyatigorsk Farm 286”, “Melitopolsky 60”.

What varieties of watermelons are the sweetest?

The sweetness of watermelon is one of the most important criteria when choosing a berry. Unsweetened fruits are usually bought for canning, but for fresh consumption it is important that the watermelon is tasty and sweet. So, which varieties of watermelon are the sweetest?

Large and miniature watermelons like “Carolina Cross” and “Pepquinos” are grown all over the world; there are record holders for ripening and sweetness. But what other unusual varieties of watermelons were created by nature, breeders and are successfully grown in different countries?

• Seedless watermelons are popular all over the world. For some consumers, choosing seeds is a very troublesome task, but seedless watermelons allow you not to waste time and enjoy plenty sweet berry. There are many similar varieties. : “Lunar”, “Yellow Buttercup F1”, “Imbar F1” or red: “King of Hearts”, “Sagi F1”, “Sunday Special”, “Regus F1”. "Prince Hamlet F1" is a low-seeded plant, and seedless varieties are also often included.
• "Densuke" is grown on the island of Haikido (Japan). Watermelon has a black rind and bright, red flesh. Very tasty, but what makes it special is its rarity and the huge price (up to $60,000) that gourmets are willing to pay for an unusual berry.
• Recently, the popularity of unusually shaped watermelons has increased. Production for cultivation has been established in Japan square watermelons. In typical home gardens, gardeners try to make interesting watermelons of unusual shapes: heart, cone, pyramid, pear, square, rectangle and the like. Of course, the price for such fruits is much higher than for the usual round or oval berries.