WATERMELON Jubilee

Species: Water melon
Latin name: Citrullus Lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. and Nakai
Inscription in the European catalog under: Jubilee
Other usual name: Melon d'eau - en. Watermelon - de. Wassermelone
Variety: Jubilee
Family: Cucurbitaceous
Origin: Tropical Africa

The Jubilee Watermelon: Variety resistant to fusariose and the anthracnose. Fruit lengthened and of an impressive size, average weight 10 to 12 kilos according to the type of ground and culture. Marbled dark green skin, coloured pulp with an intense red, soft and sweetened savor, eat immediately after harvest to taste its delicate perfume. The watermelon is to be consumed without moderation all summer long, very refreshing and most of the childrens adore it, why not growing them into your garden then.

Seed sowing: From March to May
Collect water melons: From July to September
Height: The jubilee watermelon reached on average 80 cm
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: Sowing in March under shelter at 20 °C. Transplant in pots as soon as the plants re big enough to handle and keep only the strongest plants, install in open ground. Seed sowing in open ground as soon as any danger of frost is drawn aside, sowing in seed holes from 4 to 5 seeds per hole and at 2 cm of depth, thin up by leaving 2 seedlings per hole as soon as there is 2 leaves.

Sowing distance: 1 meter in any direction
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 20 °C
Seed germination: 6 to 8 days
Nutritional value: 30 Kcal to the 100 gr.

Net weight of seeds: 4 gr = +/- 48 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.