| 80 days. From the swampland of Florida comes midnight-green Everglade Hybrid! The rind looks black and is smooth, deep, and heavy, offering great protection to the incredibly succulent, seedless flesh within! If you love rich watermelon flavor and could do without the seeds, you've got to try this fantastic variety! These fruits reach 11 to 14 pounds each, and are nearly perfectly round, looking exactly like gleaming bowling balls! The dark rind offers extra protection to the juicy-sweet, and perhaps that's what makes this fine variety taste so crisp, extra-sugary, and fresh! One bite will convince you that this is the watermelon you MUST grow! Since this is a seedless variety, we've included pollinator seed in every packet. But if you don't want to plant the whole packet, if you plant Everglade near any seeded watermelon variety, the honey bees will cross-pollinate it for you! And if you've never grown seedless watermelon before, know that in addition to your seedless melons, you'll get a few with seeds, and a few that are smaller and paler than the rest (but just as delicious). That's the answer to the question everyone asks: "How do you get seeds from a seedless watermelon?" Sow the seeds direct when the soil is warm and all danger of frost is past. Sow the seeds in raised hills or rows 3 inches high. Thin to 3 plants per hill 3 feet apart, or 1 plant per foot in rows. For earlier fruit, seeds may be started indoors. Pkt is 10 seeds. |
