Arikara Watermelon
Citrullus lanatus
Price: $3.95
SKU: 3250391
Arikara
80 days — The small (about five inches in diameter) fruit have dark rinds and good tasting, sweet, pink flesh. The small size makes them attractive as personal watermelons.According to the Museum of the Fur Trade in Chadron, Nebraska, this 'Arikara' watermelon is a, "Descendant of small Spanish watermelons brought [to South Dakota] by traders from St. Louis in the late eighteenth century." It was eventually collected and released by the Oscar Will Seed Company. Each packet contains one gram, which is approximately 10 seeds.
Planting Instructions:
The seeds can be directly sown in spring after the soil has warmed or started indoors four weeks before the last expected frost. Indoors, plant two to three seeds per pot, ½ inch deep, thinning to the best plant. Do not disturb roots when transplanting.
Outdoors, plant three to four seeds, ½ inch deep, in hills spaced four to six feet apart. Transplant or thin to two plants per hill. Young plants are cold sensitive and some cover protection at nights may be required. Mulch or cultivate to control weeds.
Outdoors, plant three to four seeds, ½ inch deep, in hills spaced four to six feet apart. Transplant or thin to two plants per hill. Young plants are cold sensitive and some cover protection at nights may be required. Mulch or cultivate to control weeds.
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★★★★☆ Wowza! look at all those flowers
By Kate Benwell on July 18, 2022
By Kate Benwell on July 18, 2022
I will be back with a report on taste, but to start = I've never grown watermelon before and chose a small one just to see what happened. It's growing everywhere! I intended to have it grow up a trellis and it is sort of. I didn't get it trained fast enough. But there are blooms everywhere and I've already counted 10 fruit. They look great, and I think there might some ripe very soon to try! Stars might go up if they taste as good as they look!
