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Watermelon "Mini Love" F1
Watermelon "Mini Love" F1 is a personal-size seeded watermelon and a 2017 All-America Selections award winner.
Compact plants can yield up to 6 fruit per plant that weigh 7-9 lbs. Mini Love has a "Crimson Sweet" rind pattern and sweet, crisp, red flesh, with few seeds.
The fruit hold well and the plants offer intermediate resistance to Anthracnose.
Early ripening: the period from full shoots to the first harvest of fruits is 70-85 days.
The length of the main lash does not exceed 1.8 m. The leaf is small, strongly dissected, with narrow lobes. The fruit is spherical, small, weighing 3.0-4.0 kg.
The surface of the fruit is smooth or slightly segmented. Coloring is black-green with a hidden pattern.
The bark is thin, fragile. The flesh is bright red, tender, juicy and sweet. The taste qualities are excellent.
It is intended for cultivation in film greenhouses and in an open ground. Relatively resistant to anthracnose, moderately affected by powdery mildew.
Agrotechnics of watermelon for the Nordic countries.
Sowing seedlings at the end of April. The term of growing seedlings is 30-35 days, planting - in late May - early June. Landing pattern 70x150 cm.
Plants are tied to a trellis, all lateral shoots are removed up to a height of 50 cm, the next ones are pinched over 1-3 leaves.
It is possible to grow in free culture in spreading, if a warm summer is expected.
Watering is moderate, especially during fruit ripening.
1,0 g = 10-20 seeds.
Compact plants can yield up to 6 fruit per plant that weigh 7-9 lbs. Mini Love has a "Crimson Sweet" rind pattern and sweet, crisp, red flesh, with few seeds.
The fruit hold well and the plants offer intermediate resistance to Anthracnose.
Early ripening: the period from full shoots to the first harvest of fruits is 70-85 days.
The length of the main lash does not exceed 1.8 m. The leaf is small, strongly dissected, with narrow lobes. The fruit is spherical, small, weighing 3.0-4.0 kg.
The surface of the fruit is smooth or slightly segmented. Coloring is black-green with a hidden pattern.
The bark is thin, fragile. The flesh is bright red, tender, juicy and sweet. The taste qualities are excellent.
It is intended for cultivation in film greenhouses and in an open ground. Relatively resistant to anthracnose, moderately affected by powdery mildew.
Agrotechnics of watermelon for the Nordic countries.
Sowing seedlings at the end of April. The term of growing seedlings is 30-35 days, planting - in late May - early June. Landing pattern 70x150 cm.
Plants are tied to a trellis, all lateral shoots are removed up to a height of 50 cm, the next ones are pinched over 1-3 leaves.
It is possible to grow in free culture in spreading, if a warm summer is expected.
Watering is moderate, especially during fruit ripening.
1,0 g = 10-20 seeds.
Early watermelon. Bot.: Citrullus lanatus L.
* Watermelon rind jam.
Ingredients: 1 kg of prepared watermelon rinds, 1.2 kg of sugar, 2 cups of water, 1/2 teaspoon of citric acid.
1. Cut off the green peel from the rind and cut the white part into 2 cm thick cubes.
2. Blanch them in boiling water for 2-5 minutes, remove, cool, cover with some of the sugar for 2-3 hours.
3. Boil syrup from the remaining sugar and two cups of water and pour it over the cubes for 8 hours.
4. Drain the syrup, bring to a boil and pour it over the cubes again.
5. Repeat the procedure, and then cook over low heat until a drop of syrup stops spreading over the surface.
6. Add citric acid 5 minutes before the end of cooking.
7. Place in jars, cover with lids.
Store at room temperature.
