Watermelon "Rafinad"
Watermelon "Refined sugar".
A mid-early variety for growing in open ground and under temporary film covers. The period from full germination to fruit ripening is 78-80 days. The fruits are round, weighing 3.5-4.0 kg. The peel is thin, dense, light green with gray spots. The pulp is bright red, juicy, very sweet and tasty.
Agrotechnics (for north-eastern Europe).
Sowing seedlings in early May. Planting seedlings in open ground at the end of May - beginning of June (30-35 days after germination, in the phase of 3-4 true leaves). Planting pattern 100x100 cm.
When grown under film covers, plants are formed into one stem (all side shoots are removed to a height of 50 cm, subsequent ones are pinched over 1-3 leaves), tied to a trellis (the fruits must be hung in nets). It is possible to grow in a free culture spread out.
In the southern regions it can be grown by direct sowing in the ground in April-May.
A mid-early variety for growing in open ground and under temporary film covers. The period from full germination to fruit ripening is 78-80 days. The fruits are round, weighing 3.5-4.0 kg. The peel is thin, dense, light green with gray spots. The pulp is bright red, juicy, very sweet and tasty.
Agrotechnics (for north-eastern Europe).
Sowing seedlings in early May. Planting seedlings in open ground at the end of May - beginning of June (30-35 days after germination, in the phase of 3-4 true leaves). Planting pattern 100x100 cm.
When grown under film covers, plants are formed into one stem (all side shoots are removed to a height of 50 cm, subsequent ones are pinched over 1-3 leaves), tied to a trellis (the fruits must be hung in nets). It is possible to grow in a free culture spread out.
In the southern regions it can be grown by direct sowing in the ground in April-May.
Watermelon. Citrullus lanatus L.