Watermelon Crimson: description
Most often, people grow watermelons on their plots for sale, but sometimes you can find people growing watermelons for personal consumption. But in both cases, you want the harvest to be of high quality, rich and sweet. The solution to this problem is the Crimson Sweet watermelon, which combines high taste and good characteristics.
Description of watermelon “Crimson Sweet”
Fruits are oval in shape with light green stripes and dark green peel. The flesh of the watermelon is bright red; when bitten, it emits a characteristic crunch. This variety is distinguished by its sugar flavor and juiciness. The content of sucrose in Crimson Sweet is the highest among all varieties. Ripening period is from 2 to 3 months. Planting is done in May.
Watermelon “Crimson Sweet” belongs to the early ripening varieties: the ripening period is 2-3 months
The Crimson Sweet watermelon variety has certain advantages besides taste:
- Disease resistance. An important advantage, as you can be sure that you will not have any problems with growing watermelons and the harvest will not suffer. This variety is immune to anthracnose and fusarium.
- Unpretentiousness. Despite the fact that the watermelon has certain requirements, but “Crimson Sweet” is able to give a plentiful and high-quality harvest even without additional fertilizing.
- Transportability. This point is important for those people who are engaged in growing for sale.
Due to its characteristics, the variety is more suitable for growing for sale than for personal consumption. Also, due to the unpretentiousness and resistance to diseases of this variety, you will get a rich and high-quality harvest.
It is recommended to plant a watermelon in the soil when the spring cold has already gone, and the soil has warmed up enough. Plant seedlings at a temperature of at least 15 degrees.
It is also necessary to water the plants abundantly. The recommended watering rate for watermelons is 2 times a week. But if the summer is rainy, then you can refuse watering. Stop watering after the fruit is ripening.
The variety “Crimson Sweet” has the highest sucrose content, due to which the variety has a sweet taste.
To improve the taste and quality of the crop, use mineral fertilizers, but stop feeding after the first fruits appear. From the moment the fruit emerges, fertilizers can accumulate in the watermelon, which affects its taste.
It is not recommended to plant watermelons in the same place regularly. It is also not recommended to plant them on the dark side of the site, since all watermelons are whimsical to sunlight.
“Crimson Sweet” is a sugar-flavored variety with immunity to diseases, the ability to maintain its presentation during transportation and unpretentiousness. Plant this type of watermelon at your uchatsk, and you will get a bountiful and tasty harvest.