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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.
