Sugar Baby Watermelon Seeds – Heirloom Icebox Melon
- Ontario Grown
$2.20
SKU: GS-9028-SUG-DEF
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- Organicly grown
- Non GMO
Description
Sugar Baby Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) is the gold standard of heirloom "icebox" watermelons, famous for its compact size, early maturity, and incredible sweetness. Producing small, round 8–12 pound fruits with dark green, almost black rinds, it features crisp, bright red flesh with remarkably few small brown seeds. Perfectly sized to fit easily inside a standard refrigerator, this reliable variety delivers mouthwatering, refreshing summer flavor even in short-season growing regions.
Specifications
- Plant Name: Sugar Baby Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
- Cultivar Type: Heirloom, Open-Pollinated
- Plant Class: Warm-Season Fruit / Melon (Annual)
- Color: Deep dark green to blackish rind, bright ruby-red interior flesh
- Plant Characteristics: Compact vining habit, round 8–12 lb fruits, firm crisp flesh, high sugar content
- Suitable Space: Full-sun garden beds, raised beds, warm garden mounds, large trellises with fruit hammocks
- Season: Warm Season (Late Spring through Summer)
- Best Time for Sowing (Zone 6b): Start indoors late April in biodegradable pots (3–4 weeks before last spring frost); transplant or direct sow outdoors late May to early June once soil temperatures exceed 20°C (68°F).
- Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hours direct sunlight daily)
- Watering Needs: Moderate (requires steady moisture during vine growth, tapering off as fruit ripens to concentrate natural sugars)
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