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Watermelon All Sweet is a vigorous long-vined seeded watermelon that develops large elongated striped fruit. Give it warm soil, full sun, reliable water and a long frost-free season; final fruit size varies with conditions.
Ready to grow your own All Sweet watermelon? Follow our step-by-step Watermelon Grow Guide for sowing, germination and care advice.
Quick Grow Facts
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Growth form: Frost-tender warm-season annual with long trailing vines and large elongated seeded fruit.
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Scientific name: Citrullus lanatus 'All Sweet'.
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Seed form: Raw, unpelleted seed; sow dry. “Raw” does not by itself confirm untreated status.
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General sowing time: Spring to summer after frost, once soil is at least 18°C; use the regional guide for local windows.
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Position: Full sun.
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Sow depth: 5 mm under the current packet; keep the fine cover evenly moist.
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Spacing: 90 × 180 cm, with a clear ground-level vine run.
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Germination: Approximately 7–14 days at a target seed-zone temperature of 25–30°C.
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Pollination: Bee-pollinated male and female flowers on the same plant.
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Harvest: Approximately 90–120 days under the current packet; confirm a dry nearest tendril, dull hard rind and cream-to-yellow ground spot.
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Pack sizes: 10 g, 50 g and 500 g raw seed.
Why Grow This Variety
- Elongated striped fruit suits family servings and summer gatherings.
- Long vigorous vines suit an open, sunny food garden.
- The cultivar is known for sweet tender flesh when fruit ripens fully on the vine.
Growing Notes
- Direct sow into warm soil or transplant a young intact plug at two to three true leaves.
- Grow large fruit on the ground; place a dry support beneath it without twisting the stem.
- Water deeply and evenly from flowering through fruit fill, then avoid excessive irrigation close to harvest.
- The product description's approximately 10 kg average is not a guaranteed fruit weight; size varies with season, region, spacing and care.
Do not eat sowing seed or use it for feed, sprouts or microgreens. Follow the treatment warning on the physical lot supplied.
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