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Here are some basics to help you get to know Ice Cream Watermelon:
Ice Cream Watermelon is a unique medium to large 20-pound fruit with a hard, dark green, striped rind that looks similar to a deep red sweet watermelon. But inside is a sweet, crisp, juicy bright yellow flesh with a wonderfully sweet flavor. They are beautiful sliced or cut into fruit bowls. Use the sweet watermelon flesh fresh, roasted, pickled, to make fruit salads or salsa, sorbets, and margaritas. Ice Cream Watermelon is also high in vitamins A and C.
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**Seeds are packaged fresh during the growing season listed. Seeds remain viable after the packaging date. Store in a cool, dry place such as a refrigerator or basement to best maintain germination rates.
Planting Instructions:
Soil Preparation:
Prepare the soil by clearing the planting area of large weeds, large rocks, and trash. Dig or plow the soil 8-10 inches deep in winter or early spring. You can optionally apply manure or compost at a rate of 50-100 pounds per 1,000 square feet or 2-4 tons per acre to increase the organic matter content of the soil. Till the soil to completely cover it with organic matter. Next, till the soil into ridges or mounds 4-8 inches high and 12-14 inches wide. This will create a well-drained soil bed. Heavier soils may require a taller soil bed. Space watermelon rows 10-12 feet apart in irrigated conditions and 12-16 feet apart in non-irrigated conditions.
Since watermelons are a vine crop, they require a lot of space and are best suited to larger gardens or plot-sized urban gardens; they can also be grown in small gardens if the vines are trellised and the fruit is supported. Melons are best grown in deep, well-drained, organically rich, pH-neutral sandy or sandy loam soils. Heavy soils with a high clay content may result in smaller plants and lower melon yields.
Planting:
Try not to plant seeds until the soil is warm in the spring and danger of frost has passed, as melons are a warm-season crop that can be easily damaged by frost. Black plastic mulch helps to raise soil temperatures, allowing melons to start growing earlier. To direct sow, plant 6-8 seeds in a mound at a depth of 1-1 1/2 inches and in rows 4-5 feet apart. If soil is dry, water well after planting.
Transplanting can save 10-12 days of harvest time compared to direct sowing. To transplant, plant seeds in peat pots 2-4 weeks before transplanting. Transplant into the garden before the second true leaves appear ("true leaves" are the first two large leaves that appear before the smaller "seed leaves" appear). After the melon plants have broken through the soil, thin to 2 per mound.
