"Early Yellow Moonbeam" Watermelon Mix

Citrullus lanatus

Early Yellow Moonbeam Watermelon Mix is a sweet yellow fleshed watermelon bred by Alan Kapular of Peace Seeds in Corvallis, Oregon. He dehybridized the variety Yellow Doll, a very early and productive F1 hybrid. He captured all of the best traits into this beautiful, sugar sweet, early maturing and stabalized open pollinated gem. This seed lot will have some of the genetics of our other watermelon varieties mixed in as we are using Early Yellow Moonbeam to breed new varieties! You can expect 75% true to type Moonbeam and 25% crosses with our other outstanding watermelon varieties— all carefully chosen, sweet, productive and delicious!

Growing Instructions:

Direct seed after last frost or start indoors in trays 3-4 weeks before last frost. Transplant out after last frost when melon plants when roots have developed enough to hold the soil around them when pulled out of the trays. Plant 18” apart in rows 5-6 feet apart.

Put a hearty helping of compost and a sprinkle of wood ash in each planting hole at time of transplant. A fall or spring leguminous cover crops would benefit the crop greatly as well.

Recommended soil pH between 6-6.8

Harvest:

Watermelons are ready to harvest when the tendril dies. We highly recommend growing under hoops and remay until flowering begins. This is the key to success with melons in northern regions and cooler microclimates.