Growing watermelons at home means you can enjoy this summer favorite complete with the immense satisfaction that you grew and harvested it yourself. To do so successfully, the plants want lots of ...

If your target is large water melons, avoid those that are described as ‘baby’. Watermelon plants may grow more slowly if you plant them in the wrong soil. Heavy soils are the worst for ...

You’ll find them at the grocery store, farmers’ market or growing ... plant pathologist at the U.S. Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina. Kousik is part of a watermelon team ...

I’ve got just the watermelon for you! Sweet Dakota Rose was developed by Prairie Road Organic Seed, Fullerton, N.D., and has proven a reliable, good-sized melon for Northern gardens. I’ve grown it for ...

although hailed as the best tasting watermelon of the antebellum era in the United States, proved to be difficult to grow and ship commercially. So around 1840, a friend of Lawson’s sent some ...

The most popular are heart-shaped and square watermelons, Buddha-shaped pears, and skull pumpkins. There’s also football moulds, heart-shaped apples, and even a Donald Trump pumpkin head.