{"id":1091,"date":"2024-03-14T13:27:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/104.238.170.140\/natseeds\/nationalseeds\/?post_type=vegetable-seeds&#038;p=1091"},"modified":"2026-09-01T09:21:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T09:21:55","slug":"crimson-sweet-watermelon","status":"publish","type":"vegetable-seeds","link":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/vegetable-seeds\/crimson-sweet-watermelon\/","title":{"rendered":"Crimson Sweet Watermelon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crimson Sweet Watermelon is a productive watermelon that has a very high (12%) sugar content with a deep pink\/red, fine textured flesh. It is light green with dark stripes, and has small dark seed. Crimson Sweet has a good transport and keeping qualities and yields up to 20-25 Tons\/acre. Crimson Sweet vines need room to grow, spreading up to 3 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Special varietal requirements: &nbsp;<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watermelon Crimson Sweet&nbsp;needs a light, well-drained soil with a pH of 6.5\u20137.5 and a southern exposure. Good soil moisture is important in the early stages of growth and during pollination when fruits are setting. After this point do not water the last week before fruits are ripe, as overwatering can cause bland fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Characteristic<\/td><td>Crimson Sweet Watermelon&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kind<\/td><td>Open pollinated watermelon(Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maturity<\/td><td>80\u201390 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Germination<\/td><td>10\u201314 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Type<\/td><td>Diploid all sweet<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Season<\/td><td>Spring&nbsp; &#8211; Summer<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fruit Shape<\/td><td>Round to slightly elongated<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fruit Size<\/td><td>20 &#8211; 30cm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fruit Weight<\/td><td>10 -12 kg<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rind Color<\/td><td>Distinct light and dark green stripes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Flesh Color<\/td><td>Deep &amp; vivid red<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Flavor<\/td><td>Excellent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sowing Depth<\/td><td>2 cm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Disease Resistance<\/td><td>High resistance against anthracnose and fusarium wilt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>End Use<\/td><td>Fresh market&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":794,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"vegetable-seed-categories":[17,74],"class_list":["post-1091","vegetable-seeds","type-vegetable-seeds","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","seed-categories-opv","seed-categories-watermelon-opv"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vegetable-seeds\/1091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vegetable-seeds"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vegetable-seeds"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"seed-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/natseeds.co.zw\/nationalseeds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vegetable-seed-categories?post=1091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}