Citrullus lanatus : watermelon

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Citrullus lanatus

watermelon; water melon

Species Record #: gw1010100

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Botanical Information:

Genus: Citrullus
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Author: (Thunb.) Matsumura & Nakai

What do these terms mean?

by Nora_in_Vancouver

Remarks:
I grew the sugar baby variety of water melons. They sprouted quickly but grew slowly due to cool wet weather for most of the begining of summer. Once it warmed up they took off. Each plant has 2 to 3 melons on it. Lot's of flowers!

by indy76km more remarks...

Ratings

overall	9.0
how easy	8.0
flower	10.0
foliage	9.0
propagate	n/a
fragrance	n/a

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