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Quick Overview
WATERMELON, OrangeGlo –
Good Cold Weather Variety
One of the best cold climate watermelons. The orange flesh, despite cold weather is incredibly sweet. Oblong melons are 20-30 lb. with green rinds striped in darker green.
Sow seed in late spring after all danger of frost has passed and the soil is warm several inches below the surface. Plant 8-10 seeds, 1 in. deep in hills that are spaced 8 ft. apart.
Germinates in 10-14 days depending on soil and weather conditions.
When seedlings are 2 in. high, thin leaving the 4 strongest plants in each hill.
Days to Maturity: 100-110
Well rotted manure mixed into the bottom of each hill will stimulate growth and substantially increase yield.
Type | Spacing | Planting Depth | Days to Germination | Maturity |
Watermelons | 8 ft. | 1 in. | 10-14 | 100-110 |

Watermelon, OrangeGlo
Melons are native to the continent of Africa. Many wild forms of melons and watermelons can still be found there today. Though it is not known when melons were first cultivated, it is believed that prehistoric man may have gathered and saved the seeds of the sweetest melons, and this practice lead to cultivation. Seeds and wall paintings found in Egyptian tombs indicate that melons and watermelons were under cultivation in Egypt at least 4000 years ago. Melons were introduced into Asia about 3000 years ago. The melon became immensely popular in the region that includes Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, India, south and central Russia, China and Japan. The Greeks and Romans most likely introduced the melon into Europe. Columbus brought melons to the New World on his second voyage, and by 1494 melons were under cultivation in Haiti. By the 16th century, melons and watermelons were being cultivated through out North and South America. Watermelons are, generally, the largest of the melon classes, but, actually, watermelons come in many shapes and sizes. Their rinds can vary in color from blackish green to bright yellow and can be decorated with moon and stars, rattlesnake designs, mottling and stripes. There are varieties that can be grown in Zone 4 climates as well as the deepest South. The flesh can be creamy white, salmon pink, bright orange, pale yellow and deepest red. The flesh varies in sweetness, with some being the sweetest melons available.