🍉 CONGO WATERMELON SEEDS
Super Sprout Seeds | Heirloom Variety
🌱 SALES DESCRIPTION
Grow your own magnificent Congo Watermelons!
Congo Watermelon is a classic heirloom variety known for producing exceptionally large, elongated fruits with dark green rinds beautifully patterned with lighter green stripes.
Inside, you'll discover delicious, deep-red, juicy flesh with a wonderfully sweet, refreshing flavour and traditional black seeds.
These impressive watermelons are perfect for summer gatherings, fresh fruit platters, homemade juices and enjoying straight from the garden.
🍉 Variety Highlights:
- Large, elongated watermelons
- Potential fruit weight of 15–25 kg or more under excellent growing conditions
- Sweet, juicy, deep-red flesh
- Attractive green striped rind
- Traditional seeded heirloom variety
- Open-pollinated and suitable for seed saving
- Excellent for warm South African summers
🌱 GROWING INSTRUCTIONS
Botanical Name: Citrullus lanatus
Variety: Congo Watermelon
Type: Annual, warm-season fruiting vine
☀️ Sunlight: Full sun, at least 6–8 hours daily.
🌡️ Planting Season: Spring to early summer, once frost danger has passed and soil temperatures are consistently above 20°C.
🌱 Sowing Depth: 2–3 cm deep.
🌱 Germination: Approximately 5–10 days in warm soil, ideally 25–30°C.
📏 Spacing: Allow 1.5–2 metres between plants and approximately 2–3 metres between rows. Congo Watermelon produces vigorous, spreading vines.
🌿 Soil: Fertile, well-draining soil enriched with mature compost. Ideal soil pH is approximately 6.0–6.8.
💧 Watering: Water deeply and consistently, particularly during flowering and fruit development. Avoid waterlogging and reduce excessive watering as fruits approach maturity.
🌼 Pollination: Watermelon plants produce separate male and female flowers. Bees and other pollinators are essential for good fruit development.
🍉 Harvesting: Approximately 90–100 days after planting, depending on growing conditions.
Signs of Ripeness:
- The tendril nearest the fruit stalk becomes brown and dry.
- The underside develops a creamy yellow ground spot.
- The rind becomes less glossy.
- The fruit produces a deeper, hollow sound when tapped.
🌱 SEED-SAVING TIP
Select a fully ripe watermelon from a healthy, productive plant. Remove the mature black seeds, rinse away the pulp and dry thoroughly in a shaded, well-ventilated area before storing.
To maintain variety purity, isolate Congo Watermelon from other watermelon varieties flowering nearby.
🇿🇦 SOUTH AFRICAN GROWING TIP
In the Western Cape, plant once spring temperatures have warmed sufficiently, generally from October onwards in suitable frost-free conditions. In colder inland areas, wait until all frost danger has passed.
Mulching around the plants helps conserve moisture and keeps developing fruits off damp soil.
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