Description
AAS WINNER DETAILS
Winner Type: National
Class: Watermelon
Variety Name: Gold in Gold F1
Genus: Citrullus
Species: lanatus
Year: 2017
Common Name: Watermelon
Type: Edible – Vegetable
Breeder: Asia Seed Co;, Ltd
Close Market Comparison: Faerie F1, Lemon Krush F1
PLANT NEEDS
Duration Type: Annual
Light Needs: Full sun
Water Needs: Normal
Season Type: Warm season
Staking Required: No
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Foliage Color: Green-yellow on the underside
Plant Habit: Spreading
Plant Height: Indeterminate growth
Fruit Color (Harvest): Yellow
Fruit Shape: Long oval
Fruit Size: 6-7 inches
Fruit Weight: 11-16 pounds
Fruit Flavor Description: Sweet
Number Of Fruits Per Plant: 1
IN THE GARDEN
Garden Spacing: 2 – 3 feet
Days To Harvest (Sowing Seed): 100
Days To Harvest (Transplant): 70
HOW TO GROW
Higher temperature is needed like other watermelons.
Rosss –
Hard to determine ripped melons. Super disappointed when we picked our first and it was not ripe. But when we got a ripe one, it was all worth it. Amazing taste all the way to the rind.
AAS Display Garden- River Valley Master Gardeners –
This is a fun little melon. Sweet crisp yellow flesh and a thin rind. A bit of a challenge to determine ripeness as there is no yellow ‘ground spot’- the whole melon rind is yellow. After trial and error, we look for the dried tendril near the first set of leaves, and the yellow melon started to develop green areas as you can see in the photo. The leaves also have some yellow pigment which resembles foliage disease, but is normal for this variety. Zone 6a