Yellow Watermelon

Yellow watermelon is perfectly suited to container gardening and growing in smaller spaces. The plant remains in a radius of 3-5 feet, which is more controllable than other watermelon varieties. The numerous, yellow flowers produced by watermelon are attractive and invite many bees and pollinators to the garden. The silver-green foliage is also aesthetic as a visual element in the garden.

As a very thin skinned variety, our heirloom yellow watermelon is unlike anything available in the markets. Market varieties, generally hybrids, are characterized by extremely thick walls, which allow the fruits to handle transport well but leave little room for the tasty, edible flesh. Hybrid watermelons are also poorly flavored, lacking any authentic watermelon taste and instead being mainly sweet (often artificially enhanced.) This variety has extremely thin skin, and the edible yellow flesh extends all the way to the end of the fruit. The fruit is aromatic, and has a rich, unique flavor that works well with the natural sweetness and acidity of the fruit. In short you MUST grow this variety, because that is the only way you will get to try anything like it!

Yellow watermelon is a novel product with a lot of interest and demand in the market. The average indian consumer is always looking for something new and interesting to try, and yellow watermelon is as exciting as it gets in terms of unique foods! The unique flavor profile of this variety is a huge selling point, most people have never experienced a watermelon with such a rich aroma and ethereal taste. Restaurants and homeowners alike would love to add this to their smoothies, fruit salads and deserts to become the talk of the town.

As a very thin skinned variety, our heirloom yellow watermelon is unlike anything available in the markets. Market varieties, generally hybrids, are characterized by extremely thick walls, which allow the fruits to handle transport well but leave little room for the edible flesh. They are also poorly flavored, lacking any authentic watermelon taste and instead being mainly sweet (often artificially enhanced.) This variety has extremely thin skin, and the edible yellow flesh extends all the way to the end of the fruit. The fruit is aromatic, and has a rich, unique flavor that works well with the natural sweetness and acidity of the fruit.

Watermelons produce many male flowers on a daily basis. These flowers are rich in pollen and nectar, which can be a life-saving source of food for native pollinators in the otherwise desolate summer seasons. Human-animal conflict also increases in summers, as wild herbivores (deer, buffaloes, etc) encroach into farmlands looking for food. Watermelon leaves are not palatable to most herbivores and are often left undisturbed on farms. This can help avoid these conflicts.

Watermelons act as a living mulch, and help protect the soil ecosystem from harsh climatic conditions.

Watermelon is a creeper, in the same family as cucumbers, pumpkins and melons. Plants in this family have the wonderful ability to spread across the soil and act as a living mulch. This can protect soils from harsh sunlight, erosion and drying out which helps retain soil fertility. It can grow well as a companion crop for taller plants like corn and sorghum. 

Watermelons have vast root systems which hold soil in place and allow them to utilize nutrients and water from the soil efficiently. This reduces the need for irrigation and fertilization, although some organic compost will do wonders for their overall growth

Once the season is over, the plants can be cut at the base and allowed to naturally dry and become a layer of dry mulch for the next crop.