![]() ![]() Now that we know a bit about where these melons come from, this knowledge should help us in deciding how and where to grow them. I’ll get to those a little later.įirst let’s talk about best growing practices. ![]() When you grow your own at home, you open up your options to a stunning array of varieties. While for most of us these fruits may conjure up visions of something hefty and oblong with light and dark green stripes, watermelons come in a wide range of skin patterns and sizes. Watermelons grow on sprawling vines – just like their relatives, honeydew and cantaloupe melons, squash, gourds, and cucumbers. In the US, it’s primarily the flesh of watermelons that is consumed, but the seeds are a popular snack in other parts of the world, and the rind is also edible. Watermelons continued their journey into the rest of Europe, and were eventually introduced to the Americas by European colonists and enslaved African people. ![]()
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