Vegetable Description: Charleston Gray is a big juicy variety for your home garden! Oblong fruit average 22 to 26” long x 10” in diameter with a tough striped rind that makes this a good shipper! Mature melons weight from 25 to 35 lbs. Bright red, fiberless flesh is crisp and sweet. Matures in 85 to 100 days. Resistant to FW & AN1. Average water needs. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies, and/or birds.

Vegetable Botanical Name: Citrullus lanatus

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Vegetable Duration: Annual

Vegetable Days to Maturity: 85

Vegetable Seeds Per Oz: 200

Vegetable Height: 6” to 12”

Vegetable Spacing: 5' to 6'

Vegetable Planting: Direct sow outside after danger of last frost. Plant in hills of 2-3 plants per hill at 60”-72” apart, and 1“ below soil surface.

Vegetable Seed Saving: Allow watermelon to ripen on plants; then collect seeds. Clean and dry the seeds before storage in cool dry conditions.

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