WATMEL
Watermelon
Sugar Baby is a sweet, juicy, home garden variety of watermelon with great flavour.
Get better success with sugar baby watermelons:
1. Summer is the perfect time to plant watermelons. As they need about 3 months of warm weather to grow and ripen. Sowing of seeds can start earlier but with seedlings, December is a great time to put them in the soil.
2. Choose a sunny spot with well drained soil.
3. Use fertile soil with lots of organic matter. Seaweed (Tui Organic Seaweed Plant Tonic) and fish fertiliser can work wonders.
4. They need a lot of water especially in the early stages.
5. Give them a lot of space to grow. Plant in mounds 2 meters apart.
6. Bees and beneficial insects help pollinate the melons. Plant marigolds, dill, borage, onions, mint, lavender, chives, sunflowers (will also provide shade), cosmos near your watermelons to invite more bees.
7. You can tell when the watermelon is ready for picking when you tap it and it gives a slight echo sound.
8. Sun is the secret in successful watermelons.
- Plant 1m apart in rows 2m apart
- Mulch with straw
- Water at the base of the plant
Good Friday - Friday 18th April 2025. Easter Sunday - Sunday 20th April 2025, ANZAC Day Friday 25th April 2025 - are holidays. Our dispatch schedules will be adjusted. For better chances of receiving your order before the Easter weekend, please order by Friday 11th April, 2025 1pm.
*Pick up delivery option - click & collect -If you chose pick up as your delivery method, you will receive an email that the order has been dispatched. This means that the order is ready to pick up from our shop. If unsure if you have selected pickup, please contact us asap.
Our shop is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 2pm except on public holidays. Local shop address: Pioneer Highway, Longburn 4443, New Zealand
Note: Internet orders for pickup in the shop - please pick up as soon as you can to ensure the quality of the plants.
Standard Nationwide Delivery - Regular dispatch schedules are Monday and Wednesdays. Orders for Rural and South Island delivery will be dispatched Monday only. Please place your order before 1pm Friday for dispatch the following Monday.
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