SPERLI Wassermelone Mini Love F1

An F1 watermelon for containers and raised beds: Mini Love bears green fruits of 1–2 kg – a melon of handy size from your own garden.

The story

Origins & history

The watermelon comes from Africa. In ancient Egypt it was grown more than 4,000 years ago and depicted on tomb walls; its seeds were even found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. From there it spread via the Mediterranean and Asia to the warm regions of the world.

Uses

Mini Love grows in containers and raised beds in a warm, sunny spot; one packet is enough for about 5 plants. Yellow flowers appear in summer, and in August and September the fruits ripen for slicing and sharing.

Meaning

The botanical epithet ‘lanatus’ means woolly – after the finely hairy young shoots. In many countries the watermelon is the very symbol of summer.

A thought for giving

A watermelon is mostly water – and yet it tastes of summer. Sometimes sun and time are all it takes to turn something simple into something special.

At a glance

• Contents: 1 packet for approx. 5 plants
• Botanical name: Citrullus lanatus
• Life cycle: annual
• Position: sunny
• Suitable for containers: yes (raised bed, container)
• Sow indoors: April–May
• Harvest: August–September
• Sowing depth: 0.5–1 cm
• Germination temperature: 22–25 °C
• Germination time: 7–14 days
• Plant spacing: 80 cm
• Row spacing: 100 cm
• Seed type: loose seed
• F1 hybrid: yes

How to sow

1. Sow indoors in April and May: place seeds 0.5–1 cm deep in Jiffy pots (Jiffy-Quelltöpfe) and set them in the PRO24 propagator (Anzuchthaus PRO24).
2. At 22–25 °C the seeds germinate in 7–14 days.
3. Only plant outdoors once it is reliably warm – the plant is not hardy.
4. Plant in full sun, 80 cm apart with 100 cm between rows, ideally in pumpkin and melon compost (Kürbis & Melonen-Erde).

Delivery time: 1–2 weeks. Manufacturer: SPERLI GmbH. Seeds, not a plant – the image shows the original packet.

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