1. Red Watermelon

Red Watermelon is a medium-early hybrid watermelon variety. The fruit has a uniform bright red cross-section, less fiber, thin and crisp meat, juicy and sweet taste. , the skin is thin and hard, resistant to storage and transportation, has good taste and flavor, and is suitable for planting in many places.

2. Hong Xiaoyu Watermelon

Hong Xiaoyu is an early-maturing, small-fruited gift watermelon first-generation hybrid with strong plant growth potential, strong resistance, resistance to anthracnose and blight, and good low-temperature elongation. . The thickness of the peel is 0.3 cm, the flesh is rich in peach red flesh, the cross-section is uniform and not hollow, the flesh is crisp and sweet, the taste is excellent, and it is resistant to storage and transportation.

3. Kirin melon

Kilin melon was launched in April and was not withdrawn from the market until watermelon was released in September. It is one of the most popular seedless watermelons available. Its flesh is crisp and tender without residue, the juice is sweet and the white seeds are moderate.

4. Xiaotangwan Watermelon

The Xiaotangwan Watermelon is small in size, highly sweet, with thin skin and delicate and juicy flesh. It is a newly cultivated seedless watermelon in the past two years. variety. The current price on the market is relatively high, with a unit price of about 15 yuan per pound, making it the Hermès of watermelons.

5. Green Tiger Watermelon

Green Tiger Watermelon is a kind of black-skinned seedless watermelon. It is relatively round in size, has good fruit shape, crisp and tender flesh, juicy and sweet. With a temperature of over 14 degrees, it is a high-sweetness watermelon variety with a good taste. Currently, many growers are growing this type of watermelon, which has a high market value and can be sold for about 10 yuan per pound.

6. Golden Mama 6618 watermelon

6618 watermelon is a seedless watermelon variety with flower skin. It looks somewhat similar to 8424, or Kirin Melon. But its flesh is brighter red, the skin is thinner, and the flesh is more delicate and crisp. There are very few seeds, you can't even see the seeds inside, and the quality is quite good.

7. Lycra Red Watermelon

Lycra Red Watermelon has a round fruit shape and a large fruit, with a black rind and covered with fruit powder. After cutting it, you can see that the peel is very thin, much thinner than the peel of ordinary large watermelons. The flesh is crisp, tender and sweet, with few or no white seeds and a good taste.

8. Rainbow seedless watermelon

Rainbow seedless watermelon is a kind of black-skinned watermelon, with shiny black skin and thick fruit powder on the surface. When mature, the fruits are very large, with a single fruit weighing about 15 kilograms. After cutting, the flesh is red, crisp, tender and juicy, and the seeds inside are almost invisible. It is one of the best seedless watermelon varieties.

How to grow seedless watermelons

1. Obtain seeds: Use colchicine in the seedling stage of ordinary melons to make them tetraploid, and then pollinate them during the flowering stage. Cross to obtain triploid seeds.

2. Sow seeds into the soil: Wait for the seeds to germinate and grow to more than one centimeter before sowing. Pay attention to the bud tips of the seeds pointing upward.

3. Pollination treatment: After the triploid watermelon blooms, use diploid melon flowers for pollination. After successful pollination, the plant will produce seedless melons.

Does seedless watermelon need to be bred every year?

Seedless watermelon does not need to be bred every year. Seedless watermelons are triploid, and a large number of individuals can be obtained through tissue culture without the need for breeding every year; while seedless tomatoes are obtained by spraying auxin, and their genetic material has not changed, so if you want to continue to obtain seedless tomatoes, You have to continue spraying growth hormone.

How to fertilize seedless watermelon

In the seedling stage of watermelon, apply 5 kilograms of urea per acre to promote the growth of the seedlings. During the flowering and fruit setting stage, there is generally no watering or fertilization; watermelons are as big as duck eggs. When the melons have basically settled down, topdress them once with expanded melon fertilizer, 15 to 20 kilograms of urea per mu, and 15 kilograms of potassium sulfate. Spray 0.2% potassium dihydrogen phosphate on the leaves in the late growth period to increase yield and quality.