The Demo Garden Blog

I love watermelon, and I have for years. The annoying seeds have never deterred me from the succulent flesh of a deliciously ripe, red, sweet watermelon. Other melons are nice as well, but they just aren’t the same as watermelon.

Someday I hope to grow a really great watermelon. Growing up in northern Wisconsin, growing watermelon was really just folly. The growing season was not long enough (or hot enough!) to produce a truly tasty melon. When I lived in Ohio I grew numerous melons in trials for the company I worked for, but none of them were watermelons.

Now I’m here in Kansas, where I KNOW that it is possible to grow delicious melons, and I’m itching to try it. Unfortunately, the Demo Garden is a bit small for melons. Maybe we’ll find a way to try it next year?

Which brings me to another point. Do you like seedless watermelons? I understand that the seeds are a major annoyance for a lot of people. However, I have to say that I have had extremely bad luck in selecting excellent tasting seedless watermelons. I don’t think it is just me – I think everyone has a hard time selecting a good seedless watermelon because the really delicious ones are hard to come by. Now, I know that it is still too early for prime melon season. They are still coming out of Mexico. But I bought a seeded watermelon last weekend (the first time I’ve seen them around in a couple years!), and it was really good! No, it wasn’t the best melon I’ve ever tasted. No, it wasn’t perfect. But it was a far cry better than any of the seedless watermelons I’ve bought in the past year, with possibly one exception. (I’m giving my memory the benefit of the doubt here.)

What experiences have you had with seedless watermelons? Are they all they’re cracked up to be?