Sweetest Watermelon

[gourmetgardener]

You might want to try Crisp 'n Sweet. You will need to plant a pollinator, such as Escort or Pollimax. I had great luck with it last year, and my customers just loved it. It is available from Siegers Seeds. Sweet Polly is not far behind.

[moon1234]

The sweetest melon is NOT always the best. Most people will love Goddess Muskmelon, but it has a lower brix that many muskmelon. It is also considered an early season melon only. It cracks, badly, mid-season.

As for watermelon, I don't grow any yellow melons. They do not sell well around here. I grow Ruby Premium, Harmony and a new variety called fascination. I use Jade star (Pata Negra) as a pollinator, which is a seeded sugar baby. I find at my farmers market that I can sell just as many seeded as seedless. I am the only grower who sells the newer hybrid seeded varieties.

I personally think the best tasting melon I sell is the Pata Negra. It has firm flesh, is sweet without becoming sickeningly sweet and has a nice color with good watermelon taste.

[swamper]

i'd go with micky lee and yellow doll

[barkeater]

I've grown a lot of different watermelons (and eaten a lot!) and still haven't found any that can match the pure watermelon flavor & sweetness of Crimson Sweet. I had a large asian customer base due to Bell Labs nearby my farm market and couldn't grow enough Yellow Dolls either which were very productive and sweet too but a different flavor. I like Sugar Baby's but they are just too seedy for me and the sizes too variable. Seedless Watermelons are OK but some flavor is missing IMO.

[feldon30]

I was very happy with Mickylee the year I grew it. Shaped like Sugar Baby but lighter in color, and less spongy/watery. Note: Mickylee is not a compact plant. I got almost 30 melons off 3 plants though.

One of these years I reallllly want to grow Orangeglo and Moon & Stars. Just need the space for them.

No such thing as too much compost for melons.