If your melons are under-performing, these simple tips can help turn things around. Nothing says summer like a juicy, sweet, homegrown watermelon. Depending on the variety, it can take between 70 to ...

Grow your own sweet, juicy fruit by starting watermelon seeds indoors or out with this step-by-step guide. Knowing how to grow watermelons from seed means you can enjoy this sweet summer treat right ...

The Tap Test: Watermelons are not a musical instrument, but picking a ripe watermelon will be music to your ears. Pick up the fruit and give it a light tap. If it gives back a hollow sound, it usually ...

If there is a fruit that epitomizes summer, it is the watermelon. This thirst-quenching fruit is recognized on Aug. 3 with the National Watermelon Day (nationalday365.com). Watermelons are ...

The quest for growing record-breaking watermelons is on as the SC State University 1890 Research & Extension's sustainable agriculture and natural resources program pushes the limits of growing ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) — A watermelon has stirred up quiet the craze in this small neighborhood in Rockford. A watermelon weighing in at just over 84 pounds started as a small seed before growing to the size ...