Charlston Grey

Variety

Charlston Grey

created by steffen a. at 10.03.2023

Features

Color

carrot like

rot

hellgrün

hellgrau

Location

Gewächshaus

Freiland

windgeschützt

Fruit shape

länglich

Growth habit

leicht rankend

bodendeckend

Geschmack

süß

Resistenzen

Fusariumwelke-resistent

Anthraknose-resistent

Season Overview

Propagating

Planting

Harvest

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F

M

A

M

J

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S

O

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D

Description

A very popular, large and reliable watermelon variety. It produces 10-13 kg, elongated fruits with light green to light gray skin and very tasty, sweet, dark pink flesh. For a good harvest, it is best grown in a greenhouse. It can be harvested after 85-95 days. This variety is resistant to fusarium and anthracnose (fungal diseases).

Non hybrid

Not frost resistant

Growing tips

No growing tips available for this plant.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Light (sandy)

Seeding distance

100 cm

Row spacing

100 cm

Seeding depth

2 cm

Diseases

Downy mildew

Ascochyta blight

Powdery mildews

Pests

Leaf bugs

Nematodes

Land snails

Leaf-miner flies

Thrips

Aphids

Spider mites

White fly

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