We searched for all three flesh color (red, orange, white) strains of Çekirdeği Oyalı watermelon for a long time, until we finalized our search in 2018.
Round, uniform, large fruits of this watermelon have dark green rind. Flesh has excellent sweet flavor, crunchy texture and a beautiful, bright orange color. We are thrilled to be able to offer seeds for this amazing Anatolian watermelon which is part of our signature Anatolian Trilogy.
When we first released the seeds for the orange strain of Çekirdeği Oyalı watermelon, we had a very limited stock. Our first large volume of stock seed was later grown by Tom Wahlberg of Decorah, IA. Tom was one of the former seed house managers of Seed Savers Exchange.
Packet has min. 20 seeds
Commercially introduced by us
Phonetically pronounced: check-ear-day-ee o-ya-luh
- Citrullus lanatus
- Needs full sun
- Planting depth: 1/2-1″
- Sprouts in 7-10 days
- Ideal growing temperature: 75-95F
- Plant spacing: 18-36″
- Frost hardy: No
- Growth habit: Vining
100% germination, great yield.
I am giving a rating of 4 ONLY because I haven’t planted the seeds yet- shortly after receiving them we moved and are still working on the new garden beds. They arrived on time, and look to be great quality. I would love to update this review in the spring or early summer when I can give a proper review. Thank you!!
The flavor was good but not sweet.
Didn’t really get these out in time for good production, but they germinated well and were robust plants.