Yellow Baby watermelon
Citrullus lanatus 'Yellow Baby'
AAS Winner 1975
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size5 to 10 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Prostrate
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Yellow Baby' watermelon (Citrullus lanatus 'Yellow Baby') is a vegetable for the food garden and the border. It is typically grown as an annual. It cannot take cold, and a freeze will end its season. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, loamy soil. The prostrate vines spread about 59 to 122 inches, so give them plenty of room. Bees visit the flowers in summer.
Pairs well with Carbon tomato, Peaches and Cream corn, Flashback Mix calendula, and Giant of Italy parsley.