How much nicer are fruit and vegetable seeds ordered over the internet?
You can find a variety of seeds online that normally is not carried in local stores. As for qualities concern, it depends… However there are state and federal laws govern seed sales, legitimate outfits should comply with these laws. Depending on the area you live, watermelon and squash should be planted when the weather is quite warm. Or you can start them indoors and transplant them to the garden when the temperature warms up. Fresh watermelon seeds should germinate within a week, fresh squash seeds should germinate in about 3-4 days. Be sure to fertilize your watermelon and squash plants because they are heavy feeders. I put down 2 tablespoon of a slow-release fertilizer at the base when I transplant my melons and squashes. Pick watermelon when the “curly-cue” at the base turns brown. Early varieties should be ready in 90 days. Select the small fruit kinds (4-6 lbs.) instead of the large kinds (10-20 pounders). Picking squash, well summer squash as soon as they are big enough to ea
