Xinong No. 8 Watermelon Seeds: Price and Variety Characteristics

There are quite a lot of watermelon varieties, but the common watermelon variety is only Xinong No. 8. What kind of characteristics does this watermelon variety have? Let's take a look!
This type of watermelon is a mid-season variety, the plant grows with medium vigor, female flowers appear early, and male flowers appear a little later. It has strong fruit-setting ability. It takes about 32 days from flowering to maturity, which is considered medium among watermelon ripening times. The fruit is oval-shaped, with a light green rind covered in patterns, and the flesh is bright red, with a center refractometer sugar content of more than 12%. The rind is 1 cm thick and tolerant of transport. It is highly resistant to fusarium wilt and anthracnose.

Characteristics of Xinong No. 8

    1. Xinong No. 8 watermelon grafted seedlings take about 36 days from flowering to fruit maturity, with a whole growth period of 95 days. The commercial seed coat is brown, with a 1000-grain weight of 87 grams. The main vine is 2.8 m long, the stems and vines are thick and strong, and the fruit-setting ability is strong.

    2. The fruit is oval-shaped, with a light green rind covered with dark green stripes, and the single fruit weight is generally 5-15 kg. The flesh is tender, with a total sugar content of 9.6%.

    3. Plant 500-700 per mu, with a yield of about 5000 kg per mu.

    4. The soluble solids content is more than 11%, and the crude fiber content is 0.008%. It has good quality and is tolerant of storage and transport.

Xinong No. 8 seed price:

Original commodity price: ￥45 yuan

Specification: 100 grams/can

Origin: Shaanxi
A 100-gram can contains 950--1500 seeds, generally enough to plant about one mu of land.