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Although it sounds silly, the seedless watermelon is grown from seed!

For an explanation of this somewhat complex process, see the web link to the left.

In fact triploid seeds of watermelon used for raising the crop produce seedless watermelon because ovules are aborted due to irregular meiosis during gametogenesis . The triploid seeds are produced by crossing tetraploid female flowers with diploid pollen grains.

In triploid plants there are three sets of chromosomes and hence pairing of homologous chromosomes is not possible which obstruct the process of normal gamete formation.

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Watermelon plants need full sun to grow healthy vines and big fruit. Plant after the last frost date for your area.Watermelons are heavy feeders. Add generous amounts of manure, compost and leaves to your garden. Work the soil well. Make sure it drains well. Fertilize regularly. Use a high nitrogen fertilizer until flowers form. Then, switch over to a high phosphorous and potassium fertilizer. We also recommend the use of liquid fertilizers and foliar feeding. Watermelon plants like lots of water. There is no surprise here. Make sure to add water during dry spells. Keep the soil moist at all times. Weeding is also important especially early in the season. Weeds will compete for moisture and nutrients.

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at first, when u plant the seed, the embryo (baby plant) is still inactive. once you plant it, the embryo starts feeding off the cotyledons (food storage in the seed), and gets bigger. Soon there is nothing for the embryo to feed off of, so it starts pushing out of the seed and into the dirt. once it sprouts, the seed coat falls off. then the plant starts performing photosynthesis (turning the sun's energy into food for the plant). Then it just keeps on growing.

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12y ago

scientists engineered special seeds to grow seedless watermelon, sometimes there are a few seeds inside.

organic watermelons are MUCH MUCH better for you, the seedless can drain you of nutrients.

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The seeds that become the plant of a seedless watermelon are produced by crossing diploid and tetraploid lines of watermelon. The resulting offspring re sterile triploid plants. In order to produce the fruit, the flowers of the seedless must be pollinated by a diploid strain.

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Dont worry about it why would you want to grow a seedless watermelon go do your girlfriend or something no affence

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there actually are seeds, but they are small, white, and tasteless, so techneclly the're not seedless at all, they just taste like it. hope that helps.

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They are grown plant that are grow from the ground. Source: my dad he grows watermelon

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Seedless plants are propagated by cuttings, rather than by seeds.

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Do watermelon have seeds?

Some do and some don't. There are seedless watermelon


In what year was the watermelon discovered?

The answer is never! The seedless watermelon is in fact not anything of the sort. On the contrary it has many seeds. I just ate a slice about a few minutes ago and low and behold my seedless watermelon had seeds, albeit edible seeds, but seeds nonetheless. This new fruity invention should be called the watermelon with edible seeds. Of course that doesn't have the same ring as the "seedless watermelon"


What is seeded watermelon?

Seeded watermelon has large black seeds in pink part, as well as some small white ones. SeedLESS watermelon came out a while ago--it has almost no seeds; usually there are still a few little white seeds. The term "seeded" watermelon is just to distinguish it from "seedless" watermelon.


Why isn't a watermelon a vegetable?

A watermelon isn't a vegetable because it has seeds in it. But i don't know why seedless watermelons aren't a vegetable.


How many seeds does a watermelon have?

This triploid seed is the seed that produces seedless watermelons! In other words, a seedless watermelon is a sterile hybrid which is created by crossing male pollen for a watermelon, containing 22 chromosomes per cell, with a female watermelon flower with 44 chromosomes per cell.


There are white seeds in seedless watermelon. How can they call them seedless?

Those white seeds are vestigial seeds and are not viable - which means they don't have the innards to germinate. They can be eaten. Since a fruit's function is to provide seeds for plant propagation, it can be difficult to produce a completely seedless fruit. At least you don't have a bunch of seeds to spit out!


Is Anything That Have Seed Considered A Fruit?

No. Many vegetables have seeds, such as tomato, cucumber, okra, eggplant, squash and others as well. Also, there are seedless fruits, such as seedless grapes, watermelon and cherries.


Why are there white seeds in seedless watermelons?

because its from a seed and those "white seeds'' are seed that produce into watermelon when you plant them. above answer is f-cking messed up here is the real answer the seeds you get from seedless watermelons are edible (not really but swallowing is fine), unlike real watermelons where they are mainly black and much harder than seedless watermelons


Is a water melen a fruit?

any plant that contains seeds is a fruit. like a tomato for example it is a fruit. watermelon does in fact contain seeds therefore it is a fruit. if you get a seedless watermelon you will notice white things on the inside where seeds would form. those watermelons were not fully grown thus do not contain seeds. so to answer your question watermelon is a fruit.


Is a seedless watermelon a fruit?

yes


Are there seeds in every fruits?

No. Pineapple, banana, and some cultivars of orange, mandarin orange, table grape, grapefruit and watermelon are all seedless.


How do you determine the number of seeds in a watermelon?

According to my calculations.... you should weigh the watermelon in ounces, then divide the weight by the number of stripes. This will give you the number of seeds plus or minus several hundred. Unless of course this is a "seedless" watermelon we are considering. My class looked at it and tried it but we concluded that it was not correct. We had gotten about 40 seeds with this formula, while there were actually 660