{"id":72,"date":"2009-07-07T13:46:56","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T13:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/?p=72"},"modified":"2017-08-09T06:18:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T06:18:36","slug":"seedless-watermelons-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2009\/07\/seedless-watermelons-101\/","title":{"rendered":"SEEDLESS WATERMELONS 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people dislike watermelon seeds, but most people don\u2019t mind them. I actually sort of like them. I\u2019ve mentioned before that I used to spit them at my brother. I still do on those rare occasions when we\u2019re together and watermelon is involved. I also like squeezing the seeds between my thumb and index finger and watching them go shooting off into parts unknown (usually in my brother\u2019s direction).<\/p>\n<p>Of course, if you don\u2019t want to be bothered with seeds, you can always just buy a seedless watermelon. I remember hearing about seedless watermelons as a kid and thinking that it had to be some kind of joke or rare freak of nature thing. I imagined seedless watermelons costing hundreds of dollars each and only enjoyed by powerful world leaders or wealthy families on yachts.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, I was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/seedless-watermelon\/\">seedless watermelons aren\u2019t actually seedless<\/a>. (Even as a child, I knew it was too good to be true.) That\u2019s right. As those who\u2019ve had them know, they actually contain a smattering of soft, white seeds which, admittedly, go down much easier than the hard, black seeds of regular watermelons.<\/p>\n<p>So if they don\u2019t have seeds \u2013 at least of the normal variety \u2013 how are seedless watermelons grown, you ask? Here\u2019s some scientific stuff courtesy of Wikipedia:<\/p>\n<p>They are the product of crossing a female tetraploid plant (itself the product of genetic manipulation, using colchicine) with diploid pollen. The resulting triploid plant is sterile, but will produce the seedless fruit if pollenized by a diploid plant. For this reason, commercially available seedless watermelon seeds actually contain two varieties of seeds; that of the triploid seedless plant itself (recognizable because the seed is larger), and the diploid plant which is needed to pollenize the triploid. Unless both plant types are grown in the same vicinity, no seedless fruit will result.<\/p>\n<p>And how do you eat a seedless watermelon? The same way you\u2019d eat a regular watermelon\u2026 only much faster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people dislike watermelon seeds, but most people don\u2019t mind them. I actually sort of like them. 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