How do you grow the next generation of seedless water mellons witout seeds to germinate the next generation?
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The obvious question asked about growing seedless watermelons is: "How does one obtain seed of a seedless watermelon?" Obviously, you cannot save seed from a seedless watermelon. So, where do the seeds come from? Simply stated, the number of chromosomes (the threadlike bodies within cells that contain the inheritance units called genes) in a normal watermelon plant is doubled by the use of the chemical colchicine. Doubling a normal (diploid) watermelon results in a tetraploid plant (one having four sets of chromosomes). When the tetraploid plant is bred back, or pollinated, by a diploid or normal plant, the resulting seed produces a triploid plant that is basically a "mule" of the plant kingdom, and it produces seedless watermelons. Seed of seedless varieties are available from most major seed companies.
Very good question.
Those things don't grow from seeds. You have to cast a spell in the name of the Dark Creator Ialdaboth. He will grant you the melons you seek.
you're making my brain hurt. Thanks a lot. :O) hehe. This is a great question! My response is that I don't know but I do know this:seedless melons are not the way God intended things. :O) hehe. Like myself, when eating melon, God demands that we all compete in watermelon seed spitting contests! It brings families together for fun and very sticky fellowship! :O)
fantastic! i went to collage for horticulture and never learned the answer to this question. but there was no such thing as seedless watermelon when i went to school. i'll give you a star for the question though.
You have to hybridize the parent plants, cross breed each time, to make sterile melons. I prefer my melons with seeds.
Splicing the surviving plants...
you cant.. hybrids dont produce viable seed... i think
You get a watermelon without seeds by crossing different lines of watermelon to produce a sterile watermelon plant.
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