The seedless variety have a hybrid, triploid seed, which is produced by crossing a diploid variety (with two sets of ...

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Seedless watermelons exists because scientists treat the young plants they come from with a chemical called colchicine. As NC State explains, This causes the eggs in the flowers to develop with two ...

The seedless sell for more money, too, because "they're harder to grow; you have to sort the seeds by hand," notes Anderson. "You're crossing two watermelons; the seed (to produce the seedless melon ...

A perfectly ripe watermelon should be sweet, juicy, and packed with a fruity flavor that brings to mind backyard barbecues and summertime picnics. But if watermelons are harvested too early or grown ...

Another is grafting, or taking a branch of the parent plant and joining it to a different plant. But most seedless bananas and watermelon are grown from triploid plants.