Giant Watermelons

About Us

Giant Watermelons is a small seed business run as a hobby. Our seeds are planted each year from a collection of seeds accumulated over the past fifty years. In 1973, we grew our first watermelons that exceeded 100 pounds. Those watermelons were grown from the Viverette seedline out of North Carolina. Those watermelons were then crossed with Cobb Gem watermelons. The crosses sold well on the local big watermelon market because of the extra large size. In 1979, the largest one of the crosses was entered in a local $10,000 contest and we began selling the seeds from the winning melon as Carolina Cross seeds. We added giant solid dark green melons to our sales a little later. These dark melons look like the watermelons we grew in the 40's and 50's. We currently sell seeds for four types of giant solid green watermelons.

We grow very few watermelons to sell. We grow primarily for contest entries and seed sales. The striped watermelons and dark green watermelons are grown in different fields so they do not cross pollinate. All of these types grow to become large but the Carolina Cross type is the largest of the group. The Jumbo Black Diamonds and Jumbo Watsons both include some Carolina Cross genetics. We plan to grow mostly Jumbo Watsons next season.

Most of our seed sales are done over the internet through giantwatermelons.com. Payments may be made by check, money order, PayPal or credit card. The orders are sent out using the postal service. International orders are done by requesting an invoice. The invoice process for international sales is listed at the bottom of the price list form in the Order Summary Section.

A list of growing suggestions is included with all seed sales.

Lloyd Bright, Owner