Using a food thermometer. Checking the temperature of your cooked meat, poultry, and seafood with a food thermometer is the only reliable way to make sure your food has reached a safe internal cooking temperature.
Planting Watermelons. The ideal date to plant watermelons varies according to the climate of the region. To produce the sugar necessary for sweet fruit, the melons need hot weather. Seedlings should not be transplanted until three to four weeks after the last average frost date in the spring. Starting seed indoors about six weeks before planting gives you a head start when the soil is warm enough.
It will take Carolina Cross about 90 to 95 days to mature a giant watermelon so. start early. Seeds will germinate at soil temperatures of 68 to 95 degrees F. You may. need to start seeds inside in pots. Plant seeds about 1 inch deep and water enough to keep. the soil moist but not wet.