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.
Yes, you can plant the seed and it will grow. However, most grocery store watermelons are hybrids so the fruit will not be true to the parent and it's hard to say what you'll get. To grow watermelons, it's best to buy seed from a garden store or web site.Look for an open pollinated heirloom variety.es, you can plant the seed and it will grow. However, most grocery store watermelons are hybrids so the fruit will not be true to the parent and it's hard to say what you'll get. To grow watermelons, it's best to buy seed from a garden store or web site.