General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Spread: 8 feet
Leaves: Variegated
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Vegetable
Good as a cover crop
Edible Parts: Fruit
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Not suitable for containers

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Georgia Rattlesnake'.

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Common names
  • Watermelon

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Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2015-08-01
Not fully ripe but it was pretty tasty nonetheless.
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2015-08-01
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-07-30
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2012-10-31
A volunteer growing in poor soil along the woods edge. The fruit
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2015-08-15
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2015-08-15

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2016-07-21

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2016-08-02
Comments:
  • Posted by dave (Southlake, Texas - Zone 8a) on Oct 31, 2012 9:51 AM concerning plant:
    Georgia Rattlesnake is our standard watermelon that we grow each year. It's super easy to grow, requires absolutely no care on our part. It volunteers easily for us so we always have it growing in various unusual places. Wherever the children eat a melon, we are sure to get some plants come up later.

    Georgia Rattlesnake is prolific, very sweet and juicy with nice red meat. It loves heat and can handle poor sandy soil without complaint. I highly recommend it for southern gardeners.
  • Posted by vic (North Carolina) on Aug 6, 2014 9:55 AM concerning plant:
    This is the first watermelon we've been able to successfully grow here in NC. Seeds were purchased from Whitinger Seed Company. Very juicy, sweet, and meaty.
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