New plant diseases are becoming increasingly prevalent, requiring growers to adopt more proactive management strategies.

Amazing journey of watermelons from farm to market is a remarkable process that combines advanced farming techniques and cutting-edge machinery. Starting with carefully planted saplings in ...

As the prices on groceries continue to rise, many people might be thinking of growing a vegetable garden for the first time.

The crackdown was part of a drive to prevent the sale of watermelons that may have been chemically altered to appear more appealing or were beginning to rot. “It is advisable for the consumers to ...

“Adam Schiff has the smallest neck I have ever seen and the biggest head — we call them watermelon head,” Trump said, gesturing with his index finger as he questioned how Schiff’s ‘big fat face’ could ...

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BOCA RATON, Fla. — Get ready for a taste of summer. The inaugural South Florida Watermelon Festival is set to take place on Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13 at South County Regional Park ...

As kids, many of us believed that swallowing watermelon seeds would make a tree grow in our stomachs. But here’s the truth — those little seeds are actually nutritional gems! Instead of tossing them ...

Invasives thrive in their new environments as they lack predators, diseases and other plants in their native environment that keep them in check. It may seem inconsequential in the grand scheme of ...