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Culture TV & Movies Soaking Watermelon Seeds In Milk If you want
a head start on growing watermelons seeds then try soaking them
in milk. By doing this, you will help them to sprout more
quickly. Living in the northern United States, it is a problem
in getting out gardens to growing in the short season of time.
Watermelons require a long hot growing season and if you live in
the northern United States, the watermelon plants need a head
start on growing. You can start them in a cold frame or
greenhouse at least a month before the last frost. Six weeks
later, you can plant them into your prepared garden area. Just
by soaking your seeds for one day will help. It tricks them into
thinking they were in the ground for at least a week. The milk
penetrates the hull of the seed, providing nourishment for the
life force that is inside the seeds. The seeds soak up the milk
and change color. If the s