Oriental Ball Watermelon (Oriental Ball F1): Characteristics
Oriental Ball watermelon is an F1 hybrid watermelon variety, also sold or known as Oriental Ball F1 or Takii Oriental Ball. It is not a registered variety, so the facts here come from its seller and farm sources. It comes from Takii (Japan), sold in the Philippines by Allied Botanical.
If you came here looking for Oriental Ball F1 or Takii Oriental Ball, this is the same watermelon. The facts below come from its seller and from farm sources, each one listed at the end. Compare it with the others in our watermelon variety finder, or see every crop variety we list. For the crop itself, read our guide: Land preparation for gourds and melons.
- Type: F1 hybrid.
Key facts about Oriental Ball watermelon
| Trait | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| Breeder or owner | Takii (Japan), sold in the Philippines by Allied Botanical |
| Also known as | Oriental Ball F1, Takii Oriental Ball |
| Type | F1 hybrid |
| Days to harvest, per the seller | 70 to 75 days after transplanting |
How long does it take, and how much does it yield?
Days to harvest, by the seller's count: 70 to 75 days after transplanting. No trial on record checks this figure yet, so treat it as the seller's own and compare with farms near you before you plan a season around it.
Once you know the day count, anee.io dates every task from each lot's own planting day, with the growth stages and weather beside it.
Is it resistant to pests and diseases?
No pest or disease ratings are published for this variety. So treat it as untested, and scout every week.
The pests and diseases that hit watermelon fields most often: anthracnose, Cercospora leaf spot, cutworm, damping off, downy mildew of cucurbits. Our pest finder and disease finder help you name what you see.
What its seller and farm sources say
- Days to harvest: 70 to 75 days after transplanting.
- Fruit: High round, striped light and dark green rind, firm red flesh, heavy at 8 to 10 kg.
- Season: Dry season.
- Where: Lowland.
- Intermediate resistance to gummy stem blight, bacterial wilt and fusarium wilt.
- Keeps about 14 to 21 days and ships well.
- Growers in the articles report fruits of 7 to 8 kg without thinning and 8 to 10 kg with it.
Why farmers know it: Agriculture Monthly called it the most popular and widely grown watermelon in the country, planted nearly all year from Bicol and Iloilo to Mindoro, Central and Northern Luzon and southern Mindanao, an Iloilo story says the same. These are the seller's own figures, from its own trials. So plant a small area first, and compare it with your usual watermelon on the same ground.
Where and when to plant Oriental Ball watermelon
Watermelon pays best in the dry season on sandy, well drained ground. Choose by fruit size and flesh: a sweet red flesh and a rind thick enough for the trip to market. Before planting, get the field ready with our guide: Pagtatanim ng gulay.
Before you buy seed
- Buy sealed packs or tagged sacks from an accredited dealer, and check the packing date and germination rate.
- Ask your municipal agriculturist or nearby farmers how it did in your area last season.
- Try it on a small area first, beside the variety you usually plant, before you switch the whole farm.
- Write down the planting day, inputs and harvest, so you can compare varieties on your own ground. anee.io keeps these records for you.
Set the planting day of each lot and anee.io dates every task to harvest, with the weather beside it. Free on the Libre plan.
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