please answer...
I have been dying to know for so long
2006-06-15 14:58:37 · 10 answers · asked by ttrembles 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
They don't take out the seeds; there are seeds in seedless watermelons.
What they HAVE done, however, is selectively breed the watermelons to have smaller and smaller seeds; the seeds that exist in the "seedless" watermelons are so small, you just eat them without noticing them.
2006-06-15 15:03:17 · answer #1 · answered by jvsconsulting 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simply stated, the number of chromosomes (the threadlike bodies within cells that contain the inheritance units called genes) in a normal watermelon plant is doubled by the use of the chemical colchicine. Doubling a normal (diploid) watermelon results in a tetraploid plant (one having four sets of chromosomes). When the tetraploid plant is bred back, or pollinated, by a diploid or normal plant, the resulting seed produces a triploid plant that is basically a "mule" of the plant kingdom, and it produces seedless watermelons.
2006-06-15 15:03:00 · answer #2 · answered by FnK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 words... Genetic Engineering. They were made in a lab and are now grown that way. They might still be made in a lab. I think they crossed a watermelon with a cantalope to get a seedless watermelon. Wow.. technology today.
2006-06-15 15:03:42 · answer #3 · answered by nyeboy9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Little elves in scuba suits go in and pull them all out. That's why on EVERY seedless watermelon, if you look closely you'll see a little scar.
2006-06-22 06:22:43 · answer #4 · answered by loon_mallet_wielder 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's 2 different kinds of watermelon seeds. they have seeds so you can grow seedless watermelons, and the crappy kind that have seeds in them. idk, i guess some people are stupid enuff to plant watermelons that contain seeds lol
2006-06-15 15:04:52 · answer #5 · answered by 36 Bree 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all i know it that it's a hybird type of watermelon
2006-06-15 15:02:41 · answer #6 · answered by kimberly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they plant the whole watermelon GOSH!!!!!!!!! jk
2006-06-15 15:02:18 · answer #7 · answered by mcr_concert_luva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its genetically modified so that when its grown there are no seeds in it...
2006-06-15 15:05:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they grow them that way......
2006-06-15 15:01:40 · answer #9 · answered by kcracer1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rich people hire illegal immigrants. Duh! Everyone knows that!
2006-06-15 15:01:56 · answer #10 · answered by roxy81492 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋