Grocery Stores Not Actually Telling The Truth ?

Question

Why do watermelons sold as "seedless" actually have seeds in them ?

Answer 1

When they say seedless, they are referring to the black, fully developed seeds. The white ones you can actually eat.

The seedless watermelon is very popular now. Many people enjoy the taste of watermelon without the inconvenience of all the little black seeds.

Seedless watermelon are not grown quite as easily as normal watermelon. These "seedless" watermelons have far fewer seeds than the seeded varieties, although they generally contain at least a few soft, pale seeds. They are the product of crossing a female tetraploid plant (itself the product of genetic manipulation, using colchicine) with diploid pollen. The resulting triploid plant is sterile, but will produce the seedless fruit if pollenized by a diploid plant. For this reason, commercially available seedless watermelon seeds actually contain two varieties of seeds; that of the triploid seedless plant itself (recognizable because the seed is larger), and the diploid plant which is needed to pollenize the triploid. Unless both plant types are grown in the same vicinity, no seedless fruit will result.

Answer 2

Somebody must have snuck them in overnight.


actually:

Each planting of seedless watermelons actually produces 3 different types of watermelons -- the regular seeded watermelons (from pollinator plants), the true seedless melons, and a light-green tetraploid melon that produces a very limited number of seeds, from which next year's planting can be made

Answer 3

they are edible seeds, not like the yucky seeds you have to spit out. and the store is told by the vendor, so as far as they know they arent lying, they are selling it advertised as they were told

Answer 4

I know they have the white seeds that haven't quite matured.

Answer 5

I guess they should say "black seedless" hey?

Answer 6

i don't know. cucumbers are the same way. there are "seedless" or european cucs out there. they say those are supposed to be burpless...i don't think so my friend!! lol