how the hell do they plant seedless watermelon seeds if they're seedless?

Question

just wondering...

Answer 1

The same way they plant seedless grapes and seedless grapefruit I suppose. I have noticed that seedless watermelons do contan underdeveloped seeds.

Answer 2

Seed Production. The obvious question asked about growing seedless watermelons is: "How does one obtain seed of a seedless watermelon?" Obviously, you cannot save seed from a seedless watermelon. So, where do the seeds come from? 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. Seed of seedless varieties are available from most major seed companies.

Answer 3

I didn't know, so I looked it up. The things they think of these days.

"Obviously, you cannot save seed from a seedless watermelon. So, where do the seeds come from? 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. Seed of seedless varieties are available from most major seed companies."

Answer 4

seedless watermelon?" Obviously, you cannot save seed from a seedless watermelon. So, where do the seeds come from? 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. Seed of seedless varieties are available from most major seed companies.

Answer 5

As has been pointed out, 'seedless' realy does have some sort of seed, just very small and very soft ones.

However, most of those seeds are in fact useless for propagating that breed of watermelon. Most seedless lines are propagated by a botanical process known as cutting-propagation, which is where you basically take a leaf or bit of vine, treat one end with rooting hormones, and plant it, keep it well watered until it sprouts roots, then you have a new plant.

Answer 6

Seedless watermelons are one of the many hybrid, genetcially engineered fruits in our grocery stores...the farmers breed two different types of seed containing watermelons (a diploid -2 chromosome- and a triploid -3chromosome) which make the rare mutant EXPENSIVE seed that is grown into the delicious seedless watermelon we eat today. The lame white seeds that are sometimes in seedless watermelons are sterile and serve no reproductive purpose to the plant whatsoever. So once the plant has flowered and produced the fruit, it dies and must be replanted...Seedless watermelons are genetically altered which is why they dont taste as good as natural melons...BUY ORGANIC!!! :) hope that helps, i learned it all in my stupid botany class.

Answer 7

They breed seeded watermelons and, through some manipulations involving genetics (no worries, there are no mutant watermelons threatening to take over the world), they come out seedless. It's basically the same thing as seedless grapes, they just breed the seeds out and cut some of the vine to reseed them. Due to genetic drift, however, there are sometimes throwbacks, sometimes on the same vine, that have seeds. It's a lot like roses, which are bred from certain types of thorn-bushes into flower-bearing strains. I grew a stand of roses a few years back, and one bush reverted to straight thorns, and never sprouted another flower.

Answer 8

Seedless watermelons, like most things seedless, occur because the seedling is planted within a large part of the roots of an existing plant. A new plant offshoots from there that is seedless.

Answer 9

I think seedless watermelons are watermelons that aren't fully developed. So they take a seed from a fully grown watermelon and plant that and then harvest the melons before they are down growing. That's why sometimes they are seeds in "seedless watermelons".

Answer 10

Probably cuttings, But most seedless watermelons have a few seeds.