TIFTON, Ga. (WTXL) - Experts at the University of Georgia in Tifton say watermelon growth is looking good for the southwest.
Professors are finding that farmers are producing a darker rind and some even have a thinner rind, with a high quality flesh.
A bulk of the acreage is 14 to 16 pound fruit. Most farmers are about two to three weeks into harvesting.
Southwest Georgia farmers are on track to produce 22,000 acres.
UGA experts also say companies and farmers are also focusing on quality and increasing disease resistant watermelons. Most of the farmers scout their crops to make sure they don't have fungal diseases.
