Culture
| Top Five Watermelon Producers – 2011 (in tonnes) |
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| China | 69,576,643 |
| Iran | 4,501,250 |
| Turkey | 3,864,490 |
| Brazil | 2,198,620 |
| United States | 1,769,230 |
| World total | 104,472,354 |
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For commercial plantings, one beehive per acre (4,000 m² per hive) is the minimum recommendation by the US Department of Agriculture for pollination of conventional, seeded varieties.
Because seedless hybrids have sterile pollen, pollinizer rows of varieties with viable pollen must also be planted. Since the supply of viable pollen is reduced and pollination is much more critical in producing the seedless variety, the recommended number of hives per acre, or pollinator density, increases to three hives per acre (1,300 m² per hive). Watermelons have a longer growing period than other garden plants and can often take up to 85 days of growing to mature.
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