Saving Watermelon Seeds

If you are among those lucky enough to have purchased one of our Moon and Stars melons, you may be wondering what to do after the deliciousness? Well, aside from coming out and buying another Orb of Tastiness next Saturday at our stand (we'll be down at the Blawnox Community Field, next to the high rise from 9AM-1PM) you can save the seeds from your Tasty-Session and plant them next May/June and grow your own melon vines.
As you eat the melons, spit the seeds into a cup, when done, pour the seeds into a stainless steel strainer and swirl them around under running water with your finger.  Once they're cleaned off pour them into a cup and fill with water, remove any seeds that float to the top then pour them back into the strainer.  Shake/swirl to remove as much moisture as possible then dump them out onto a piece of wax paper and leave them in a dry room with good air circulation.  Give them a stir with your finger twice a day for week and then when they are dry enough to snap in two when bent, go ahead and put them into a paper envelope and store in a cool dry area till middle of next spring and you can grow your own tastiness!  Refer back to this post where you can find a link to the seed company where we got ours from.