I always plant out one melon of various types under cloches etc but although have had success nothing as good as this little ripper!
Watermelon!!!
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Westi
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Checking out the squash & found this little beauty hidden away in the leaf growth - I know how could I have missed it?
I always plant out one melon of various types under cloches etc but although have had success nothing as good as this little ripper!
I always plant out one melon of various types under cloches etc but although have had success nothing as good as this little ripper!
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Wow! That's one for sharing alright.
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Ooooh! Well done. What's it like inside - red? Yellow?
I tried growing watermelons once, only once. I got lots of very ornamental foliage but no flowers, and of course no fruits. It wasn't a particularly good summer that year. It's night temperatures that need to be maintained, is my understanding. I'd be interested to know how you got yours to fruit: under glass, under cloches, how much water, which variety?
I tried growing watermelons once, only once. I got lots of very ornamental foliage but no flowers, and of course no fruits. It wasn't a particularly good summer that year. It's night temperatures that need to be maintained, is my understanding. I'd be interested to know how you got yours to fruit: under glass, under cloches, how much water, which variety?
Allotment, but little achieved.
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Dear Westi, i must say i'm very impressed. 
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There's no fool like an old fool.
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But it wasn't ripe 
Was going 2 leave it as stem still green but some one else told me would be ready if sounded hollow! 
Got to go with instinct not advice!
Another couple of weeks would have had the perfect melon!
Maybe!!
Westi
Was going 2 leave it as stem still green but some one else told me would be ready if sounded hollow! Got to go with instinct not advice! Another couple of weeks would have had the perfect melon!
Maybe!! Westi
Westi