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Who said I couldn't get a ripe melon?
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Posted by Amanda_WA 9 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 20, 05 at 7:21
Ta dah... Moon & Stars watermelon.
From go to yum in ...
Rats! I was going to tell you how many days but I've forgotten the password to my journal software. I think I'm having one of *those* moments. :(
Um, how do I save the seeds?
Amanda |
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RE: Who said I couldn't get a ripe melon?
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Looks great Amanda. Was it sweet and luscious? No, don't tell me, I don't want to know.
Saving seed - clean them thoroughly removing all traces of flesh and any sugary residue (rub between fingers in water), let them dry to the point where they snap when you bend them, then store in a nice dry place till next spring. |
RE: Who said I couldn't get a ripe melon?
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| I think the American expression is WAY TO GO!!. That is a beautiful colour. A champagne melon ??. |
RE: Who said I couldn't get a ripe melon?
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Great stuff Amanda, I was soooo excited when I picked mine.
I've saved seeds just as Ray described. My vine has started growing again so I'm hoping to get another (not too hopeful though!)
Enjoy it! |
RE: Who said I couldn't get a ripe melon?
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| Enjoying it, we are! Very sweet. Yum... I just remembered who it was who reckoned I was too late for melons. Better go put a link in his thread and make sure this gets seen. :) I've sorted out the password issue too. The seeds were planted on the 2/12/05 so I think that makes it 118 days. The Chilean Black Seeded watermelon looks ripe too - I'll pick one in a few days - when we've finished eating this one! Amanda |
RE: Who said I couldn't get a ripe melon?
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Well done Amanda. Hope there's more to come. My Butternuts are really powering at the moment. Didn't think I was going to get many but heaps have set in the last month. There's not much better than a fully ripe homegrown watermelon.
Cheers Colin |
RE: Who said I couldn't get a ripe melon?
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| Just a cautionary word Amanda. If you didn't hand pollinate the melons, or grow them a respectable distance apart, the chances of a cross will be very high. I wouldn't let that bother me though. In fact it may lead to something really interesting. |
RE: Who said I couldn't get a ripe melon?
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What fun. The colour is so different from the one we had at Christmas; it was a bright pinky/red. It's all in the eating :)
Rose |
RE: Who said I couldn't get a ripe melon?
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| Oh! How far away? The next nearest melon is about 20m away... |
RE: Who said I couldn't get a ripe melon?
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Isolation distances for ensuring pure melon seeds varies from 200m to 900m, depending on which "authority" you read. Commercial seed producers use the longer end. So at 20m, I'd say there's every chance of some crossed seed. But as I said, it might yield something really interesting, though not necessarily next year. It's in the 2nd generation after a cross that all the variability starts to show up.
You can reduce isolation distances considerably by planting lots of other things in between, especially flowers and herbs that flower at the same time as the melons. The pollinators then have a chance to "clean up" before moving on to the other melons. |
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