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Post by daylilydude on Mar 14, 2012 12:51:08 GMT -5
Just needing some ideas here!
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Post by spacecase0 on Mar 14, 2012 15:08:22 GMT -5
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Post by reubent on Mar 14, 2012 23:30:34 GMT -5
several muskys if I can figure out how to keep the deer from beating me to them. I've been trying several new ones (strange foreign types) and haven't had much success yet, so I'm going to grow some old ones that always did good for us years ago. Rocky ford was always a very sweet but unshippable melon, gets quite soft when ripe. (I never considered shipping them anywhere anyway) Then gonna grow some hales best for a standard melon. Of course bullfrog will always be my best tasting watermelon, small but so good tasting everybody wants more. And got some Saldana Crimson Sweet to try. As well as the old standard black diamond that does good, but the deer love em too.
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Post by daylilydude on Mar 27, 2012 7:08:31 GMT -5
Thanks for some great ideas y'all.. I'm gonna try one called "Desert King", It has yellow meat and if anyone has any info as far as taste and production that would be great! The red one I'm growing is the "Black Diamond"!
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Post by daylilydude on Mar 27, 2012 7:10:02 GMT -5
Ooops... forgot the one with orange meat, it is "Orange Tendersweet"
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 30, 2012 18:34:47 GMT -5
Watermelons Rich or muskmelon suggestions too??
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Post by daylilydude on Mar 31, 2012 5:38:09 GMT -5
Yes BLRH, any melon suggestions would be great!
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 31, 2012 15:34:43 GMT -5
DLD, Your climate's a little different from mine, but I have successfully grown a few here that should do well for you Old Timey Tennessee Melon was the 2nd most successful for me ever. I'm going to try Ginger Pride Melon this year. I tried it two years ago but I didn't get enough sunlight at the last place for melons so hopefully, I'll have a good year with them here?! You have a much longer season than I do, so I imagine in your garden they just might achieve the 22 lb weights that Baker Creek says they are capable of I grew Kansas one year. They were very small in the short season we had in Zone 5a, but quite tasty as I recall. Baker Creek says they are very rare. I'm going to put them in again this year and do my part to keep this variety alive. rareseeds.com/vegetables-d-o/melons/american-asian-european-melons/kansas-melon.html
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Post by horsea on Apr 2, 2012 0:12:32 GMT -5
I have a couple of seed catalogues specializing in heirloom varieties. So many of the seeds are described as "very rare". So I look them up on the internet and find about 25 different sources for them... I think there's a bit of huffin' & puffin' going on in the seed distribution industry.
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Post by daylilydude on Apr 20, 2012 12:25:08 GMT -5
I checked the garden this afternoon and some of the watermelons have sprouted... That may seem weird to some here, but I haven't been able to grow watermelons since I moved to MS. 18 years ago... I just hope I didn't jinx myself
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Apr 21, 2012 10:47:17 GMT -5
This year I'm growing Thai Golden Round melon and Royal Golden watermelon. The Thai melon is taking off like a weed with perfect germination. I had to plant twice to get enough of the Royal Golden watermelons up for a stand though. Unless the fruit is exceptional I won't replant a watermelon that is so hard to germinate though.
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Post by desertrat on Apr 23, 2012 13:23:52 GMT -5
This year I'm going to try Yellow Doll watermelon and Green Machine. Grew green m. last year and it was the best tasting of what did grow. I got a few Petit gris de Renne but they split really badly so won't do them again.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Apr 29, 2012 18:41:17 GMT -5
Cantaloupes: Athena, Sierra Gold, and whatever I get from the seeds I saved from some mini-cantaloupes labeled "Mel'Orange" that I bought at Sam's. (If I get some decent small melons from those, I may try growing them vertically next year. They are going to sprawl this year.) Watermelons: Tasty Sweet (seedless) and Yellow Moon & Stars I haven't grown any of these melons before, but our local stores sell the Athena cantaloupes in the summer, and my kids were excited that I found seed for those. They are also a little anxious about the yellow watermelons - they have never eaten (or even seen) any watermelons that weren't pink/red.
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Post by littleminnie on Apr 29, 2012 20:26:10 GMT -5
I just labeled all my cups to start my melons in this week. Watermelons: Crimson Sweet and Blacktail Mt and letting them cross Melons: charentais, honey dew, Jenny Lind, MN Midget, Wapsi Wonder, Delicious 51, Hale's Best. That should give me an extended harvest. I am putting in 96 plants altogether and hope that I can sell through all of them. I will be selling 18 peat pots with 3 seeds started in each. Not sure how much to charge.
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Post by horsea on Apr 29, 2012 21:47:10 GMT -5
Gnadenfeld. Seed from Heritage Harvest Seed in Manitoba, Kanada.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 30, 2012 8:58:24 GMT -5
YOu spell funny Horsea Have you grown Gnadenfeld before? I stare dreamily at Tanya's melon listings every year. I have others here though, that I've never grown. This year, I'm trying a couple that I've had seed for since 2006 or 2007. Maybe 2013 will be the year I finally place an order with her
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Post by horsea on Apr 30, 2012 19:11:35 GMT -5
Nope, never grown Gnadenfeld before. I try muskmelons & melons from time to time; I'm always hoping next year will be better. Have grown the usual, well-known old varieties. Nutmeg. Jenny Lind. To tell you the truth - the best I ever grew came out of the kitchen slops I threw into the garden in the fall & winter, which I guess contained seeds from supermarket "cantaloupes". Unhappily, something, probably rabbits, liked them a whole bunch, too. So, I just kind of carved off the damaged portion and give the rest to my husband, he don't know the difference, and doesn't ask questions. Best of luck with yours, BLR!!! I find melons tricky, in general, in our climate.
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