Hi Folks,
I was given a couple of melon plants and have managed to grow a few small melons.
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/pigbun/DSC00442.jpg)
(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/pigbun/DSC00441.jpg)
This one was just larger than a cricket ball but we have two more twice the size.
The original donor can't help me as to the identity so I am asking if anyone can identify them. ???
This one was very sweet even if small.
MP
This is an old chestnut (not the melon).
Curcubits cross pollinate at the drop of a hat and even when you buy a packet of expensive seeds they produce different varieties of colour/size/etc.
They could be a type of Galia.
If you pull them as early as this they are probably not ripe.
http://allaboutallotments.com/index.html
Is he an HSL member? It looks al ot like my green nutemg
:-\
Quote from: saddad on September 06, 2009, 22:41:09
Is he an HSL member? It looks al ot like my green nutemg
:-\
ooohhh do you grow nutmeg? tell me more....
sorry,a tad off topic!
No, it's the name of the melon... :-X
:D I grow Sweet Medley which are a mix of French varieties they weigh a pound or two,very fragrant and delicious and are ready for eating now and look a lot like your photo / shades x
Quote from: allaboutliverpool on September 06, 2009, 22:39:17
This is an old chestnut (not the melon).
Curcubits cross pollinate at the drop of a hat and even when you buy a packet of expensive seeds they produce different varieties of colour/size/etc.
They could be a type of Galia.
If you pull them as early as this they are probably not ripe.
http://allaboutallotments.com/index.html
Ooh Err Allaboutliverpool :(
We had the melons next to a dwarf cucumber. Could this cross pollination have affected the fruit or just the seeds?
Many thanks Saddad & Angel shades. They are fragrant and sweet. ;D
Only one more to go.... :(
MP