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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: chriscross1966 on August 05, 2014, 19:36:44

Title: Melons
Post by: chriscross1966 on August 05, 2014, 19:36:44
Melons..... wish me luck, I'm going to try my first homegrown melon tonight... the skin has cracks in it and it smells like melon.... fingers crossed...
Title: Re: Melons
Post by: BarriedaleNick on August 06, 2014, 14:32:11
Good luck mate - always fancied trying a melon but don't really have the space for it.
In the poly??
Title: Re: Melons
Post by: Silverleaf on August 06, 2014, 14:40:45
What was it like?
Title: Re: Melons
Post by: chriscross1966 on August 10, 2014, 20:44:07
Not quite ripe enough, very refreshing, but lacked the depth of flavour I was hoping fo... anyway, there's another ten in the greenhouse so I'll leave it until something starts making the place smell like melons.... it's a good year for cucurbits in there, I've just harvested 10 cucumbers in the last couple of days..