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Okla

Is anyone growing any of the Brights 246, 262 or 268 seeds this year? What cross has everyone made this year?
Thomas

9/2/2009 11:19:22 PM

Mt.Pleasant,Iowa

251 Mudd x 267 Edwards and reverse.

9/3/2009 7:32:31 AM

sevierville, Tn

I would like to grow a Brights 246, 262 or 268 seed, know where you can find one ? Or the 157 BRIGHT especially.

9/3/2009 2:18:57 PM

Bowdon, GA

I have grown the 246 I ran out of seeds last year. Most of them have exceptional length 37+ but could use some girth. If I grew them again I would like to cross them with one of Frank Mudds melons or maybe Chris's 213 to give them some girth. They were some of the best shaped melons I have grown. I have heard the 268 is very hard to germinate. They don't have any 246's in the catalog anymore, might have to call. I would like to try them again. The 229 are suppost to have great length too. I would also like to get my hands on the 157, but I have also heard it is hard to talk Mr. Bright out of one.

9/3/2009 11:45:40 PM

I grew a 246 last year, as well as the 229, really wet, awful year, biggest melon was 97#. This year I crossed the 97# with the 202 Bright, and I just pulled the melon off this plant, it went 151 pounds, was 40" long.

i have a 229x246 growing still, starting to slow down now, taping around 175 by the OTT measurements. Another horribly wet year here in west central MO!

9/5/2009 4:53:01 PM

Bowdon, GA

What was the girth on the 40"? 40" is great length. Seems like most of Mr. Brights melons are long. The smallest girth I have on a 197 Mudd is 55". Marty had a 62" girth on his 251 Mudd. If we could get 40" melons with 55-60", we'd have some big watermelons. With my luck I would instead of getting the best of both, I would get short skinny melons. I would still like to try the cross.

9/5/2009 11:58:48 PM

Girth on my 151 was 47 inches. The melon was growing well, then had 6 inches rain in 1 week, and the plant went down despite spraying with Kocide/Chlorothalonil regularly..

9/8/2009 5:52:19 PM

Grimsley,TN

I have some bright 246 for trade.
John
Grimsley, TN

10/8/2009 11:38:12 AM