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sevierville, Tn

Ok, whats everyone planning on planting? Hard to choose this year. I have more to plant then spots. Anyway, I thought i would throw this out there. maybe someone would convince me 1 way or the other.

BLANTON 182.0 =140 ELKIN 99 X 168 JOHNSON 99
KENT    259.2=    239 leonard 08    OPEN
KENT    209 =    255 mitchell 07 X 251 Mudd 08
KENT    113 =    267 Edwards 08 X 239 leonard 08
KENT    243.5 =    213.2 kent 08 x    267 Edwards 08
KENT    213.2 =    211 LEONARD 07 X    SELF
MITCHELL 255.0 = 168 JOHNSON 98 X 157 BRIGHT
LEONARD 239.0 =    197 LEONARD 07 X 211 LEONARD 08
CARSON 221.0     = 262 carson X ???
WESTFALL 211.5 =    239 LEONARD 08 X 224 WESTFALL 08
PEDEN    233.0    = BRIGHT CROSS

3/17/2010 2:58:50 PM

sevierville, Tn

forgot 1
BOWERS 148.0 =    232 CARSON X    179 BOWERS

Guess i should say why. The crosses because they look good.
The 148 Bowers grew the 157 Bright.
The Carson 221 grew his 257

3/17/2010 3:12:17 PM

Western PA

183 Neptune and 191 Holloway. I only have room for 2 plants.
Lee

3/17/2010 3:29:55 PM

Lexington,IN

Definately go with the 182, LOL. Do you know the year on the 148 Bowers? I have a pack from Ron marked 148 - 1999 and says "short fat melon" on it too. My list is not yet finalized but will definately do the first five and will have to pick four or five from the others listed and others I've yet to think hard about. I have been blessed with seeds from several growers on here and I thank you all very much for you helping me get back growing again and look forward to future seed swaps...

182 Blanton '03 Grew my 196 on a neglected plant
267 Edwards '08
255 Mitchell '07 Parent of above
267 Pleasant '09
217 Pleasant '96 Parent of above

259.2 Kent '09 - Cause it's a big 'ol melon
239 Leonard '08 - Parent of above
168 Johnson '99 - Many over 200 on this seed
178.5 Mudd '04 - Grew Franks 251
140 Elkins '99 - Grew my 232
219 Edwards '01 - Many over 200 on this one too
230 Edwards '09 - 267 Edwards crossed back to 255 Mitchell

3/17/2010 9:10:41 PM

Frankfort Oh

to many to list

3/17/2010 9:56:18 PM

sevierville, Tn

Rob, Try !....1 or 2 maybe !

3/17/2010 10:57:11 PM

sevierville, Tn

Dewight, I had the 148 & 145 as year 2000. But I may be off a year.

3/17/2010 10:59:44 PM

South East

Gonna grow our own..... 155.5 Finders ===

3/18/2010 6:40:46 AM

Grimsley,TN

Kent 259.2
Bright #225 ( Bowers 81,Bright 260 X Conrad 255)
Bright 262
Bright 178
Mitchell 255
Peden 233

Got my mushroom 12 ton of Mushroom compost the other day. It supposed to be 60 tomorrow. I'm stoked.

3/18/2010 10:02:12 AM

Netherlands

239 Leonard and 197 Leonard are both up and running. Only have room for one unfortunately as they have to grow in a greenhouse in my climate. Hope to use the 197 as the main plant and the 239 as the pollinator.

3/18/2010 2:47:51 PM

Netherlands

Maybe the other way around...

3/18/2010 2:50:49 PM

Grimsley,TN

k. revisited the freezer and found all of my seeds. hanks to those of you who have traded seeds with me this year. Chris( or any of you other watermelon gurus) I need some help with crossing the seeds. Heres my updated list. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

191 Holloway 09'( 255 Mitchell x open)
186 Adams 08' (233edan x self)
160 Adams 09' (255 Mitchell x self)
195 Knight ????
194 Holloway (255 Mitchell x open)
199 Knight ( 195 Knight x self)
Bright 214( 257#)
Bright 215.5 ( 268#)
Bright 246
Bright 225( 260#)
Bright ( 262.6 x 262.6)
Bright (268.8 x248)
Bright 170 (178#)
Kent 259.2 09'(239 Leonard x open)
Kent 209 09' (255 Mitchell x 251 Mudd)
Kent 213.2 08' (211 Leonard x self)
Kent 243.5 09' ( 213 Kent x 267 Edwards)
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have plenty of room to plant them. which crosses would be best.
Thanks,
John

3/18/2010 8:31:13 PM

Corryton, TN

243.5 Kent
259.2 Kent
213 Kent
209 Kent
214 Bright #257
225 Bright #260
199 Knight
195 Knight
194 Holloway
191 Holloway
180 Bhaskaran
175 Bhaskaran
164 White
2 more undecided

3/18/2010 8:32:57 PM

Adams County

136.5 Hampp
182 Blanton
196 Blanton
101 Cantrell
129 Cantrell

3/18/2010 11:31:03 PM

Bethlehem CT

164 White 08 (225 White x 146 James)
157 Bhaskaran 09 (255 Mitchell x open)
153 Leonard 09 (197 Leonard x 255 Mitchell)
180 Bhaskaran 08 (231 Mitchell x open)
213.2 Kent 08 (211 Leonard x self)
243.5 Kent 09 (213 Kent x 267 Edwards)
181 Masterson 09 Unknown
207 Masterson '09 Unknown
103 Masterson ('Mountain Hoosier')
Blue Rind (From the Bright's)

3/20/2010 8:26:52 AM

Sparta, NC

182 Blanton
213 Kent
217 Pleasant or 267 Pleasant

3/20/2010 8:30:32 AM

Mt.Pleasant,Iowa

179.7 Schnicker (251Mudd x 267 Edwards)
131 Schnicker ( 267 Edwards x 251 Mudd)
255 Mitchell
These are for the Iowa State fair.I had a 209 Kent and 178.5 Mudd not germ.
For fall crop there are many I will start.

3/20/2010 11:16:09 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

243.5 Kent
251 Mudd
It kaint get much better than this!!! Peace, Wayne

3/20/2010 5:42:24 PM

formerly RGG

Tenative:

194 Holloway
207 Masterson
209 Kent
214 Bright
243.5 Kent
259.2 Kent

3/20/2010 9:01:22 PM

Rochester, MN

Trying for:
4 of the 255 Mitchell plants and 2 of the 217 Vaughn...for a total of 6 plants...down from 12 last year!

3/20/2010 10:31:43 PM

Garner, NC

225 Bright
214 Bright
211 Boyette
203 Boyette
136 Dawson
and once melons have set a few Moon and Stars

3/21/2010 2:01:00 PM

South East

Hey Chris, can you spare some of last years seed for us?
Let us know and we wil shoot you a bubble. f.finders@hotmail.com

3/21/2010 4:16:36 PM

Frankfort Oh

LOL SMOKY, OK, HERE S MY FAVORITE,my 136 from last year ,my 68 # cross and the 267 edwards,and 225 white

3/25/2010 11:29:37 AM

Lexington,IN

Due to my own economical situation, I will reduce my intended number of melon plants this year. I have room for five big plants, 28' X 30' for each. I will go with mostly proven seeds this year and one of my own. A back up will be started for each spot also, along with a few extras incase of poor germination. I'm going to build a germination box soon and plan to start seeds around May 10. As of now my line up is:
* FIRST CHOICES * * BACK UPS *
217 Pleasant '96 267 Pleasant '09
239 Leonard '08 259.2 Kent '09
255 Mitchell '07 168 Johnson '99
267 Edwards '08 230 Edwards '09
182 Blanton '03 219 Edwards '01
178.5 Mudd '04
140 Elkins '99

3/26/2010 12:07:03 PM

Lexington,IN

Hummm, that didn't work as planned. Anyway, the Mudd and Elkins are back ups also.

3/26/2010 12:08:56 PM

sevierville, Tn

Dewight, What the cross on the 267 Pleasant '09 ?
or did he have it open ?
Thanks

3/26/2010 2:43:15 PM

Bowdon, GA

I've got too many to list but have some definates in mind. My goal was to cut it down to six this year. 12 last year was to many only had about three good ones. It may never happen though. My top picks are the 255 Mitchell and the 209 Kent.

4/4/2010 1:22:31 AM

formerly RGG

Excellent choices Holloway

4/4/2010 9:06:38 PM

Bowdon, GA

Thanks the 255 is proven. I think the 209 is a good cross. You get large plants from both parents. The 251's have the girth and the 255's have both. Not to mention the 209 went down early it probably had alot of potential.

4/4/2010 10:02:51 PM

sevierville, Tn

Jake, The 209 was my best till it went down. Was ahead of all the others !

4/5/2010 2:10:38 PM

Bowdon, GA

Tenative list:
259 Kent
243 Kent
209 Kent
255 Mitchell
194 Holloway
246 Bright
179 Schnicker

4/12/2010 10:40:47 PM

Bowdon, GA

Also have a second patch I'm going to do so experimenting with other seeds.

4/12/2010 10:42:19 PM