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Garner, NC

Two days ago I discovered a very hiiden melon on one of my later plants. It was quite larger and much better shaped than the melon I was growing, and had better vine placement, somewhere in the 50-60lb range. So I culled my orginal melon and now growing the newer one. The melon is very long by the looks but not huge on girth and I don't know how old it is. So is there any way to tell by it's future growth if it's a long shinny melon or a extra long fat melon? The seed is a 211 Boyette, which came from a Edwards plant, and I'm unsure of the measurements from either.

After reading that, it confussed my on the question I had. I'll try again. By not seeing a melons growth for the first few weeks, is there a way to track is measurements to tell what shape the mature melon will achieve.

7/9/2010 9:43:22 AM

sevierville, Tn

Thats a tough one, what i do is start tracking it when you find it, then compair those gains to current or recorded gains. See how they compair. Example, say you have a known melon that gains 4 lbs a day from 60 lbs to 80 lbs over 5 days. if your unknown melon does it in 4 days, then its better, if it takes 6 days, its worse. Now none of that will tell you the exact age, but you can get close by compairing size. Hope that helps

7/9/2010 2:54:14 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

Seriously, an unseen 50-60# melon??? C'mon Ice Man...let's spend some time in the melon patch, eh??? LOL Peace, Wayne
PS...Grow em BIG!!!

7/11/2010 11:44:38 PM

Bowdon, GA

Acctually it is not that hard to miss a 50 pound melon if you have big plants. The vines get pretty thick. I found one about that size last year cleaning up the patch after we picked the big ones. It had to have pulled some juice from the plant.

7/12/2010 1:04:30 AM

Owensboro, Ky.

I hope my initial LOL, let everyone know I was kidding!!! I have found un-noticed 50# pkns. on the outskirts, undercover in the past!!! Peace, Wayne

7/14/2010 11:53:46 PM

Bowdon, GA

No offense taken Wayne. I always kick my self when I find one of those

7/15/2010 12:01:40 AM