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Bethlehem CT

I have noticed over the years that occasionally the Carolina cross produces melons with a darker green background. (the stripes remain the same) Lloyd Brights 229 at the Pumpkin Daze competition is a good example of this. Any ideas if this is genetic or strictly a reaction to the environment. (method of shading etc.) Any thoughts on this?

3/4/2018 4:50:20 PM

Chapel Hill, NC

Most likely genetics. All of mine have looked the same lighter green rind except the 306 Bartoli I grew this year. At 190lbs it was my smallest and looked like a huge Crimson sweet. Seeds were dark brown too

3/4/2018 5:37:59 PM

South Arkansas

It was an extra old watermelon that had been a lighter shade earlier. The color change could have been a miticide effect. Malathion will leave a dark stain on watermelons but none was used here. The dark color was not genetic.

3/4/2018 5:44:24 PM

Bethlehem CT

Interesting, I remember Jake Holloway had a bunch that looked like the 229 several years ago. He used to dust his melons with dipel (aka BT)

3/5/2018 7:02:12 AM

Lexington, Ky

Several of the larger melons at Hamilton were very light and young looking.

3/5/2018 7:04:23 AM

NE Arkansas

I think it has a lot to do with shading, go look at Spencer's melons in the past few years. They are all very light green as he shades his probably better than anyone else.

3/5/2018 10:30:30 AM

Bethlehem CT

Jeremy I was thinking along those lines myself.

3/5/2018 6:08:16 PM

Home of happy lil plants

Had a fully white one with no stripes this year til day 18, it also aborted...so there's that too

3/6/2018 12:12:15 AM