Re: O/T how do you tell when a water melen is ripe??

Posted by Jim in NC on August 13, 2007 at 04:23:04 from (172.163.60.165):

In Reply to: Re: O/T how do you tell when a water melen is ripe?? posted by old on August 12, 2007 at 21:36:11:

When I was growing up, most of the farmers around here as well as my Grandfathers grew a variety called Ledmon. One could almost call them a hierloom variety. We have to save our own seed. The natives that remember them will buy them over any other. They are hard to grow as they have no disease resistance. If planted in the wrong place, they will grow and look so good, only to die out without warning from the "wilt". I plant few in different places to insure a supply of them. Ledmons have a very thin rind and bust easy. One has to be careful when thumpin', handling, and haulin' them. I barely touched one yesterday abd it literally fell apart.

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