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grub starts with ...
all my melon are on the large side this year ,heres one of my water melons i have picked i still have one thats larger this one weighed in at 22.7kg's i have another 12 all ready at the same time .lucky the kids like water melons.
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amanda says...
Wow - nice tatt..(just kidding!) That's a ripper grub! What did you do to make them on the larger side this year?

They good for the old bottle of tequila party-melon!
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7th February 2011 7:49pm
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John Mc says...
Hey grub, is that a heirloom variety? or seeds from the local garden centre? I have trouble growing them here near the coast, but I have one beauty nearly ready, not as big as your one. I can always live in hope. My heirloom variety I'm growing looks the same as your's pictured.
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7th February 2011 8:46pm
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grub says...
gidday john this is a heirloom
it's a CAROLINA old style melon.
i also have some large MOUNTAIN HOOSIER melon down the other side of my block and some moon and stars the nicest tasting melon i have is the rattle snake
they are all heirlooms
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grub says...
gidday amanda
i didnt do anything speical i just added blood and bone when i planted them.
they are in a new patch were my cows were last year and there was plenty of cow pattys turned into the soil lol
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grub says...
here is some more of my melons the small one in front is 11 kgs
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Brendan says...
Hi grub,
I think last years largest winning watermelon at Chinchilla, Q, weighed 87.5kg! But it wasn't the eating kind?
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snottiegobble says...
I saw a long melon which is supposed to be heirloom. I think the name begins with 'Quand' Anyone familiar with it?
I have been promised some seeds!
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John says...
Is anyone growing the moon and stars variety water melon in WA?
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krazykangaroo says...
I grow a lot of watermelons but I don't risk the bigger ones with our shorter season here in Southern Vic. I suggest everyone grows 'orangeglo' but the trouble with growing that one is that you will never want to eat another variety again. It is the best tasting watermelon you can get in my opinion - I used to hate watermelon until I tasted that one.
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24th February 2011 3:34pm
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BJ says...
Hi Krazykangaroo, where can you get seeds for thet variety in Oz?
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grub says...
gidday john here are some of my moon and stars the small one is 9.8 and the large one is 20.2
the large from yesterday's photo is a 35 kg carolina, i have a long my too go before i reach the 87kg but ill keep trying.
my giant pumpkin that i grow last year only maxed out a 82 kgs still smaller than the water melon.
i must be doing something wrong... lol
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Wayne says...
BJ have you ever seen that add "oils ain't oils" same with growing things, it depends on how you do it.

KK is obviously a watermelon specialist and grows great tasting watermelons. Because I can't grow watermelons very well my 'orangeglo' would probably taste like crap compared to his. Get KK's growing secrets before you get the seeds. :-]

Nice fruit Grub
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amanda says...
U have the green finger grub! I get so frustrated growing these guys cos' of powdery mildew...?
I use drip retic etc. Maybe I am too close to the ocean and it's a humidity thing - is it like that for u too Wayne?
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Wayne says...
Don't know Amanda, I reckon some people have the green thumb, some don't
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krazykangaroo says...
Hi BJ,
Because the wet weather this summer caused my melon patch to turn to a swamp, my watermelons all died so I won't have any seeds this year. I get seeds from 'baker creek seeds' they are in the US but they have a great variety of melon seeds.
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John Mc says...
The old man was telling me about a watermelon called "Rapid Red" apparently a very quick grower and beautifully sweet to boot. Anyone seen them for sale anywhere here in Aus?
I've tracked them down to a NZ seed shop here:
https://secure.zeald.com/kingseeds/results.html?q=watermelon

Is there any problems importing a packet of watermelon seeds from NZ?
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Brendan says...
Just letting you know, my late father used to grow 'Klondike' watermelons, they were huge and the best tasting watermelons! He planted them in rotted cow manure, sugar mill mud.
Does anyone have any seeds?
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grub says...
gidday brendan i have Klondike Blue Ribbon watermelon growing ..i dont know if this what you are after ,but i can forward you the seed site if you like,i get from fig tree in nsw
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grub says...
ahh found them
think this is what your after brendan
this is were i purchase my last lot of klondike melons from
CORNUCOPIA SEEDS AND PLANTS
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Brendan says...
OK, thanks mate, I'll get some :-)
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