How exciting to see this pair of fruits next to each other, on parallel vines!

Three weeks ago, when I checked the condition of the plants after the drought ended, I noted that the watermelon plant showed some possibility of making a comeback. Then, two weeks ago, I noticed possible new fruits growing – quite a few of them, as a matter of fact. I didn’t expect all to set fruit because the plant isn’t particularly vigorous, and true to my expectations, one has aborted while a couple have seemingly come to a standstill.

Thankfully, one is sailing along happily:

One of these fruits is on a vine that must have taken root well! It has grown tremendously while the other fruit is not growing as noticeably. Yes, this is the same pair of fruits as above.

This looks promising! I wonder if we’ll finally get a full-sized watermelon, or another miniature?

In the meantime, I sowed a few seeds from our first harvested watermelon (I’m a compulsive seed-sower, remember? haha) and this has happened:

The first plant to grow from seeds kept from the first harvested watermelon!

I think we are going to have a watermelon patch next, don’t you?

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