Our winter melon seems more interested in looking like a punctuation mark than a fruit. For whatever reason, while the melon has kept growing, the bottom tip started turning yellow, and been shriveling up more and more. It looks like … Continue reading
Just imagine that one week ago, this was a blooming fruit flower on the winter melon vine. And just imagine that come one more week, I could potentially harvest this from the vine! From my quick search on the Net … Continue reading
I’m thrilled to share that the “romanced” winter melon is indeed growing as a fruit now. Here it is just two days after my last report: And it looks like it is going into the exponential growth stage! I have … Continue reading
I’ve given up watching the winter melon vines like a hawk. Although there have been several fruit flowers, none have set fruit, and all we’ve seen were these: Last weekend, I was showing my 11-year-old niece around the garden, and … Continue reading