It was too good to be true. All the cucurbitaceae plants I’ve grown have gone through what I like to call Braxton Hicks contractions – they keep practising before the plants successfully set fruit and get to harvest. So, I … Continue reading
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I have my gardening buddy, The Weed, to thank for some new “residents” in the garden. He has been more successful with seed-sowing than I have, and so I now have these new seedlings to nurture here: In retrospect, I’ve … Continue reading
Well I can’t quite believe it, but it looks like the very first female winter melon flower has set fruit! It’s been a week since we first spotted the female flower, and the fruit is still on the vine. The … Continue reading
I’ve finally spotted the first female winter melon flower, and it’s on the oldest Gen2 vine. I have three plants growing at the trellis right now. The first was germinated and grown in a pot, before being transplanted to the … Continue reading