Friday, 8 March 2013

A lovely pair of melons

Yesterday my Minnesota Midget melons ripened.  In the morning, they looked like they had a good way to go, but in the afternoon they had suddenly turned a yellow colour.  I got down on my hands and knees to see if they smelt ripe - they did - so they were promptly picked and admired. There were only two, but what a lovely pair of melons!



They are only small as their variety name implies - just a handful each. This is fine by me as I am really the only household member that is a rock melon (cantaloupe) fancier.


They are really very heavy for their size and very juicy inside. I am really surprised at how juicy they are given that I had to be very careful about how much I watered due to my limited water supply. They have that special fragrance that rock melons have ( that not everyone likes but I love) but a somewhat crisper flesh than shop bought rock melons. 



I have posted about this melon previously. These little blighters have toughed out a really hot and dry summer. The plant originally set 5 fruit but I guess the plant just decided it could only sustain 2 fruit given the difficult record-breaking  hot season.

I would certainly grow this little fellow again.  It has proved itself in a difficult climate, takes minimal space in the patch and I like the smaller fruit size and the crisper flesh.

Now I probably should have held this post over till Saturday when I could have joined Liz's Saturday Spotlight but I couldn't wait, I was just too excited. You see, these are my first ever melons. Pathetic I know...

Have you grown something this year for the first time? How did it go?
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  1. Camilla8 March 2013 at 17:37

    Congratulations! They look delicious and hard won survivors are so satisfying. With such warm weather could you grow more now?

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    1. Unknown10 March 2013 at 08:33

      It is an idea to pop another n but they won't fruit before the frost. but I will be saving seed and planting many more next year.

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  2. Bek9 March 2013 at 10:02

    Oh how wonderful. They look perfect! I have had a few melons set fruit so until they ripen I'm living vicariously through yours. Only thing I've got this year for the first time is passionfruit which is exciting as they've been a long time coming!

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    1. Unknown10 March 2013 at 08:30

      Passionfruit are one of my fav fruit, some would be nice on my melons. I am going to need to find a good frost free space for a passionfruit.

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  3. Cristy9 March 2013 at 12:38

    So happy for you!! That's great news.

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  4. Liz12 March 2013 at 21:27

    Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous - they look wonderful. Are the plants really sprawling or will they fit nicely into a corner for me?

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    1. Unknown12 March 2013 at 21:33

      They are very neat, smaller than zucchini, midget suits it. I have just started to dry out some seeds and would be happy to send you some if you'd like to try it?

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  5. Michelle17 March 2013 at 03:16

    Oh, I am so tempted to try growing those. But I must resist, must resist, must.... It just doesn't get warm enough here to properly ripen melons. Must resist!

    One new vegetable for me this past year was Greek Gigante beans. They are huge white runner beans and they were a huge success. They loved my cool climate. And best of all, they are delicious.

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