Wife is driving me crazy.

kurt · August 12, 2012

We are on our annual migration to western PA from south Fl(escaping summer and hurricane season)and driving RV through the south visiting friends and sites and can't find any sweet watermelons.Plenty to choose from but all bland.They are all good looking in colors,smell etc.but just don't have the sweetness.Is this common around the south or are we spoiled?The wife loves the "seedless",maybe the strains went off course and we should go back to seeded.We are coming out of Ga.now from 95,to 26 west then 77 north through the mountains to Pa.

tjg911 · August 12, 2012

i'm in ct and there are good sweet watermelons grown locally so i don't see why pa wouldn't have good ones. weather may effect them but it may be too early, my melons weren't ready until september. picking them too soon gives you a melon that is not sweet and will not get sweeter once removed from the vine.

tom

habitat_gardener · August 12, 2012

Yes, try the ones with seeds. I've been buying mostly the seedless because they are smaller, and they are not as sweet as the large seeded ones.

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kurt Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl. Posts: 2,501	Wife is driving me crazy. We are on our annual migration to western PA from south Fl(escaping summer and hurricane season)and driving RV through the south visiting friends and sites and can't find any sweet watermelons.Plenty to choose from but all bland.They are all good looking in colors,smell etc.but just don't have the sweetness.Is this common around the south or are we spoiled?The wife loves the "seedless",maybe the strains went off course and we should go back to seeded.We are coming out of Ga.now from 95,to 26 west then 77 north through the mountains to Pa. __________________ KURT

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tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	i'm in ct and there are good sweet watermelons grown locally so i don't see why pa wouldn't have good ones. weather may effect them but it may be too early, my melons weren't ready until september. picking them too soon gives you a melon that is not sweet and will not get sweeter once removed from the vine. tom __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

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habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,543	Yes, try the ones with seeds. I've been buying mostly the seedless because they are smaller, and they are not as sweet as the large seeded ones.