General information and discussion about cultivating melons, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins and gourds.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Southwest Ohio
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First watermelon to germinate and it is a Bradford! I may try hand pollinating, bagging blossoms, and saving seeds when things progress later in the season.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: glendora ca
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Yay they actually sprout. Im so glad for you as 20 of the ones i had did not sprout.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Southwest Ohio
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Yeah, I read that earlier in this thread. That stinks! I might do some hand pollinating and bagging of blossoms. If it works out you are welcome to have some seeds heirloomtomaguy.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Mojave Desert - California
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Yay! Good on you.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Southwest Ohio
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Well.....I usually just pull off 3 or 4 male flowers and rub them all over the inside of a female flower but because this time I am wanting to make sure that a Bradford female flower only receives pollen from Bradford male flowers, I am going to have to research the correct way of doing it.
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#21 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Southwest Ohio
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Crossing my fingers for you that your watermelon seeds sprout ChiliPeppa.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Mojave Desert - California
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Kansas 5b
Posts: 198
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Did you ever harvest Bradford watermelon? I saw the seed on their distributor's website and was wondering if the melon lived up to its marketing.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Mojave Desert - California
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I never harvested a single Bradford watermelon.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Homestead,Everglades City Fl.
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Drove thru area last year,restauran closed and merged.Maybe the farm who claimed has some.
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