Bradford Watermelon - Page 2

Christa B. · April 12, 2016

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.

heirloomtomaguy · April 12, 2016

Yay they actually sprout. Im so glad for you as 20 of the ones i had did not sprout.

Christa B. · April 12, 2016

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.

ChiliPeppa · April 12, 2016

Yay! Good on you.

I'm still waiting for mine to sprout. Christa can you explain how to do hand pollinating with watermelon? (I'm growing other melons as well as cucumber.)

Christa B. · April 12, 2016

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.

I suppose that I would need to find a female flower that hasn't opened yet, open it up, pollinate it, then bag the blossom. If anybody has any suggestions, feel free to let me know.

Christa B. · April 12, 2016

Crossing my fingers for you that your watermelon seeds sprout ChiliPeppa.

ChiliPeppa · April 12, 2016

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Originally Posted by Christa B.

Crossing my fingers for you that your watermelon seeds sprout ChiliPeppa.

Yes, me too. Thanks Christa.

oldman · July 6, 2018

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.

ChiliPeppa · July 7, 2018

I never harvested a single Bradford watermelon.

kurt · July 8, 2018

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Originally Posted by ChiliPeppa

I've recently read about the Bradford watermelon, a rare heirloom from South Carolina. Has anyone here grown it? I'd like to get my hands on some seed to try this season.

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...light=Bradford

Drove thru area last year,restauran closed and merged.Maybe the farm who claimed has some.

April 12, 2016	#17
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	Yay they actually sprout. Im so glad for you as 20 of the ones i had did not sprout. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

April 12, 2016	#20
Christa B. Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Southwest Ohio Posts: 75	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. I suppose that I would need to find a female flower that hasn't opened yet, open it up, pollinate it, then bag the blossom. If anybody has any suggestions, feel free to let me know. Last edited by Christa B.; April 12, 2016 at 01:19 PM.

April 12, 2016	#19
ChiliPeppa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mojave Desert - California Posts: 368	Yay! Good on you. I'm still waiting for mine to sprout. Christa can you explain how to do hand pollinating with watermelon? (I'm growing other melons as well as cucumber.)

July 6, 2018	#23
oldman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Kansas 5b Posts: 198	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.

July 7, 2018	#24
ChiliPeppa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Mojave Desert - California Posts: 368	I never harvested a single Bradford watermelon.