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Valencia Spain

i grew watermelon carolina cross bought from ebay , only grew 12 kilos, mabe not enough water, didnt have any manure in the soil,, but when i ate it it have little taste compared to the watermelon that are local in valencia spain

i would like your opinions

8/28/2011 9:39:31 AM

formerly RGG

Carolina Cross can often times be very tasty but often aren't as good as other varieties. We grow them mostly for sport and not for eating.

8/30/2011 1:59:11 PM

Deep South, USA

The CC melon I had ate pretty well for a variety whose primary focus is not eating. That melon was much smaller than CC's usually get, so that could have impacted the flavor.

8/30/2011 2:12:47 PM

Pataskala,OH

I think it depends on the seed. One of mine tasted better then the ones at the grocery store. The other did not taste as good at all.

8/30/2011 2:59:27 PM

formerly RGG

I have tasted some CC's that were about as good as any watermelon going. Mostly though, they are slightly inferior in flavor.

8/30/2011 5:22:53 PM

Muddy Waters

Some of mine were the sweetest Ive ever had.It depends on majurity of fruit.The 191 was a little bland,but it was still growing only 75 days old when picked.The 126 was great it stopped growing & remained on vine for a couple weeks.

8/30/2011 5:28:07 PM

formerly RGG

I believe it's the Cobb Gem in them that keeps some of them from being less tasty as that variety has never been known as producing great tasting melons.

8/30/2011 9:12:17 PM

Jamul

When these melons are for sale in places where they are popular, are they sold as eating melons or novelties with a caveat that they might not be good to eat?

8/31/2011 1:09:20 AM

formerly RGG

I haven't heard of anyone raising them for sale as eating melons.

8/31/2011 8:09:48 AM

Valencia Spain

i will try again and see if it grows any bigger next year

thanks for your help

i grew charlestan gray and the spanish watermelons still beat them in taste

do you graft watermelon onto pumpkins and how do you do it
maybe graft a carolina croos onto a giant pumpkin

8/31/2011 4:00:50 PM

Bowdon, GA

I think an AG stump would be to much, I have had several melon plants that the stump and roots over powered the plants.

8/31/2011 7:23:03 PM

formerly RGG

Jake, I don't understand. How could the roots and stump overpower the top of the plant? What sort of manifestations would there be? Would it make for smaller melons?

8/31/2011 9:40:13 PM

Bowdon, GA

Everytime I have had a really big stump and roots I have to be carful how much water it gets. The plant sprung leaks after heavy rains. Foaming stumps, leaking stems, cracking rotting vines etc. Cut one of the vines and water runs out. I think they have plenty of stump and root support if phos is good. Dennis check out my diary last year I had a stump on the 246 Bright that was nearly 18" in circ. By the end of the year it was hollow It just kept leaking. Maybe wrong in my theory but seems the bigger the stump the more problems.

9/1/2011 12:43:23 AM

Muddy Waters

My stumps are small as is melon Stems! seems growth is unaffected! wouldnt big plant,big stump,=early majurity,=speeding up Disease issues,Just thinking?????+the heat factor speeding disease???I would go heavy on Systemic Fungicides & root shield type products(heavy=more often)But Im no X-purt!!

9/1/2011 5:31:19 AM

Muddy Waters

ck your soil test Jake is it balanced!! Nit/phos/potash

9/1/2011 5:33:53 AM

formerly RGG

Jake, thanks for the reply. I have never seen any of these problems with my plants. Perhaps it has something to do with the weather conditions where you live.Well, I have had cracking and rotting vines. The cracks usually heal. And rotting vines are usually caused by rotting organic matter has come in contact with the vine and the rot has spread to it. I don't mind this as long as it has nothing to do with the vine a melon is growing on as I cut a lot of vines off anyway as a way of controlling vine size.

9/1/2011 8:45:59 AM

Bowdon, GA

I have some things that need fixing before next year. Phos is out of balance, way too high, OM is to high also, so I have to do some more thinning. I heard someone say Georgia is a plant pathologist's dream home. Heat and humidity. I sprayed very heavily this year and seen a huge improvement in plant health. Just got a few issues to resolve before next year. Learn a little something every year. Ussually the hard way LOL

9/1/2011 12:50:33 PM

formerly RGG

Jake, do you make a habit of rolling your melons over to check the bottoms ? Or was there a suspicion about this particular melon that caused you to check the bottom ? I am just wondering because I haven't heard of anyone making a habit of checking melons underneath. It would be a difficult and melon endangering practice for the really big ones I think.

9/1/2011 1:18:18 PM

Bowdon, GA

Sixth sense I guess don't know why I checked it

9/1/2011 9:56:17 PM