This is the first melon to show up, and I've been rather impatiently waiting for it to be ready to harvest. It doesn't have a nice yellow spot on its underbelly, but I noticed tonight that the tendrils near it have died and turned brown. Is it ready?
Maybe, but in the photo it still looks frosty. I think I would wait a few days to see if the filmy look dissipates. It is a green melon so it should also turn yellowish where it sits on the ground.
Well, darn!! I'll wait a few more days then.
Isn't Farmerdill a big help.
I grow all types of melons some more sucessfully then others. With the watermelons I always wait until the underside is yellow (like farmerdill wrote) and the stem starts to dry out. Now I have to see if that same method works for other melons also.
Lisa
Thank you for your input, Lisa. I will be dilligently watching and waiting for all the signs to show ready. Maybe we'll be able to eat it by or on 4th of July. That would be sweet!
I hope you get to eat it for the 4th. I have never had one ripen that early no matter how hard I try. I do have a couple Asian melons that I may have ready for the 4th, does that count?
Lisa
