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Old January 3, 2018   #22
carolyn137
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Originally Posted by Keen101 View Post
YES it IS! Maybe not from all sources, but from many watermelon growers! So sourcing where your seed comes from may be important. All i know is that it is a terrible variety for me. So terrible that i can not in good conscience recommend it. I tried it three or four years in a row and it failed to thrive. So i gave up on it. That does not mean that someone in a similar short season climate with different moisture content in their air or different soil it might do fantastic. I have heard from some that it does well, but i have heard from others that it does not live up to expectations at all either. Seems to be a hit or miss variety.

https://www.rareseeds.com/blacktail-...in-watermelon/

http://www.southernexposure.com/blac...1-g-p-361.html
All any of us can do is to offer our own experience with anything we grow. You have done that and so have I and yes, I did read the two links you gave.

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