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Old March 5, 2007   #1
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Default Golden Midget Watermelon

I'm interested in growing this one and wondering what you thought if you've grown it. Thanks!
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Never grown it but long time ago I grew a real small one called Jenny Lind, it was green fleshed and great. Also grew one called Ogden, an Israeli melon, great also.
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Old March 6, 2007   #3
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Yes, I've grown Jenny Lind twice and liked it very much. I am going to run this little watermelon up a trellis and see how it does. For a green fleshed melon, I'm trying Green Climbing this year and using a trellis for this too. I hope they do well. Both these little melons are supposed to have a rind that turns yellow when ripe so I'm hoping the picking thing will pretty much be a no brainer. It's been several years since I've grown any melons at all and this will be the first time in my small garden. I used to have more room but then we put in a pool so my garden shrunk a lot. I've grown Jenny Lind on a trellis with good success because it has sort of a short vine and trellising is really the only way I can fit melons into this garden, being as small as it is. Just an experiment for fun. I think my son will enjoy it, too.
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I tried GM last year, great germination, the plants would take off, stall, turn yellow and die. I did several sowings throughout the season and got similar results, but will be trying again this year. I have read it does well in containers, and I have a spare 25 gallon this season since the weatherman predicted an overnight low of 44 and instead it dropped to 21 and killed my 3-in-1 citrus that i had just picked my first harvest from. I believe I will try the GMs in this container this year with as much compost as i can add without getting compaction. It looks too pretty to not give a second chance.
Asahi-Miyako F1 was the only melon that produced well for me last year, due to a late start and cold soil, and it was heavenly, super-sweet and crisp. A fantastic small watermelon.

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