atash
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Learning from my mistakes since 1964
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Post by atash on Oct 22, 2009 15:15:59 GMT -8
Well, shucks, Bud, you're the one who described this forum as: You can talk about anything here.  What happened was that I had a question that had to do with plant breeding and genetics in general, I used melons as an example because that was that crop that piqued my curiosity, and then our resident melon expert spoke up. And I learned stuff I didn't know before! And I have another question, that involves another crop, but I happen to know that you'll know the answer to it, because you had to deal with the same issue with your potatoes. I won't mention the mystery crop, so that we don't go off topic again. |
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canadamike
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GARDENER FOR THE MOUTH
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Post by canadamike on Oct 22, 2009 18:38:11 GMT -8
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Post by jonnyyuma on Oct 23, 2009 7:13:19 GMT -8
By all means I dont' want to hijack a board  . I will try to keep the melon talk to a minimum. It is hard for us melon heads to make friends.....the d**ned crop is so hard to grow sometimes that there arent' too many melon fans out there. |
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Post by Tom Wagner on Oct 23, 2009 9:01:03 GMT -8
I had a great melon at the Heritage Seed Library. I shared it with the lovely Vickie and Helen at the Garden Organic facility. They saved the seeds, of course. I didn't even ask what variety it was, since i am terribly ignorant of the names.
But I am afraid I make a lousy student
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Post by jonnyyuma on Nov 28, 2009 10:28:28 GMT -8
Hello DarJones,
Sorry it has taken me so long, but I dropped the seed in the mail today. I sent along 2 orange fleshed (one F1 and one F2), one white (f1) and one "heirloom" hami that i haven't grown out yet. It is supposed to be a storage melon, so it may have low sugar when you pick it and develop more sugar during storage. Like I said I haven't grown it yet. Our old production guy brought it back from China about 5 years ago.
Jonny
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canadamike
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Post by canadamike on Nov 29, 2009 19:57:22 GMT -8
Johny, if you want melons seeds of, say, europeans or from ther mountains of central Asia ( Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Siberia and on and on... just ring me ( mp). I will be very pleased to send you seeds. The offer stand for anybody here, mind you....
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Post by fusionpower on Dec 4, 2009 14:13:31 GMT -8
Johnnyuma, Seed arrived today. Thanks much!
DarJones
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Post by jonnyyuma on Dec 4, 2009 18:33:25 GMT -8
Excellent news. I wasn't sure if I had put enough postage on there.
Jonny
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. I will try to keep the melon talk to a minimum. It is hard for us melon heads to make friends.....the d**ned crop is so hard to grow sometimes that there arent' too many melon fans out there.
