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Thanks Garden5. I've never heard of the variety. I'll have to look it up.

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[img]https://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/melons_wagon.jpg[/img]

The wagon is handy. Today it is loaded with melons. The variety is Charleston Gray.

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I finally got a red tomato.
YAaaaaaaaaaaaay Jim! You got maymoes! And you've got plenty to spare for green tomato pickles too!! Your harvest looks fantastic!

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:shock: Wow, now that's a load of melons. I've never heard of that variety before, what do they taste like?

You say your soil has a naturally high P and K content. I'll bet that has a lot to do with how well you grow your onions. Especially when you combine it with all of the organic matter you've added through the years (and the beneficial microbes that came with it).....you've got just plain great soil :). Of course, your skill plays a role as well :wink:.

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I've never heard of that variety before, what do they taste like?
They taste just like watermelons. It is the only variety of watermelon that I have ever had good luck with here. I have been saving the seed for years.

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This one weighed 14 pounds.

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Here is the Charleston Gray story: [url=https://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3741/is_n10_v42/ai_16391134/]Click[/url]



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