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Monday, September 03, 2018
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brotherdave
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Corryton, TN
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Watermelon patch has been done for about a month. Keep in mind all fruit are young compared to what competition fruit would be. In "general" the shape of the fruit was similar amongst siblings but different between families. Unlike the competition plants I've grown in the past very few 5 lobed females were observed, even from the same genetic families. No 6+ lobes from the two lines that I had hoped might produce some (140.5 & 165B). LONG fruit were produced from the two families as hoped (249 and 151). Much longer that the other families. Seeds were saved from a couple selfed 151's that produced fat and long fruit. The 249's were fatter as a family. The 165B and 238 Holloway produced well balanced fruit with good length and shape, about average weight. The 283's were a bit shorter than average but fatter. Very consistent. The 140.5's all had similar girth to the 283 and many looked very similar to the 283's but about 1/3 of the plants produced much longer fruit.
Of the 4 best fruit in the patch (68 plants) 2 came from the 249 Bright and the 2 largest from 140.5.
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