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Pataskala,OH

Could a watermelon vine be grafted to a fully grown giant pumpkin plant? Also it would be interesting if you could set a watermelon on it. Maybe watermelon would get a lot bigger that way.

7/23/2011 1:53:11 PM

formerly RGG

Sorry,I think technology will have to advance tremendously for that to be possible. I don't know if anything like that is possible and I would be very surprised to see it in my lifetime. The genetic variance is so big and I have never heard of a fruit being grafted onto a different plant much less a plant of a different kind. Sounds like "lost In Space" stuff to me.It would be nice though. lol

7/23/2011 2:09:01 PM

sevierville, Tn

It could to a seedling, but not a grown plant, too big a vine size & you need a controled enviroment for the graft to take. summer outdoors isn't controled ;)
The curbits do graft to each other from what i have read. Most watermelons grown in asia are grafted.

7/23/2011 3:18:44 PM

formerly RGG

I recall reading about the Asian grafts. They are for better disease resistance if I recall properly.

7/23/2011 5:50:49 PM