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Forest Hill,md.

Woww, It appears that they love 100+ temps.They have ballooned up this last week very nice.The plant with one keeper has a nice 42" circumference x 40" girth.The other plant that has three keepers are all comparable in size to this one.Trying to see if both plants will bear equal size fruits regardless if three or one on the plant.I feel this may be a fair test.To date i have culled over 75 set fruits on the plant that i kept one and close to that amount on the other.All nice size and shape.It appears these may have nice qualitys or benefits in breeding these with the cc,s.

7/25/2011 8:09:15 PM

Forest Hill,md.

Checked weather in diyarbakir,Turkey for the next 10 days.Temps running between 105 and 112 degrees with lows in upper 70,s.Maybe august will be promising for them here.Only time will tell,hoping for the best.

7/25/2011 8:38:18 PM

formerly RGG

Those are pretty amazing plants. They may indeed make a good genetic exchange with Carolina Cross. Please keep us posted.

7/25/2011 8:47:48 PM

sevierville, Tn

How are they on disease resistance ?

7/26/2011 2:31:22 PM

Pataskala,OH

Did you cross them with cc watermelons? If so I would like a seed or two from the crosses when they are ready.

7/26/2011 2:34:12 PM

Forest Hill,md.

They are the most vigorous looking plants in the patch.They like heat,they set fruit effortlessly,and without a doubt very hardy.I had to prune them back quite a bit as they were attepting to "weed out"all the cc,s.Had no effect at all and they acted like nothing happened.In 1 week it didnt look like i pruned at all.I did manage to get 2 fruits crossed with (male pollinated)255 mitchells that are looking good as well.Plants were germed on april 30th but look the youngest in the patch...

7/26/2011 4:14:41 PM

Forest Hill,md.

Will have your back when ready,NP.

7/26/2011 6:01:50 PM

Bowdon, GA

Plant sounds more like a 113 Kent LOL

7/26/2011 6:51:45 PM

Forest Hill,md.

Hollaway, please give me info on which way do they resemble each other...lol.For this reminds me of some serious weed that would need to be nuked to control.lol

7/26/2011 8:50:24 PM

sevierville, Tn

kudzu !!!

7/26/2011 9:32:45 PM