Melon update …
Last week my first watermelon was about 4 inches long and about 1 inch in diameter. ↓
It’s growing!
Now, a mere week later, it is about 8 inches long and 4 inches in diameter. ↓
See how big it is in comparison to the Black Eyed Susan bloom, which, let’s face it, is on its last leg.
Why, you might ask, is this such a big deal to me? Well, there were two other baby melons on the vine last week as well but mid-week some kind of spidery-grasshoppery-looking insect just sucked the life juice right out of both of them. First, they withered, then they turned black on the bottom, and before I knew what was happening they died.
(The funeral was yesterday. So sorry if you missed it. The wake was great fun. We had helium balloons and everything!)
Good news!
Yep, folks, we have a new addition to the melon family — another baby! ↓
It’s tiny, only about two inches long and one inch in diameter. (They sure are fuzzy little scamps at this stage.)
The challenge will, of course, be to keep evil spidery-grasshopper-looking bugger away from the new arrival.
A gardener’s work is just never done.
Sigh.
😉
Good Old Girl 
wow … still have garden envy
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You’re too kind!
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nay not really just love sitting out and enjoying the beauty … but then this year is wet
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I love it! So glad you’re doing follow ups. It’s growing so fast! (What’s the average weekly growth on a watermelon?) Your aside about the melon funeral had me in stitches, GOG! Love that.
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I’m not sure how much they grow in a week, though, their growing season is about 80 days.
Glad you like the post.
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A garden? I miss mine. I grew cantelopes once, quite by accident. Seeds and skins ended up in the composter. Oh, the soil in there was so beautiful without a thought to maybe recycling of seeds.
Nice to have update and watch your garden (melons) grow.
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Thanks, I do enjoy it, small though it is.
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Congrats on your new addition to the garden, I get so excited to see them 🙂
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Me too! The newest baby melon has grown about an inch since Saturday.
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I get the same rush of satisfaction from that 🙂
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