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Post by castanea on Feb 28, 2012 21:02:48 GMT -5
The problem is that some of the alleged storage melons only store well under specific conditions. I have grown King and Queens. It didn't store well at all. Additionally it wasn't vigorous and wasn't a very tasty watermelon either. I've talked to others who had better experiences with it, so I suspect it's success is very dependent on particular growing conditions.
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Post by darwinslair on Feb 29, 2012 8:59:15 GMT -5
I have been growing and selecting for storage. I have a crimson sweet now that we ate the last of at the end of January. Since we frosted out on Sept 14th that is not to bad.
To select for storage, all I have done is only save seeds from the last ones, and none of the seeds from the melons that collapsed and rotted.
going on 6 years now. Has stretched it out a few more weeks every year.
Tom
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Post by oxbowfarm on Feb 29, 2012 12:42:06 GMT -5
King and Queens is available from Adaptive Seeds this year.
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Post by Rutos on May 31, 2022 6:18:51 GMT -5
Here's a list of winter watermelons (most of which I've grown):
- Black-seeded Ice Cream
- King and Queen Winter
- King Winter
- Navajo Red (AKA Navajo Red-seeded)
- Navajo Winter
- Santo Domingo Brown Seeded
- Santo Domingo Dark Green
- Santo Domingo Winter
- Wintermelon (not to be confused with the wax gourd)
- Winter Queen
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Post by Rutos on May 31, 2022 6:27:15 GMT -5
If I were to recommend one to general audiences, I'd probably recommend Santo Domingo Dark Green, since it gets decently large, long fruit, is tasty, and is fairly early. Plus, it has plenty of seeds, making it easy to grow again (they are a bit big, though).
Navajo Winter probably stores the best of the ones I've grown (as far as I've tested).
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